Playground Part III

Creating Stylish Buttons with Webflow

In this video, I guide you through the process of designing and stylizing buttons using Webflow.

By following along, you'll learn how to apply color swatches, create gradients, and manage combo classes effectively. By the end of this video, you'll have a solid understanding of how to use Webflow to create and customize buttons for your web projects. We start by selecting primary colors from a Figma system and move on to creating buttons with specific properties like gradients and shadows. You'll also learn about the importance of using combo classes to manage different button styles efficiently, ensuring that each button maintains consistent spacing and roundedness, while allowing for varied background colors. Finally, we explore the concept of contrast classes for creating buttons that work well on both light and dark backgrounds.

Summary

1. Starting with Colors: We begin by pulling primary colors from our Figma system and applying them to elements in Webflow, ensuring a consistent color scheme.
2. Creating Buttons: I demonstrate how to create simple buttons, emphasizing the importance of identifying which elements require coding and which need to be exported as assets, like SVG images.
3. Using Combo Classes: Learn how to add combo classes on top of the original button class to change secondary properties, such as background colors, without affecting the primary class.
4. Gradient Application: See how to add linear gradients to buttons by selecting colors from a spectrum and adjusting the angle to match the desired design.
5. Consistent Spacing: Ensure buttons have consistent spacing by using auto layout properties from Figma, translating these values into Webflow.
6. Adding Shadows: Understand how to add and customize drop shadows for buttons to enhance their visual appeal.
7. Managing Inline and Block Elements: Learn the difference between display inline block and display block, and how this affects the layout and behavior of buttons.
8. Creating Contrast Classes: Discover the importance of creating contrast classes for buttons to ensure they are readable and visually appealing on both light and dark backgrounds.
9. Building a Playground: Set up a playground in Webflow to experiment with and reference different styles, ensuring a cohesive design system.
10. Next Steps: Get ready to dive into the structure of the website in the next class, building on the styling foundation we've established.