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Webflow by Example

By : Ali Rushdan Tariq
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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

Summary

In this chapter, we introduced you to the world of Webflow CMS. You saw what makes a dynamic website different from a static website and you learned that Webflow CMS can make creating dynamic websites easier and faster than many CMS solutions out there, including WordPress, which is a popular alternative.

You spent some time understanding the basics of Webflow CMS and how it structures content. You learned that all content models in Webflow CMS live inside structures called Collections, which, in turn, are groupings of items that are made up of fields. Once created, items in a Collection can then be displayed on a website using Collection Lists or Collection Pages.

You were also provided with an overview of what you'll be building on Webflow CMS using the free plan. Specifically, you looked at the main pages of a website called Libraries of the World, where you will be curating a Collection of some of the world's most interesting libraries.

You sliced the...