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Webflow by Example

By : Ali Rushdan Tariq
Book Image

Webflow by Example

By: Ali Rushdan Tariq

Overview of this book

Webflow is a modern no-code website-builder that enables you to rapidly design and build production-scale responsive websites. Webflow by Example is a practical, project-based, and beginner-friendly guide to understanding and using Webflow to efficiently build and launch responsive websites from scratch. Complete with hands-on tutorials, projects, and self-assessment questions, this easy-to-follow guide will take you through modern web development principles and help you to apply them efficiently using Webflow. You’ll also get to grips with modern responsive web development and understand how to take advantage of the power and flexibility of Webflow. The book will guide you through a real-life project where you will build a fully responsive and dynamic website from scratch. You will learn how to add animations and interactions, customize experiences for users, and more. Finally, the book covers important steps and best practices for making your website ready for production, including SEO optimization and how to publish and package the website. By the end of this Webflow book, you will have gained the skills you need to build modern responsive websites from scratch without any code.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1: Getting Started with Webflow
5
Section 2: Building a Mobile Responsive Landing Page with Webflow
11
Section 3: Building a Dynamic Website with Webflow CMS
16
Section 4: Additional Topics

Building the Hero section

In order to get started, let's quickly map out the content boxes we anticipate building based on the designs. Figure 4.4 shows one way we can do this. You'll notice that the background image is in its own box, as are the headings, buttons, and screenshot images. Altogether, they form bigger boxes that make up the full Hero section:

Figure 4.4 – The content boxes of the Hero section

Taking the time to plan out the course of action this way – especially if you're brand new at web design and development – is a good practice that can help you plan ahead. With enough repetition, this will become second nature, and you'll be able to do much of it in your head.

Now that we have an idea of how the content in the Hero section can be split up, let's start building it out. We'll tackle the Hero section by breaking it down into smaller bits. First, let's tackle the background image.

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