# Alternating Sections

> A team layout that alternates photos and bios from left to right down the page. Adds rhythm and gives room for longer profiles on an about page.

A shadcn/ui block from the [@shadcn-ui-blocks](https://www.shadcn-ui-blocks.com) registry, listed on [shadcn.exchange](https://shadcn.exchange/r/shadcn-ui-blocks/marketing-team-sections-alternating-sections).

- Page, with a live preview: https://shadcn.exchange/r/shadcn-ui-blocks/marketing-team-sections-alternating-sections
- Screenshot: https://abzjhwgwpdpz7ua5.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/shots/shadcn-ui-blocks/marketing-team-sections-alternating-sections-light-e89cfbf720826cea.png
- Registry item: https://www.shadcn-ui-blocks.com/r/marketing-team-sections-alternating-sections.json
- Listed: 2026-10-13, source last changed 2026-10-13

## Install

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add https://www.shadcn-ui-blocks.com/r/marketing-team-sections-alternating-sections.json
```

Run it in a project that has shadcn/ui set up. It adds the files below and installs what they depend on.

## Dependencies

- npm packages: `@icons-pack/react-simple-icons`, `class-variance-authority`, `radix-ui`

## Files

### `components/blocks/marketing/team-sections/alternating-sections.tsx`

```tsx
import { SiGithub } from '@icons-pack/react-simple-icons';

import { Linkedin, Twitter } from '@/components/ui/brand-icons';
import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';

const team = [
  {
    name: 'David Forren',
    role: 'Founder / CEO',
    bio: 'David has been in the tech industry for over 12 years, founding multiple successful startups. His vision and leadership have been instrumental in our growth.',
    image:
      'https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1568602471122-7832951cc4c5?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=800&h=600&q=80',
  },
  {
    name: 'Amil Evara',
    role: 'UI/UX Designer',
    bio: 'With a background in psychology and design, Amil brings a unique perspective to our product development process, ensuring our solutions are both beautiful and functional.',
    image:
      'https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1438761681033-6461ffad8d80?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=800&h=600&q=80',
  },
];

export default function AlternatingSections() {
  return (
    <div className="container mx-auto px-4 py-24 md:px-6 lg:py-32 2xl:max-w-[1400px]">
      {/* Title */}
      <div className="mx-auto mb-10 max-w-2xl text-center lg:mb-14">
        <h2 className="text-3xl font-bold md:text-4xl md:leading-tight">
          Leadership team
        </h2>
        <p className="text-muted-foreground mt-1 text-lg">
          Meet the people shaping our future
        </p>
      </div>
      {/* End Title */}

      {/* Alternating Sections */}
      <div className="space-y-24">
        {team.map((member, index) => (
          <div
            key={member.name}
            className="grid items-center gap-8 md:grid-cols-2 lg:gap-12"
          >
            <div
              className={`relative ${index % 2 === 1 ? 'md:order-last' : ''}`}
            >
              <div className="relative aspect-[4/3]">
                <img
                  className="rounded-xl object-cover"
                  src={member.image}
                  alt={member.name}
                  sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw"
                />
              </div>
              {/* Background Pattern */}
              <div
                className={`absolute -z-10 size-48 bg-[radial-gradient(#e5e7eb_1px,transparent_1px)] [background-size:16px_16px] opacity-30 dark:bg-[radial-gradient(#1f2937_1px,transparent_1px)] ${
                  index % 2 === 1 ? '-bottom-6 -left-6' : '-right-6 -bottom-6'
                }`}
              />
            </div>

            <div className="space-y-6">
              <div>
                <h3 className="text-2xl font-bold">{member.name}</h3>
                <p className="text-muted-foreground mt-1 text-lg">
                  {member.role}
                </p>
              </div>

              <p className="text-muted-foreground">{member.bio}</p>

              <div className="flex gap-2">
                <Button size="icon" variant="ghost">
                  <Twitter className="size-4" />
                </Button>
                <Button size="icon" variant="ghost">
                  <SiGithub className="size-4" />
                </Button>
                <Button size="icon" variant="ghost">
                  <Linkedin className="size-4" />
                </Button>
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
        ))}
      </div>
      {/* End Alternating Sections */}
    </div>
  );
}
```

### `components/ui/brand-icons.tsx`

