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Customizing Wireframes with Wireframeit

Wireframe creation is essential for web design, but traditional tools can be restrictive. With Wireframeit, you can quickly transform live websites into editable wireframes and customize them to align with your design vision.

Installing the Wireframeit Extension

To get started, follow these quick guides to install the extension and enable the wireframe view in your browser:

Once the extension is installed and the wireframe view is activated, you're ready to explore Wireframeit's powerful customization options.

Customizing Wireframes

Wireframeit offers a wide range of customization options to tailor your wireframe to your needs.

Text Customization

Adjusting text customization settings in Wireframeit
Modify text appearance to suit your project needs

Wireframeit makes it easy to adjust text elements, ensuring your wireframes are clear and focused. These adjustments help streamline your UI/UX workflow, keeping your wireframes clutter-free:

  • Show/Hide Text Elements: Toggle text visibility to declutter your wireframe.
  • Display Options: Visualize text as blocks, scribbles, Lorem Ipsum, or keep the original text. This flexibility ensures that your wireframe remains readable or abstracted as needed.
  • Text Color: Adjust the color for better contrast and readability.
  • Text IDs: Enable unique IDs for each text element for easier collaboration with your content team.

All text elements are converted to paths in the final SVG file. This improves efficiency, ensures design integrity, and simplifies further editing in design tools like Figma or Sketch

Image Customization

Options for image customization in Wireframeit
Control how images are represented in your wireframe

Wireframeit lets you modify how images appear in your wireframes, ensuring that visual elements align with your project’s needs. These settings apply to any images or background images found within the website structure:

  • Show/Hide Images: Decide whether images should remain visible or be abstracted.
  • Background Color: Set specific background colors for image placeholders.
  • Border Color: Customize border colors to define image boundaries.
  • Image Icon Color: Adjust the icon color displayed in the center of image placeholders.
  • Opacity Settings: Setting any color’s opacity to 0 will hide the respective element (borders, background, or image icon).

Icon Customization

Customize SVG elements to enhance your wireframe, these adjustments apply to any SVG elements found in the website structure:

  • Toggle Visibility: Show or hide individual icons as needed.
  • Change Icon Color: Adjust icon colors for better visual contrast.

Container Customization

Customizing containers in Wireframeit
Adjust container visibility and colors for clarity

Containers refer to any div or parent elements that contain renderable items and are visually represented on the original website through borders, background colors, or shadows. Customize these elements to fit your design:

  • Toggle Visibility: Show or hide container elements as needed.
  • Background Color: Adjust the background color of containers.
  • Border Color: Modify border colors to highlight container boundaries.
  • Opacity Settings: Setting any color’s opacity to 0 will hide the respective element (borders or background).

Blacklist Feature

Utilizing blacklist feature to refine wireframes
Streamline wireframes by hiding irrelevant elements

Use the blacklist to remove non-essential elements from your wireframe, making it cleaner and more focused:

  • Hide Elements and Their Children: Exclude entire sections, like ads or pop-ups, from your wireframe.
  • Tag-Specific Blacklisting: Target specific tags, classes, or IDs to exclude irrelevant components.
  • Dev Tools Assistance: Use browser developer tools to inspect and identify the class, ID, or tag of elements you wish to blacklist.

Exporting Your Wireframe

Once your wireframe is ready, Wireframeit makes it easy to export your wireframes as .svg files, a versatile format perfect for scaling, sharing, and further editing in design tools like Figma or Sketch.

Exporting is as simple as clicking the Export button in the extension's popup. For a detailed walkthrough of how to export and manage your wireframes, check out our guide to exporting wireframes as SVGs.

Tips for Effective Customization

To get the most out of Wireframeit, keep these best practices in mind:

  • Start Simple: Use the blacklist to hide unnecessary elements and focus on the core structure.
  • Prioritize Layout: Focus on the layout and hierarchy before diving into detailed customization.
  • Collaborate: Share exported files for easy team collaboration.

Troubleshooting and FAQs

Common Issues

  • Wireframe View Errors: Ensure the website isn’t dynamically rendered. Refresh and retry.
  • Blacklist Not Working: Double-check the element’s class, ID, or tag.

Need Help?

Visit the Support Page for further assistance.

TLDR

Wireframeit is your ultimate solution for creating low-fidelity wireframes and a game-changer for anyone needing automatic wireframes or a quick way to convert HTML to SVG. It’s the perfect website wireframe tool for web design professionals.

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