Next.js Bootstrap Starter - Nice Template Navbar Header and Few Pages

Introduction

In this post, we will do following:

create a Next.js project
Install Bootstrap
Create few components (Navbar, Layout)
Create Few Pages

Create Next.js Project

npx create-next-app <folder_name>

It will install basic dependencies for Next.js, React.js and some folders.

Install Bootstrap

Now we will install bootstrap and react-bootstrap libraries.

npm i bootstrap react-bootstrap

Your package.json should look somewhat similar to following

{
  "name": "ui",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "next dev",
    "build": "next build",
    "start": "next start"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "bootstrap": "^4.6.0",
    "next": "10.2.0",
    "react": "17.0.2",
    "react-bootstrap": "^1.5.2",
    "react-dom": "17.0.2"
  }
}

Layout Component

Create new file under /components/layout/simple.jsx You need to create folders.

import Navbar from '../navbar/navbar'
import React from 'react'

export default function SimpleLayout(props) {
  return (
    <>
      <Navbar />
      <main role="main">
        {props.preContainer && props.preContainer}
        <div className="album py-5 bg-light">
          <div className="container">
            {props.children}
          </div>
        </div>
      </main>
    </>
  )
}

Lets create a navbar header component Create a file /components/navbar/navbar.jsx

import React from 'react'
import { Nav, Button } from 'react-bootstrap';
import Link from 'next/link'

export default function Navbar() {
  return (
    <Nav className="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark bg-dark">
  <div className="container-xl">
    <Link href="/">
      <a className="navbar-brand">GyanBlog</a>
    </Link>
    <button className="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarsExample07XL" aria-controls="navbarsExample07XL" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
      <span className="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
    </button>

    <div className="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarsExample07XL">
      <ul className="navbar-nav mr-auto">
        <li className="nav-item active">
          <Link href="/">
            <a className="nav-link">Home <span className="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
          </Link>
        </li>
        <li className="nav-item">
          <Link href="/articles">
            <a className="nav-link">Articles</a>
          </Link>
        </li>
        <li className="nav-item">
          <Link href="/write">
            <a className="nav-link">Write</a>
          </Link>
        </li>
      </ul>
      <ul className="navbar-nav px-3">
        <li className="nav-item text-nowrap">
          <Button className="nav-link">
              Signup
          </Button>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>
  </div>
</Nav>
  )
}

We have mentioned following links:

/
/articles
/write

Modify Index

Rename /pages/index.js to /pages/index.jsx

import Head from 'next/head'
import SimpleLayout from '../components/layout/simple'

export default function Home(initialData) {
  return (
    <SimpleLayout>
      <section className="jumbotron text-center">
        <div className="container">
          <h1>Subscribe to GyanBlog</h1>
          <p className="lead text-muted">
            Learn and Share
          </p>
        </div>
      </section>

      <div className="row">
        <h1>Hey People</h1>
        <p>
          For understanding of this project, see: 
        </p>
      </div>
    </SimpleLayout>
  )
}

Articles Page

Add new file /pages/articles.jsx

import Link from 'next/link'
import SimpleLayout from '../components/layout/simple'
import ArticlesJumbo from '../components/jumbo/articles'

export default function Articles(initialData) {
  return (
    <SimpleLayout preContainer={<ArticlesJumbo />}>
      <div className="row">
        <div className="col-md-4">
          <div className="card mb-4 shadow-sm">
            <Link href={`/#`}><a>
              <svg className="bd-placeholder-img card-img-top" width="100%" height="225" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img" aria-label="Placeholder: Thumbnail" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice" focusable="false"><title>Placeholder</title><rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="#55595c"/><text x="50%" y="50%" fill="#eceeef" dy=".3em">Thumbnail</text></svg>
            </a></Link>
            <div className="card-body">
              <h3>Article 1</h3>
              <p className="card-text">Hey Article</p>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div className="col-md-4">
          <div className="card mb-4 shadow-sm">
            <Link href={`/#`}><a>
              <svg className="bd-placeholder-img card-img-top" width="100%" height="225" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img" aria-label="Placeholder: Thumbnail" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice" focusable="false"><title>Placeholder</title><rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="#55595c"/><text x="50%" y="50%" fill="#eceeef" dy=".3em">Thumbnail</text></svg>
            </a></Link>
            <div className="card-body">
              <h3>Article 2</h3>
              <p className="card-text">Hey Article</p>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </SimpleLayout>
  )
}

Write Page

Add a new file: /pages/write.jsx

import SimpleLayout from '../components/layout/simple'

export default function Write() {
  return (
    <SimpleLayout>
      <div className="row">
        Write Form
      </div>
    </SimpleLayout>
  )
}