```tsx
import type { ReactNode, SVGProps } from "react"

type BrandIconProps = Omit<SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>, "color"> & {
  title?: string
  color?: string
  size?: number | string
}

/**
 * The brand glyphs Simple Icons has dropped at their owners' request. Every
 * other brand comes straight from the package, imported where it is used
 * (`import { SiGithub } from "@icons-pack/react-simple-icons"`); these three
 * keep the last path Simple Icons published, on its 24 unit grid, and take the
 * package's props (title, color, size) so both read alike in a block.
 */
function BrandSvg({
  children,
  color = "currentColor",
  size = 24,
  title,
  ...props
}: BrandIconProps & { children: ReactNode }) {
  return (
    <svg
      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
      width={size}
      height={size}
      fill={color}
      viewBox="0 0 24 24"
      {...props}
    >
      <title>{title}</title>
      {children}
    </svg>
  )
}

function Linkedin(props: BrandIconProps) {
  return (
    <BrandSvg title="LinkedIn" {...props}>
      <path d="M20.447 20.452h-3.554v-5.569c0-1.328-.027-3.037-1.852-3.037-1.853 0-2.136 1.445-2.136 2.939v5.667H9.351V9h3.414v1.561h.046c.477-.9 1.637-1.85 3.37-1.85 3.601 0 4.267 2.37 4.267 5.455v6.286zM5.337 7.433c-1.144 0-2.063-.926-2.063-2.065 0-1.138.92-2.063 2.063-2.063 1.14 0 2.064.925 2.064 2.063 0 1.139-.925 2.065-2.064 2.065zm1.782 13.019H3.555V9h3.564v11.452zM22.225 0H1.771C.792 0 0 .774 0 1.729v20.542C0 23.227.792 24 1.771 24h20.451C23.2 24 24 23.227 24 22.271V1.729C24 .774 23.2 0 22.222 0h.003z" />
    </BrandSvg>
  )
}

function Slack(props: BrandIconProps) {
  return (
    <BrandSvg title="Slack" {...props}>
      <path d="M5.042 15.165a2.528 2.528 0 0 1-2.52 2.523A2.528 2.528 0 0 1 0 15.165a2.527 2.527 0 0 1 2.522-2.52h2.52v2.52zM6.313 15.165a2.527 2.527 0 0 1 2.521-2.52 2.527 2.527 0 0 1 2.521 2.52v6.313A2.528 2.528 0 0 1 8.834 24a2.528 2.528 0 0 1-2.521-2.522v-6.313zM8.834 5.042a2.528 2.528 0 0 1-2.521-2.52A2.528 2.528 0 0 1 8.834 0a2.528 2.528 0 0 1 2.521 2.522v2.52H8.834zM8.834 6.313a2.528 2.528 0 0 1 2.521 2.521 2.528 2.528 0 0 1-2.521 2.521H2.522A2.528 2.528 0 0 1 0 8.834a2.528 2.528 0 0 1 2.522-2.521h6.312zM18.956 8.834a2.528 2.528 0 0 1 2.522-2.521A2.528 2.528 0 0 1 24 8.834a2.528 2.528 0 0 1-2.522 2.521h-2.522V8.834zM17.688 8.834a2.528 2.528 0 0 1-2.523 2.521 2.527 2.527 0 0 1-2.52-2.521V2.522A2.527 2.527 0 0 1 15.165 0a2.528 2.528 0 0 1 2.523 2.522v6.312zM15.165 18.956a2.528 2.528 0 0 1 2.523 2.522A2.528 2.528 0 0 1 15.165 24a2.527 2.527 0 0 1-2.52-2.522v-2.522h2.52zM15.165 17.688a2.527 2.527 0 0 1-2.52-2.523 2.526 2.526 0 0 1 2.52-2.52h6.313A2.527 2.527 0 0 1 24 15.165a2.528 2.528 0 0 1-2.522 2.523h-6.313z" />
    </BrandSvg>
  )
}

