Welcome to my notion aesthetics tutorial.
By the end of this video you'll have 10 brand new ways
to spice up your notion workspace
using tthe same Notion aesthetic features
that I've implemented in my Notion OS Dashboard.
This dashboard along with all the notion the resources we'll be covering in this video
can be found through the description down below.
Let's get started.
The first tip is that you can upload gifs as icons and covers
I find all of my gifs on Pinterest and
i will leave a link to my pinterest board in the notion resources page down in the description
The second tip is to use notion icon websites
There are a couple of website you can use
but the one I recommend is notionicons.website
You basically just browse through all the icons
click on the icon you want and then paste it
inside the link option when you change your icon
If you want icons in different colors
then I'd recommend getting their colored icon pack for $10
The third tip is to use notion cover websites
you can really quickly create clean-looking notion covers
using websites such as notion cover generator or covercons
Simply just create your cover, download, and then upload it to Notion
Another website worth mentioning is notioncovers.com
where you can download different notion cover packs
Moving into database aesthetics
our fourth tip is to hide your database title
and rename your database view using caps lock and spaces in between each letter
this will clean up your dashboard and give your database a really nice and simple minimalist look
You can add an outline and an icon to your database by using callout boxes
Create a callout box with the color set to default,
implement the previous titling tip into your callout boxes,
drag and drop your database inside and then simply just change the icon
This not only looks a lot better
but it also makes it easier to drag the database around
and change your dashboard layout
One of my favorite features is being able to group list view databases
You can group a list view database according to a relation and then toggle the properties you want
and then toggle the properties you want to show
This keeps everything organized
doesn't take as much screen real estate
and it fits well with our minimalist theme that we got going on
The last tip for database aesthetics
is that you can color your board view databases
by just going into the layout tab and then toggling the color columns option
You can create multi-column layouts by dragging your notion blocks next to each other
or if you're using databases without the callout box you want to use empty blocks and then drop
you want to use empty blocks and then drop your databases inside
To create multi-columns inside a multi-column layout
You want to create a new page
add your content in the layout you wish
go back to your dashboard and add the page under a cloumn
and then simply just turn the page into text and delete the text using backspace
My next tip is to use template buttons to automatically add icons to your notion pages
this will save you time adding them individually
and also give your dashboard a little bit more life
especially if you're using colored icons
You can also add self-referencing databases inside the template buttons
So each time you click on the new project template button
It will add the icon well as a task database filtered to that specific project
Notion widgets is a really great way to add functionality and aesthetics to your Notion dashboard
You simply just play around with the widget settings
copy the link to your clipboard and then paste it as an embedded link inside of Notion
Here's the 3 websites I'd recommend
use Notion2charts to create graph widgets from your Notion databases
Use GetKairo for a fun and interactive habit and goal tracking widget
and use Indify.co for pretty much all the other widgets you'll need in your notion dashboard
All of the websites i used in this video can be found down below in the description
through the notion resources page which you can duplicate to your notion workspace
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Thank you for watching
I'll see you in the next one.