Figma and Webflow: Two Tools for Creating a Website
Using design tools like Photoshop and Sketch to create websites is now considered an "old-fashioned" approach. It can be very time-consuming. Figma brings all these tools together in one place, offering a free version and allowing designers to export their creations directly. It also enhances collaboration, helping you save time and money!
1 Figma - The No-Code Tool for Your Website Mockups
1.1 Figma: A Design Tool for Creating Your Website
Figma is our favorite no-code design tool for creating websites. The tool is designed for seamless collaboration on web and mobile interfaces. As the main competitor to tools like Sketch and Adobe XD, it is built to establish an optimal design system: you can create elements, shapes, add text, images, generate the code associated with elements, style guides, and more. Thus, Figma allows you to develop a usability charter and a branding guide tailored to your company's visual identity for each project. You can professionally create website prototypes this way.
1.2 Benefits of Figma in UX and UI Design
Establishing a Design System
Figma is an easy-to-use design tool. You can easily create website mockups without needing to know the tool's advanced features. Figma will enable you to design the UX and UI of your website, creating a complete design system.
Optimizing Visuals in Figma
Figma provides tools to create and modify vector elements. You can use the "pen tool" to create shapes and make 3D mockups in your web design. Another advantage of vectorized content is its file size. Creating or importing into Figma will help optimize the weight of each visual, which you can then integrate into your Webflow site. If you import non-vectorized visuals, we recommend using the TinyImage Compressor extension to improve the future performance of your Webflow pages.
Setting up Interactions in Your Mockup
Figma's Prototype mode allows you to create links between different pages and elements of your mockup, giving your Webflow developer a better overview of the site. This will make it easier...
Sharing the Project with the Webflow Developer
The tool is free and is perfectly designed for collaborative work on a single project in 100% cloud format. You can thus create your web mockup and share it with your Webflow developer for an overview of your web mockup's flows.
Time Savings on Your Webflow Development
The beauty of Figma is that you can create, modify, and arrange graphic elements much more quickly than in Webflow. Therefore, the Figma mockup stage is crucial for preparation.
1.3 How to Prepare Your Figma Mockup for Webflow Effectively?
Here are several phases to properly prepare the UX mockup of your website before beginning its development in Webflow.
Step 1 - Create a "Style Guide" for Each Project
The style guide closely resembles a company’s branding charter. It's a document that gathers all the elements used in the mockup that will compose your future website. A style guide will include the iconography of your web mockup, color codes, typography and font sizes (H1, H2, H3), shapes (buttons, backgrounds, corners, etc.), selectors, and call-to-action sections. For your Figma mockup, just like for your Webflow developer, a style guide is essential.
Step 2 - Conceptualize Your Figma Wireframe
A wireframe is a simplified representation of your website. Figma allows you to create wireframes that group the basic static elements of your future site. These wireframes will enable you to outline your site simply and quickly before moving on to the design stage. We recommend using the FigJam feature to create wireframes and get a quick overview of the flows and sections of your future mockup.
Step 3 - Website Mockup
The mockup of your website comes after the wireframe, providing an initial vision of the site's design. The mockup will give you a more realistic view of your site by adding shapes, colors, effects, etc. It will be a way to more accurately identify UX inconsistencies in design, colors, typography, section layouts, etc. Just like the wireframe, the website mockup remains a static preview of your upcoming site.
Step 4 - Website Prototype
The website prototype is the final design stage before development. It provides a dynamic view of the website by including all interactions between pages, sections, calls-to-action, etc. A real simulation that allows you to check the UX consistency of your site and better visualize the interface.
Your website mockup is complete! It's now time to bring it to life… and launch it online! Jump to Webflow!
Check out a client case study on Figma to Webflow conversion.
2 Webflow - The Web Development Tool
Webflow is more than just a CMS. It's a true designer's tool. There are no limits to what you can create. The Webflow platform is an obvious choice for web designers. Today, we quickly present 4 reasons why you should use Webflow to convert your Figma designs into functional websites!
A Complete Web Designer Interface
Webflow immerses you in a comprehensive development interface. The design and layout elements in Webflow are limitless. It's like having Photoshop in the form of a CMS designed for web designers with best CSS practices. In short, here's an overview.
A No-Code Tool for Creating High-Performance Websites
Why choose Webflow?
· A fast website (clean code, best performance in the CMS market)
· A collaborative site (editor mode allows multiple team members to edit)
· SEO best practices accessible with no-code
· 100% responsive sites
Webflow has always stayed ahead of its time with technologies like HTML5. Another deciding factor has been the page loading speed on mobile devices, which was exceptional compared to other sites in its category. (Hello WordPress sites that load in 5 seconds, at best)
Discover the Webflow CMS.
Webflow Resources
(1) Use the Webflow community to assist you in developing your site
· Webflow University
· Webflow Forum
(2) Easily find help for developing your website with Webflow through the platform that lists officially expert agencies.
· Webflow professional partner space
Scaling Your Site
Your website will accompany your business throughout its life, so it's essential to build it in a scalable way. Whether it's new product lines, new services, new employees, or blog articles, it is absolutely necessary to create a dynamic site. With Webflow, your site can grow flexibly with modules and dynamic pages that can be effortlessly duplicated and created.
+ With Webflow, every time you add or modify content, the site structure is automatically updated, ensuring that your readers always have access to the latest news.
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Figma offers a no-code design tool that is absolutely fantastic: no code, free, and collaborative. Webflow allows you to develop your prototype and launch it quickly with the best web practices.
Digidop's opinion: Webflow guarantees the best conversion of Figma mockups into high-performing websites that convert your future visitors into new customers 👍
The Digidop Offer
We provide a mockup conversion service on Webflow while respecting:
- your design
- best practices (SEO, Client-First, Google Performance, etc...)
- record deadlines!
