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Design, Planning, Database, Program Functions
How to create a one-click checklist using Notion. This includes a free template that can be used for personal or professional tasks. The recurring checklist is designed to simplify the process of adding checklists and completing projects, allowing you to focus on what needs to be done rather than spending time recreating repetitive to-do lists.
This is a weekly spread between Monday and Sunday that will auto-populate from a Notion calendar. All days are spread into two rows of four columns. For those who like the presentation of a non-database weekly spread but also like the convenience of a database manager, this is the best of both worlds, and it takes a few minutes to setup. There is also the option to duplicate the Notion template below the tutorial.
Design, Database, Dashboards, Planning
Claim your free copy of 2022-2023 calendar covers for Notion in 6 color way themes. Below is a collection of calendars between September 2022 and December 2023 with weekly pages included too. The template, available to duplicate at the bottom of the article, nests all corresponding weeks with their parent month in the body of every month page.
Looking for more design elements for your Notion pages? The Notion app can be used for more than a productivity tool. It can be a canvas for your web pages, public wikis, and more. This small collection of dividers can customize your text to suit your style. There are options for dark-mode and light-mode compatibility as well. Download the free images below.
Ever wonder how to incorporate flashcard decks into Notion? Here is a method to build flashcards with Notion’s boardview database. Simply use every database page as a new card in a flashcard “deck” with the front of the card as the title and the back as a database property. And with one formula, you can turn any Notion page into a flashcard to study.
Notion’s minimal page design is the perfect place to build your resume. Build resumes with different block styles from callouts to quote blocks to tables and more. This example uses several nested columns in Notion to showcase a narrow stream of professional experience and skill descriptions down the center of the page.
I created a job search Notion dashboard to save new job listings, interviews, and company information. This free template is designed to guide the user through six steps to add a listing’s basic information, role, description, qualifications, benefits, and more inside one Notion dashboard. There is also a place to quickly add and manage interviews.
Decorate your Notion or social media pages with these beautiful and minimal notion-style illustrations and avatars. As reputable Notion community members, these artists have replicated Notion’s classic black and white brand with a dash of their own technique and style. With each link is a break down of the product’s features including image types, any publishing restrictions, and price.
In this short tutorial, I explain how to add images to the code block language Mermaid inside Notion. I also show you how to add images, colorful backgrounds, and how to add labels next to the images too. The mermaid code block is a great tool for displaying aesthetically pleasing graphs for your team, readers, or your own pages.
Create an index page in Notion without using a database. Instead, use the synced block feature. Synced blocks allow Notion users to share and edit a single block across multiple pages. For example, you can create a synced block in one page, then copy and paste that block to five other pages, and finally edit any block to update all six. Here’s how to use the feature to collect blocks in an index.
Looking for a ready-to-use Notion template to add to your workspace? Here are 30+ aesthetic Notion templates to check out. These Notion creators are especially generous to share their expertise for free. If you like any free Notion template below, make sure to thank the creator or donate if applicable. Enjoy!
During the construction of my Notion-Friendly Tools page, I found more than several resources for free icons. Below are the websites I gathered thus far. If you are seeking more Notion icon resources, I recommend looking at product hunt for recent releases. That is where I find all my favorite Notion tools and images.
Want to make your Notion workspace look better? Designing pages can start with aesthetic widgets. Whether you’re creating buttons, progress bars, habit trackers, or need a pomodoro timer, there are impressive projects in the Notion community that are creating the best widgets for your pages. Here are a few of my favorites.
When I started making Notion content in 2019, a color library database was one of my first projects in the program. I decided to revisit this template in 2022 and build a simple color library and color palette generator using one database. Included is what I’m calling a “color map” organized by color type, a palette view, and a portal for bookmarked colors too. Here’s how it works.
The custom Notion planner can be designed to cater a task manager’s needs from simple to complex. Some users like to use databases and relationships between todos, while others like to keep things simple. These three template sheets can satisfy both users. The Notion user can implement a pre-designed page inside a database template to customize the body of every entry in the database (ie. like a calendar).
Not every Notion setup needs a database. There are a lot of ways to use the program simply, and here just a handful of examples to get inspiration from. Still want to utilize a table without a database? A lot of these Notion templates have basic tables to categorize information neatly without creating a new page in each row. There is a link below each image to duplicate the template into your Notion workspace.
Mermaid is a code language that allows one to create a flowchart, pie chart, Gantt chart, and more. One tricky part of the Mermaid language is the ability to control where connections between nodes lie related to the orientation of the graph. For a family tree graph, a classic flowchart may appear too busy. Here is how to make a Mermaid family graph easy to follow.
Program Functions, Planning, Design
Mermaid compatibility is now available in Notion code blocks. Here is how to get started using the new update. Mermaid allows Notion users to create flowcharts in the program, and flowcharts can be very useful for planning Notion workspaces, particularly, for identifying database relationships. Here’s how it works.