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# How-to Guides

These practical guides show how to solve common design and website-building tasks in Elements. Start with the general tutorials, or choose a focused recipe below.

### Design Basics

* [How-to Tutorials](/elements-docs/getting-started/how-to/fix-common-design-issues.md) — Quick answers to common layout and design questions.
* [Create a Card](/elements-docs/getting-started/how-to/create-a-card.md) — Build a flexible card from standard components.
* [Site Banner with Text](/elements-docs/getting-started/how-to/site-banner-with-text.md) — Place text over a background image.
* [Add an Icon Inside a Button](/elements-docs/getting-started/how-to/add-an-icon-inside-a-button.md) — Add and animate an icon within a Button.

### Navigation and Scrolling

* [Build a Sticky Menu](/elements-docs/getting-started/how-to/build-a-sticky-menu.md) — Keep a menu visible and optionally change it while scrolling.
* [Apply Anchor Scroll Padding](/elements-docs/getting-started/how-to/apply-anchor-scroll-padding.md) — Leave space above an anchor destination.
* [Adjust Smooth Scroll Speed](/elements-docs/getting-started/how-to/adjust-smooth-scroll-speed.md) — Customise anchor scrolling with JavaScript.

### Custom Effects

* [Add Snow to Your Website](/elements-docs/getting-started/how-to/add-snow-to-your-website.md) — Build a configurable snow effect as a Custom Component.

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The [Components](/elements-docs/using-elements/components.md) and [Common Controls](/elements-docs/using-elements/components/common-controls.md) references explain the settings used throughout these tutorials.
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