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🚀 Modern Intranet Dashboard UI Built for the Axero Frontend Challenge

Hadil Ben Abdallah on July 25, 2025

This is a submission for Frontend Challenge: Office Edition sponsored by Axero, Holistic Webdev: Office Space 🔥 What I Built I built a ...
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Hassan Rezaali

Hadil, fantastic work on your intranet dashboard for the Axero Frontend Challenge! From a technical perspective, your choice of a lean tech stack—HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 5, and vanilla JavaScript—demonstrates a strong command of front-end fundamentals. The decision to avoid heavy frameworks while still achieving smooth interactivity (like the profile editing flow and responsive chat layout) is particularly impressive. Your focus on semantic HTML and clean CSS with Bootstrap’s grid system ensures maintainability and scalability, which are critical for real-world applications. The GitHub repository is a great touch for transparency—any chance you could share specific code snippets (e.g., for the stateful transitions) to showcase your approach? Amazing job overall, and I’m excited to see more of your work!

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Hadil Ben Abdallah • Edited

It truly means a lot! 🙏
I really wanted to keep the tech stack lean to prove that even with just the core web technologies, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 5, and vanilla JS, we can build something clean, interactive, and maintainable. It was a fun challenge to rely on fundamentals while still delivering smooth flows like the profile editor and chat layout.

I'm really glad you mentioned semantic HTML and maintainability, it was a key focus throughout development. And yes, I’d be happy to share code snippets for those stateful transitions! I’ll either add a short section in the README or publish a follow-up post breaking down some of the logic behind them. Stay tuned!

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Bridget Amana

This is so good 👏👏

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Thank you so much 😍🙏🏻

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Hassan Rezaali

Wow, Hadil, your intranet dashboard is a stellar example of user-centered design! The clean layout, intuitive navigation, and thoughtful UX touches—like hover effects, legible fonts, and clear CTAs—create a seamless and professional experience. I particularly love how you’ve prioritized responsiveness, ensuring the dashboard feels just as polished on mobile as it does on desktop. The notifications system and chat interface add a practical, real-world feel that aligns perfectly with the needs of a team-focused intranet. One suggestion: have you considered adding subtle animations for page transitions to enhance the flow even further? This is such a well-executed project, and it’s clear you’ve poured a lot of thought into making it both functional and visually appealing. Great work!

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Thank you so much, Hassan, for this incredibly detailed and encouraging comment! 🌟
It truly means a lot to see that the small UX decisions, like hover effects, clean CTAs, and responsive design, stood out to you. I really wanted to create something that feels intuitive for everyday team use, so your feedback reassures me I’m on the right path.

And yes, I love your idea about adding subtle page transition animations! That would definitely bring a smoother flow and elevate the overall feel, I’ll be exploring that next.

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Hassan Rezaali

Hadil, your submission for the Axero Frontend Challenge is truly inspiring! The way you’ve conceptualized a modern intranet dashboard as a centralized hub for team productivity is spot-on for addressing real organizational needs. Features like the announcements page, document management, and customizable settings show a deep understanding of what makes an intranet valuable for employees. I also appreciate how you’ve documented your journey, highlighting both the strategic planning (mapping out page structures) and the practical execution (responsive design and UX polish). This project not only showcases your technical skills but also your ability to think holistically about solving workplace challenges. I’d love to hear more about how you prioritized certain features over others—any key insights from user research or feedback? Absolutely brilliant work!

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Thank you so much for your kind words! 🙏🏻
I’m really glad you connected with the vision behind the dashboard. When I started designing it, I focused on how a digital workspace can truly serve a team, not just as a tool, but as a cohesive environment where productivity and communication flow naturally.

Prioritizing features was definitely a challenge! I tried to put myself in the shoes of an employee navigating a busy workday: quick access to announcements, organized documents, and personalization options felt like essential pillars to build around. While I didn’t conduct formal user research, I drew inspiration from common frustrations I’ve seen and read about in real-world intranet solutions.

I’d love to dive deeper into this with more feedback and maybe even iterate further. Thanks again for such a motivating message!

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Debajyati Dey

Great Work Hadil!

BTW how did you make this section in the blog?

socials section

I may be too dumb, but can you please share the markdown snippet?

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Hadil Ben Abdallah • Edited

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! 😍
And no worries at all, we’re all here to learn and support each other. 🙌🏻

Here's the markdown snippet:

| Thanks for reading! 🙏🏻 <br/> Made with 💙 by [Hadil Ben Abdallah](https://dev.to/hadil) | [![LinkedIn](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/u48q29oef3l4a6eow30h.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadil-ben-abdallah/) [![GitHub](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/huvszgj6eun7xfvnwv51.png)](https://github.com/Hadil-Ben-Abdallah) [![Daily.dev](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/20akag0pdeq95u76k9e8.png)](https://app.daily.dev/hadilbenabdallah)|
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If you ever have any other questions, feel free to ask anytime, I’d be more than happy to help whenever I can!

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Mahdi Jazini

wow !!!
It's Perfect 👏👏👏👏

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Thank you so much Mahdi! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Andriy Ovcharov

Interesting. Thanks for sharing!

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

You're welcome 😍🙏🏻

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Pouyan Jazini

that was great , keep going strong 👊

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Thank you so much Pouyan 🙌🏻

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Theodora Cristea

It looks amazing Hadil!🥰👏 Congratulations on your hard work!
Wishing you the best of luck in the competition!🥰

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Thank you so much Theodora Cristea 😍😍 Your encouragement means a lot 🙏🏻

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Muskan Dodmani

Great job Hadil !!
Keep it up !! 👍👍

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Thank you so much 😍🙏🏻

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Ben Abdallah Hanadi

Great Job 👏👏👏👏

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Ben Abdallah Hanadi

This is amazing 😍😍😍

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Tahnk you so much 😍

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Aida Said

This is awesome 👏👏
Keep going

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Thank you so much 😍 🙏🏻