Designer View

Overview of Webflow's designer view

In this video, I provide a comprehensive overview of Webflow's Designer View, highlighting the essential tools and features to enhance your web design workflow.

I'll guide you through the panels, elements, and settings that make designing in Webflow intuitive and efficient. In this tutorial, I explore the main functionalities of Webflow's Designer View, including panels for adding images, videos, and pre-built components, as well as tools for managing styles, interactions, and page settings. The video demonstrates how to navigate the hierarchy of your project, utilize CMS collections, and manage assets effectively. Additionally, I touch on the importance of keyboard shortcuts and previewing your work before publishing. This tutorial is designed to give you a solid foundation in using Webflow's design tools, making your web design process smoother and more efficient.

Summary

1. Designer Panels: The video begins with an overview of the left and right panels in Webflow's Designer View, where you can add various elements to your canvas, such as images, videos, and pre-built components.
2. Project Hierarchy: It then explains how to navigate your project hierarchy using the Navigator, which is similar to the Layers panel in Figma, allowing you to manage multiple layers and pages.
3. Symbols and Components: I discuss the use of symbols, which function like Figma's components, enabling you to create a single source of truth for elements that can be reused across multiple pages.
4. CMS Collections: The tutorial briefly touches on CMS collections, which will be covered in more detail in another lesson, highlighting their importance for managing database content.
5. Asset Management: The video emphasizes the importance of managing and compressing assets, referring to a previous course on preparing files for Webflow.
6. Style Management: It covers the style manager and how CSS properties can be used to modify elements on the canvas, with each class created being stored in the style manager for easy access and cleanup.
7. Interactions and Animations: Learn about the interactions panel, which allows you to add animations to elements based on specific triggers, enhancing the interactivity of your design.
8. Publishing and Sharing: The video details how to export code, create read-only links, invite collaborators, and publish your project on a custom domain, with a preview feature to check your work.
9. Keyboard Shortcuts: I highlight the importance of keyboard shortcuts for efficiency, demonstrating how to quickly find and add elements using these shortcuts.
10. Preview and Review: The tutorial concludes with advice on previewing your design before publishing to ensure everything works correctly and looks as intended.