After signing up for an account, you can design a site from scratch or choose a template. Webflow has more than 1,500 templates designed for various categories, including blogs, businesses, and portfolios. However, only some of those templates are free. Many of the best templates I saw cost extra money, ranging in price from $29 to $129. Squarespace also has premium templates, but its free templates look significantly better than Webflow’s offerings.
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Webflow smoothly walks you through the basics of its builder with its handy checklist. I was immediately impressed by how much information Webflow’s interface conveys without feeling overwhelming. For example, the Navigator tool breaks down your site’s overall structure, and selecting an element launches style options. It’s also easy to switch between desktop and mobile views. That said, you cannot change templates once you’ve picked one, which is a common limitation of website builders. GoDaddy and Weebly are two exceptions, letting you easily swap templates.
The page design tools enable you to search for specific assets and view the logic behind how pages are organized and flow together. For example, you can easily add video players, search bars, social media buttons, photo grids, and reCAPTCHA fields. While positioning site elements, you can see how they roughly snap to a grid. Overall, it feels less rigid than GoDaddy Websites + Marketing‘s page designer. Often, it’s a simple drag-and-drop experience. If not, Webflow displays a message explaining where a specific segment should be placed on your site.
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As someone who regularly works with content management systems, I was intrigued by Webflow’s CMS tool. With it, I created an efficient pipeline for regularly creating and managing new content on my site, such as blog posts or menu items, without altering the entire design. Note that your tier determines the number of CMS items you can create, starting with 50 items in the free tier. Webflow also lets you transfer your site’s data elsewhere should you decide to pack it up.
Webflow provides more image editing functionality than rivals like Bluehost and Dorik. It’s no Photoshop replacement, but you can do more than just insert images. In testing, I easily resized pictures, changed their opacity, adjusted their borders, and applied filters and transitions.
