Webflow tips from CST

Tips from our Customer Support Team to help you be more successful when using Webflow

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Think about accessibility from the start

Web and software creation should be accessible to everyone.

Webflow offers many of the tools you need to build an accessible site, but it's up to you to ensure accessibility within your site design. Here are a few tools and resources to help guide you to make inclusive and accessible design choices:

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Prepare your images and assets before adding them to Webflow

Webflow has an awesome responsive image tool, but it’s so important to make sure your images are properly sized and compressed before bringing them into Webflow.

Here are some awesome free tools you can use if you don't have access to paid tools like Photoshop:

  • Bulk resize photos helps you make your file sizes smaller
  • Tiny PNG helps you compress your images after resizing them
  • Optily will resize all of the images in your Webflow CMS
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Put a plan together if you’re migrating from another platform

If you are migrating your existing website across to Webflow there are a few things to keep in mind

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Start a new site with a Webflow template

We have a template store full of great designs from our community of designers and visual developers

  • Check out our template store to help you get up and launched quickly
  • Make sure you pick a template with the features and layout that works for you or your business
  • Preview the template before purchasing to get a feel for how it’s built and how to make changes
  • Keep in mind that if you do not need Ecommerce then don’t select an Ecommerce template
  • Learn more about Webflow templates in our University
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Give yourself superpowers by joining the Webflow community

We have an incredible community of people who are building things and using Webflow to do it. You can learn a lot about the product and build relationships in a Webflow community

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Give your Webflow projects superpowers with integrations

There are a lot of popular Webflow integrations that customers use when working with Webflow. Add them to your project to help add more features and power

  • Zapier is a super popular tool customers use to connect other apps to Webflow
  • We also see people using Integromat and Parabola to accomplish similar things
  • Use a tool like Memberstack or Outseta to add membership functionality
  • Jetboost adds the ability to live search, filter, and sort your CMS lists
  • Customers also use tools from our Partners like Refokus and Finsweet to boost the CMS as well

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Even though it’s a no-code movement, don’t be afraid to add custom code

Webflow provides you with the ability to add code to your projects. Sometimes a customer may have a requirement that requires a small amount of custom code. Here are some resources to help you add code to your site:

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