Develop organized and maintainable websites that your clients love
Client-First is a set of guidelines and strategies to help us build Webflow websites. Built and managed by Finsweet.
Like thousands of developers, you will love using Client-First
Client-First help us build more efficiently as Webflow developers
Easy to update Style Guide
Create a project organization system to work faster with less effort.
Know how to name your classes
Create clear and specific names for classes.
Folders view of the structures
Folders help us group, search for, and access elements in our project.
Flexible spacing system
Make intelligent spacing decisions inside Client-First.
Unify a build strategy as a team
Creating a project that allows for scalability
New color system using variables
Explore the power of color variables in Webflow for consistency, global changes, and enhanced project organization
Deep Documentation
The most important topics of Client-First.
Intro to Client-First with an overview of the essential principles.
Strategy for how we identify, use, and manage classes inside Webflow as a platform.
Explanation of rem units and approved rem values in Client-First.
Build and maintain a unified typography style system across the project.
Make intelligent spacing decisions inside Client-First.
Learn with Live Builds and our Clonables
Find live builds and Clonables of Client-First.
Watch Joe Krug as he live builds the Finsweet Hacks TypeScript website using Client-First V2.
Learn how the Client-first spacing system can increase the building speed in Webflow. The main benefit of the spacing system is that we don’t have to start from scratch. The spacing is already set up in Client-first cloneables. These classes have responsive margin values and responsive padding values. The spacing system brings flexibility and allows quick global changes.
Learn how to speed up class selection, and deal with long class naming. We will learn some general tips as well as specifically address the Spacing System, classes of the Client-first Style System, the Typography Classes, and Global Classes.
A custom designed wireframe UI kit, built using the Client-first system for Webflow. With 59 components, and minimal design, it's very easy to build upon and create all sort of websites.
Clean and fully customizable template built using the Client-first system for Webflow.
Cloneable concept site utilizing CF V2, fs Attributes, and custom javascript.
The community and Client-First
Here's what the Webflow community is saying
We've been working with Client First since it's Beta and we couldn't work with something else. It gives a common language for clients and freelancers alike, we love it!
Getting used to @thatsfinsweet #clientfirst system and I am blown away how great it is! This is a must for all @webflow #designers #developers
Spent over 6 hours renaming and reorganizing all my classes in a previous project according to @thatsfinsweet's Client-first Style System. Totally worth it, everything is so organized now
One of the best thing, i think @thatsfinsweet gave to the webflow community is client-first method.
finally checking out client first by @thatsfinsweet
We're officially making the move to it for all future builds
Client-first helped bring much needed structure to my Webflow builds. My struggles with wasting so much time on what to name classes, is a thing of the past. It also helped me realize what a mess my spacing use to be.
If you're a @webflow developer, you need to start using @thatsfinsweet client first system for all your projects.It will help you in:-
✓ SEO
✓ Structure of your sections
✓ Scanning through your project
✓ Scalability
✓ Time-saveing
Thanks @thatsfinsweet @joekrug for Client-first. This changes my BEM approach of developing into a better way of working with Webflow. Simple and accessible for anyone.
Ever since I started Webflow, I knew I needed to find the best build methodology out there to optimize my workflow. So I found CF. Besides the many hours saved for me, my team and clients - how good it feels to deliver such high quality digital products - can be just amazing. #CF
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