Build a landing page with Next.js
Learn how to build a landing page with Next.js and Reflexjs.
This step-by-step guide will walk you through the process of building a landing page with Next.js and styled using Reflexjs.
TLDR#
Styling with Reflexjs#
Before we start, let's do a quick run down on how to style components with Reflexjs.
- Define your tokens (colors, fonts, and spacing) and variants in your
theme.js
file.
theme.tsexport default {// 1. Tokens.colors: {text: "#111",primary: "#06f",},fonts: {body: "system-ui, sans-serif",heading: "system-ui, sans-serif",},fontWeights: {body: 400,heading: 700,bold: 700,},// 2. Variants.text: {color: "text",fontFamily: "body",lead: {fontSize: "2rem",fontWeight: "body",},},heading: {color: "text",fontFamily: "body",h1: {fontSize: "2.4rem",},},}
- Style components using style props. You reference tokens using the token name and you can mix in any CSS properties.
<section display="grid" col="2" py="10"><div><h1 variant="heading.h1" color="primary">{title}</h1><p variant="text.lead">{text}</p><button bg="primary" py="2" px="4" mt="4>Learn more</button></div><img src={image} alt="Alt text" /></section>
Create a new project#
- Create a new Next.js site using the nextjs-starter-tutorial.
npx create-next-app reflexjs-example -e https://github.com/reflexjs/nextjs-starter-tutorial
- Start the development server:
cd reflexjs-example
yarn dev
If you open http://localhost:3000 in your browser, you should see the default landing page.
Take a quick look at pages/index.tsx
to see how this page is built.
Directory Structure#
The starter directory structure is intended to provide a great starting point for building your site.
However, Reflexjs imposes no restrictions on how you organize your files.
reflexjs-example├── pages│ └── index.tsx├── public│ └── images└── src└── components│ └── layout.tsx├── blocks│ └── hero.tsx├── config.ts└── theme.ts
Add a page#
To add a new page, create the file: pages/about.tsx
with the following code:
pages/about.tsxexport default function AboutPage() {return <p>This is the about page</p>}
Now open http://localhost:3000/about to see your new page.
That's it. This is all there is to creating pages in Next.js.
Using components#
The page we created above is does not look like much. Let's pull in the Layout
component and wrap our page.
pages/about.tsximport { Layout } from "@/components/layout"export default function AboutPage() {return (<Layout><p>This is the about page</p></Layout>)}
This should wrap the page in a header and footer.
Add a block#
The starter comes with a sample hero blocks. Import this block from src/blocks/hero.tsx
and use it on the About
page.
pages/about.tsximport { Layout } from "@/components/layout"import Hero from "@/blocks/hero"export default function AboutPage() {return (<Layout><Hero heading="About Us" text="This is the about page" /></Layout>)}
Style using props#
To understand how styling with props works, let's build a new feature block.
pages/about.tsximport { Layout } from "@/components/layout"import Hero from "@/blocks/hero"import Image from "next/image"import Link from "next/link"export default function AboutPage() {return (<Layout><Hero heading="About Us" text="This is the about page" /><section py="16"><div variant="container"><div display="grid" col="2" gap="16"><div position="relative"><Image src="/images/placeholder.jpg" layout="fill" /></div><div py="16"><h2 variant="heading.h2">Build something amazing</h2><p fontSize="xl" my="6">Reiciendis quia totam esse. Dicta minus iusto quisquam doloribustemporibus.</p><Link href="/" passHref><a variant="button.primary.lg">Learn more</a></Link></div></div></div></section></Layout>)}
The Hero
block can also be passed style props.
<Hero heading="About Us" text="This is the about page" bg="muted" />
Add a link#
Add a link to the About page in the site navigation.
src/config.tsexport default {site: {branding: {name: "Reflexjs",},copyright: `© ${new Date().getFullYear()} Reflexjs`,links: [{title: "Home",href: "/",},{title: "About",href: "/about",},],},}
Deploy#
Our page is ready. Let's publish our site.
Deploying to Vercel#
- Create an account on Vercel.
- Install the Vercel CLI
yarn global add vercel
ornpm i -g vercel
. - From the root of your
reflexjs-example
site, run the following:
vercel --prod
Deploying to Netlify#
- Create an account on Netlify.
- Install the Netlify CLI
yarn global add netlify-cli
ornpm i -g netlify-cli
. - From the root of your
reflexjs-example
site, run the following:
netlify init
- Configure your site name and then run the following to deploy your site.
yarn buildnetlify deploy
Enter .next
for Publish directory.
For ongoing development and deployment, you should connect your site to a .git
repo.