Polaroid Style Carousel Cards

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Written By Squarestylist Support

What You'll Create

Polaroid-style carousel cards where images appear at the bottom like instant photos, with titles stacked above. Cards can have different background colors based on image alt text tags, creating a playful, varied aesthetic.

The Problem It Solves

Standard carousel layouts place images on top or side, but the classic polaroid look - white border frame with photo at bottom and text above - requires restructuring the default element order and adding conditional color styling.

Perfect For

Photo galleries, Memory walls, Team showcases, Event highlights, Creative portfolios.

What Makes This Different

Flexible layout reorders the carousel item elements so titles appear above images. The technique uses alt text keywords (like 'in green card' or 'in dark card') to conditionally apply different background colors, letting you create varied, colorful card sets from a single carousel. Style variables handle text and button colors for proper contrast on each card variant.

Details

  • Section Type: Fluid & Classic

  • Code Type: CSS

  • Prerequisites: List Section set to Carousel, Space below title value 23

  • Toolkit Title: List Item Polaroids

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