To add a component to the canvas, click the plus (+) button. Clicking on a component will expand it so the name can be edited. The preview shows the currently selected component form the list below the preview window. In case there are similar components in the project, this provides a good level of detail to find the right one. The plus and minus buttons next to the background color button can be used to zoom in and out. The bottom left button can change the setting between white, black and transparant. To improve visibility - a white component does not display that well on a white background - the background color of the previewer can be toggled. The first part of the pane shows a preview of the component.
The components included in the project can be accessed on the Components sub-pane of the Content pane. Symbols are elements such as a buy button, or components such as a footer, that are being kept in sync accross all places and pages of the project. Symbols are accesible through the Content pane. This subpane gives access to all prebuilt components like navigations, cards and modals that are included in the project. Elements like headings, paragraphs, buttons, images and videos (and a whole bunch more) can be inserted into any column on the canvas.Īlso on the Content pane are the project Components. Here you can add rows, columns (which hold the actual content elements) and specify, for example, the width of a column and adjust it for different display widths. This pane includes the controls for working with the Bootstrap grid. The pane on the most left is the Layout pane. Here’s a overview of each of the panes, details on each pane are provided in the next sections. The icon is replaced by the pane name upon hover. On the right side of the UI there are 5 panes each with a specific role in creating the responsive design. Just thought to give you all the heads up when you notice a Foundation Framer icon or RSD reference - the instructions will apply to Bootstrap Builder in the same (or scarely similar) way. Sometimes we will link to more indepth articles, tutorial videos or helpful tips originally created for these apps. The workflow and interface of Bootstrap Builder are very similar to Responsive Site designer and Foundation Framer. This guide actually teaches Bootstrap and Visual CSS. Depending on your experience level you will pick up a lot of CSS - the language that makes the web look good -along way. But if you ignore the typos and spend half an hour scanning this guide, it will build a a a good reference for finding your way around the app.
This document is currently in rough draft status. Spending a couple of minutes watching these short videos in which a full responsive design is created will be a good start. Just remember, with the will to learn and the undo system as backup, it’s just a matter of time. However, it will probably take up a bit more time to get up and running with this app compared to somebody with CSS experience. The visual design controls in combination with the real-time preview provide an excellent feedback mechnism that helps to understand the effects of adding or changing CSS code. No more laborious static prototyping for various screen sizes, just one design that can be viewed and adjusted for any device width. And the results are super spectacular too!ĭon’t know any CSS? This app will help you learn by doing.īootstrap Builder is also an excellent tool for those interested in learning CSS and to design with Bootstrap. The graphics programs are now used as they should, for creating supporting materials such as icons, backgrounds and for image effects *. They are now designing in one of our responsive apps, directly for the web. We have heard from a great many Photoshop and Illustrator specialists with limited CSS experience how spectaculary their workflow has improved. Using visual CSS controls the focus is on the content and experience design, not on hunting and tweaking code snippets. Less (or none) code savvy designers will not be bogged down by coding details. Both the quality and speed of our projects have greatly improved since we incorporated Bootstrap Builder in our design workflow. This results in shorter turn around times and / or more authentic, unique, site designs. For the code savvy…and not so code savvy alike!Ĭode savvy designers and front end developers will benefit from an intuitive and faster workflow that allows for more experimenting and design iterations. Together with further augmenting functions such as the width slider, custom breakpoints, global content updates, customizable prebuilt components and more, this leads to a greatly improved design workflow where creativity thrives. Bootstrap Builder provides a real-time visual design environment for the popular Bootstrap 3 and 4 front end frameworks.
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