eBook - Mastering the basics of Axure

Chapter 1: Mastering the basics of Axure is an introduction to Axure. It is aimed at people who don't know Axure at all.

This e-book will take you by the hand and will help you create a complete homepage, from a blank canvas to a complete functional homepage, step by step. For the purpose of the exercise, we will re-create the homepage of Dribbble, a fantastic daily source of inspiration from the best designers in the world.

The guide is available as an online version and as a PDF. The online version is optimized to work very well with mobile devices.

The guide comes with the .rp file, in order to guide you through the exercise.

The tutorial comes also with a very detailled screencast - nearly one hour of video.

Content

This first chapter of the Totalwireframe Tutorial Series will teach you the following:

  • How to use layouts
  • How and when to use masters, used to create headers and footers
  • What libraries are for
  • How to use dynamic panels
  • Useful tips on how to achieve best performances
  • How to use styling to quickly design an entire page

The exercise

To learn how to master the basics of Axure, we will go through an exercise: recreate the homepage of Dribbble. Why? Because this site is awesome, and because it contains all the things a wireframe usually needs: a header and footer, some design elements that repeat themselves, a good use of colors and typography.

From a blank canvas... to a complete functional wireframe.

The goodies

Tips

The tutorial contains a lot of tips I've hard to learn the hard way. They will help you use Axure in a smarter way, and probably become more productive.

Tutorial file

The tutorial comes with a .rp file, optimized for Axure 6.0 and above. That way, as you follow the tutorial, you'll always have a reference to take a look at, just in case. You can take a look of the HTML version of the prototype here.

The screencast

The tutorial comes with a very detailled screencast. Nearly one hour of video has been recorded (56 min actually) to explain step by step each manipulation.

You can either choose to watch the full screencast, or watch it section by section. Each section of the screencast matches the corresponding section of the HTML tutorial.

 

 

After your payment, you'll receive an email with a link to the tutorial.

 

With this tutorial, you will become an advanced Axure user.