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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 picked up from where we left off when we completed the Hero section in Chapter 4, Building Above the Fold. The rest of the SecondPlate landing page had us completing the How it Works section, a features section, a CTA section, and lastly, the footer section.

In doing so, we continued practicing Webflow basics, from adding elements to adding images and customizing styles.

Moreover, we had the opportunity to get a lot more practice with flex and grid display layouts. Specifically, we learned that flex is best used when we're looking to align elements along a single dimension, vertically or horizontally, such as elements in a card or a row of items. On the other hand, grids are best reserved for elements that need to be laid out vertically as well as horizontally, such as the cards in our features section.

In the CTA section, we also got a chance to further explore the concept of positioning. We learned that by using relative positioning, an element...