Building a Dynamic About Us Page with Spring, AWS and Stripe

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Setting up the Infrastructure
3. Customizing the Navbar
4. Creating the Copy Controller
5. Adding the About Page
6. Adding Images and HTML Code
7. Localizing Properties
8. Adding JavaScript and jQuery Code
9. Adding Custom CSS Code
10. Wrapping Up

Introduction

Welcome to this lecture where we will be creating the about page for our web skeleton application. In this course, our goal is to provide You with the necessary infrastructure to quickly sell your ideas. We'll guide you through the process of customizing the layout and adding the actual content to make it easy for you.

Setting up the Infrastructure

To get started, we need to ensure that We Are working on the develop branch of our project. If not, we can switch to the develop branch using the git command git checkout develop. We'll then Create a new feature branch called "about" using the command git checkout -b about and push the branch to the remote repository with git push -u origin about.

Customizing the Navbar

Before creating the about page, we'll make some changes to the navbar at the top of our Website. We'll remove the project name button and localize the button names. This involves adding the "th:text" attribute to each anchor element and assigning the respective values to navbar home text, navbar about text, and navbar contact text properties.

Creating the Copy Controller

In order to handle the requests when users click on the about link in the navbar, we need to create a Spring controller. We'll create a new controller called CopyController and annotate it with @Controller to indicate that it is a controller. We'll add a method called "about" which returns the STRING "copy/about" and resolves it to the about.html view.

Adding the About Page

To create the about page, we'll copy the index.html page and rename it to about.html. We'll replace the container element with the provided HTML code. We'll also add the necessary properties to the messages.properties file for localization. The about page will contain a header, marketing information, featurettes, and copyright information.

Adding Images and HTML Code

To enhance the visual appeal of our about page, we'll add some images and HTML code. We'll create a new "images" folder in the "static" folder and copy the provided images into it. We'll also copy the HTML code, which is Based on the Bootstrap carousel example, and replace the existing HTML code in the about.html file.

Localizing Properties

To keep our messages.properties file organized, we'll add the necessary properties for the about page. This includes the copy.h1.text property for the header, copy.project.lead.intro for the project lead introduction, and copy.view.details.button for the view details button.

Adding JavaScript and jQuery Code

To add interactivity to our about page, we'll write custom JavaScript and jQuery code. We'll create a new custom.js file in the "static/js" folder and add the necessary code to Show and hide the team member details when the view details button is clicked.

Adding Custom CSS Code

To style our about page, we'll add some custom CSS code to the style.css file. This includes styling for the marketing and featurette sections, as well as adding a custom class for the member title.

Wrapping Up

In this lecture, we have created the about page for our web skeleton application. We have customized the navbar, added a Spring controller to handle the about page requests, added images and HTML code, localized properties, and added JavaScript and jQuery code for interactivity. We have also added custom CSS code to style the page. By following these steps, you should now have a fully functional about page for your application.

Creating the About Page for Your Web Skeleton Application

Introduction

Welcome to this lecture where we will be creating the about page for our web skeleton application. In this course, our goal is to provide you with the necessary infrastructure to quickly sell your ideas. We'll guide you through the process of customizing the layout and adding the actual content to make it easy for you.

Setting up the Infrastructure

To get started, we need to ensure that we are working on the develop branch of our project. If not, we can switch to the develop branch using the git command git checkout develop. We'll then create a new feature branch called "about" using the command git checkout -b about and push the branch to the remote repository with git push -u origin about.

Customizing the Navbar

Before creating the about page, we'll make some changes to the navbar at the top of our website. We'll remove the project name button and localize the button names. This involves adding the "th:text" attribute to each anchor element and assigning the respective values to navbar home text, navbar about text, and navbar contact text properties.

Creating the Copy Controller

In order to handle the requests when users click on the about link in the navbar, we need to create a Spring controller. We'll create a new controller called CopyController and annotate it with @Controller to indicate that it is a controller. We'll add a method called "about" which returns the string "copy/about" and resolves it to the about.html view.

Adding the About Page

To create the about page, we'll copy the index.html page and rename it to about.html. We'll replace the container element with the provided HTML code. We'll also add the necessary properties to the messages.properties file for localization. The about page will contain a header, marketing information, featurettes, and copyright information.

Adding Images and HTML Code

To enhance the visual appeal of our about page, we'll add some images and HTML code. We'll create a new "images" folder in the "static" folder and copy the provided images into it. We'll also copy the HTML code, which is based on the Bootstrap carousel example, and replace the existing HTML code in the about.html file.

Localizing Properties

To keep our messages.properties file organized, we'll add the necessary properties for the about page. This includes the copy.h1.text property for the header, copy.project.lead.intro for the project lead introduction, and copy.view.details.button for the view details button.

Adding JavaScript and jQuery Code

To add interactivity to our about page, we'll write custom JavaScript and jQuery code. We'll create a new custom.js file in the "static/js" folder and add the necessary code to show and hide the team member details when the view details button is clicked.

Adding Custom CSS Code

To style our about page, we'll add some custom CSS code to the style.css file. This includes styling for the marketing and featurette sections, as well as adding a custom class for the member title.

Wrapping Up

In this lecture, we have created the about page for our web skeleton application. We have customized the navbar, added a Spring controller to handle the about page requests, added images and HTML code, localized properties, and added JavaScript and jQuery code for interactivity. We have also added custom CSS code to style the page. By following these steps, you should now have a fully functional about page for your application.