{"id":530,"date":"2017-12-27T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatbigdigitalagency.com\/blog\/webflow-a-designers-best-friend\/"},"modified":"2017-12-27T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T01:30:00","slug":"webflow-a-designers-best-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatbigdigitalagency.com\/blog\/webflow-a-designers-best-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Love Webflow – A Designer’s Best Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"
For as long as web pages have existed, there have always been two departments that needed to work together to create one project: Designers and Developers. In my previous article, Adobe Illustrator for Web Designers, I talk about the communication difficulties between these two and how to become more efficient in the collaborative workflow. As a designer and a DIY kind of guy, I am beyond happy to have finally found a program that allows a designer like me to actually BUILD the front end of a custom website by myself: Webflow.<\/p>\n
For Grue & Bleen, we build mostly on WordPress because it is open source and has so many customizable plug-ins; however, for some projects, we do not require all those capabilities and turn to Webflow to build sites for our clients (and ourselves). When we do have a Webflow project, I can design right inside the Webflow interface as it builds the code. What sets this apart from a CMS, such as Squarespace or Wix, is that Webflow offers a direct hybrid of designing and coding, where you can get as deep into the CSS and JavaScript as you wish for ultimate customization. I have compiled my list of eight things I appreciate most about Webflow from the standpoint of a designer who is also lightly familiar with code.<\/p>\n
This is the part of Webflow that is very similar to page builders like Squarespace and also visual WordPress plugins like Beaver Builder and Divey. You basically have a list of elements you can drag onto your page to start building a custom site.<\/p>\n