function Twitter(props: BrandIconProps) {
  return (
    <BrandSvg title="Twitter" {...props}>
      <path d="M23.4 4.8c-.8.4-1.7.6-2.6.7.9-.6 1.6-1.5 2-2.5-.9.5-1.9.9-2.9 1.1a4.5 4.5 0 0 0-7.8 4.1A12.8 12.8 0 0 1 2.8 3.5a4.5 4.5 0 0 0 1.4 6.1c-.7 0-1.4-.2-2-.6v.1c0 2.2 1.6 4.1 3.6 4.5-.4.1-.8.2-1.2.2-.3 0-.6 0-.9-.1.6 1.8 2.2 3.1 4.2 3.1a9.1 9.1 0 0 1-5.6 1.9c-.4 0-.7 0-1.1-.1a12.8 12.8 0 0 0 7 2c8.3 0 12.9-6.9 12.9-12.9v-.6c.9-.6 1.7-1.4 2.3-2.3Z" />
    </BrandSvg>
  )
}

export { Linkedin, Slack, Twitter }
```

### `components/ui/button.tsx`

```tsx
import * as React from "react"
import { cva, type VariantProps } from "class-variance-authority"
import { Slot } from "radix-ui"

import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"

const buttonVariants = cva(
  "group/button inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md border border-transparent bg-clip-padding text-sm font-medium whitespace-nowrap transition-all outline-none select-none focus-visible:border-ring focus-visible:ring-3 focus-visible:ring-ring/50 active:not-aria-[haspopup]:translate-y-px disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 aria-invalid:border-destructive aria-invalid:ring-3 aria-invalid:ring-destructive/20 dark:aria-invalid:border-destructive/50 dark:aria-invalid:ring-destructive/40 [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:shrink-0 [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4",
  {
    variants: {
      variant: {
        default: "bg-primary text-primary-foreground hover:bg-primary/80",
        outline:
          "border-border bg-background shadow-xs hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground aria-expanded:bg-muted aria-expanded:text-foreground dark:border-input dark:bg-input/30 dark:hover:bg-input/50",
        secondary:
          "bg-secondary text-secondary-foreground hover:bg-secondary/80 aria-expanded:bg-secondary aria-expanded:text-secondary-foreground",
        ghost:
          "hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground aria-expanded:bg-muted aria-expanded:text-foreground dark:hover:bg-muted/50",
        destructive:
          "bg-destructive/10 text-destructive hover:bg-destructive/20 focus-visible:border-destructive/40 focus-visible:ring-destructive/20 dark:bg-destructive/20 dark:hover:bg-destructive/30 dark:focus-visible:ring-destructive/40",
        link: "text-primary underline-offset-4 hover:underline",
      },
      size: {
        default:
          "h-9 gap-1.5 px-2.5 in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-2 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-2",
        xs: "h-6 gap-1 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),8px)] px-2 text-xs in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-1.5 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-1.5 [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-3",
        sm: "h-8 gap-1 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),10px)] px-2.5 in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-1.5 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-1.5",
        lg: "h-10 gap-1.5 px-2.5 has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-2 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-2",
        icon: "size-9",
        "icon-xs":
          "size-6 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),8px)] in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-3",
        "icon-sm":
          "size-8 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),10px)] in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md",
        "icon-lg": "size-10",
      },
    },
    defaultVariants: {
      variant: "default",
      size: "default",
    },
  }
)

function Button({
  className,
  variant = "default",
  size = "default",
  asChild = false,
  ...props
}: React.ComponentProps<"button"> &
  VariantProps<typeof buttonVariants> & {
    asChild?: boolean
  }) {
  const Comp = asChild ? Slot.Root : "button"

  return (
    <Comp
      data-slot="button"
      data-variant={variant}
      data-size={size}
      className={cn(buttonVariants({ variant, size, className }))}
      {...props}
    />
  )
}

export { Button, buttonVariants }
```