How to Paste Images & Screen Captures into Rich Text

Did you know that you can paste images directly from the clipboard into Webflow's Rich Text elements, when you're in Editor mode? But there's a catch...

Webflow's Image-Orientation Bug

Are photos flipping sideways on your published site? Here's why, and how to prevent it.

e-Commerce - Webflow or Shopify?

Decisions, decisions... which should I choose?

Removing Pages on your Webflow Site

‍The world is an ever-changing place, and so is your website.

Export Webflow's 301 redirects as CSV

Have a lot of redirects? Here's how to export Webflow's 301 redirects as a single CSV.

Is Webflow's Paste Menu Not working?

Paste Menu Not working? For web applications like Webflow, copy and paste functionality are central to their usability. But sometimes, it seems glitchy, and sometimes it doesn’t work at all. Sometimes you get nothing, and sometimes you get a script error. But Webflow’s not alone in this- I’ve seen a number of web-based apps face similar challenges. So what’s happening? Most likely, when this happens, we’re facing a browser security issue. Here’s why. As a user, if you issue a Paste command from your system to your web browser, you’re explicitly giving permission for your system to share its current clipboard data with the target website. You do this through CTRL+V or CTRL+INS on Windows, CMD+V on a Mac, or sometimes using a right-click system menu. But if a webpage presents you with a “Paste data” button or menu item, you click it- then the website runs a script that must request data from the clipboard. To us, that feels like pretty much the same thing, but in fact it’s entirely different. If javascript has unrestrained ability to read the clipboard, then every single website can grab whatever’s on your clipboard, at any moment. What do you copy? Bank account number? Passwords? Personal data? How many websites do you visit in a day? How many browser tabs do you have open right now? I’d guess maybe 200 on my system. Having multiple monitors and 9 virtual desktops cooking isn’t always a good thing. It makes sense that when it comes to the ability for browsers seem much more strict about that. Scripts that write data to the clipboard seem much less restricted, which also makes sense. That’s much safer, with far less privacy risk. And this is the Internet we live in. Browsers are trying to evolve as a shield between the user and the websites we visit, protecting us from nasty stuff. Thanks Google, I appreciate that.

Every Way to Color your SVGs in Webflow

So many options. Why not list all of them.

Rebuilding a Webflow Collection

How to rebuild a CMS Collection when you must fix the API's field-keys.

Webflow CMS Technical Deep Dive

Let's investigate Webflow's underlying CMS datastore, and why it behaves the way it does.

CMS Item-Specific Layouts in a CSS Grid

Can you make specific CMS items span more rows and columns in a CSS grid?

Webflow, Coloring SVGs as Lotties

Yes, you can store your SVG files in Webflow's assets, and still color them in the designer. Here's how.

Webflow & Coloring Asset-hosted SVGs

Yes, you can store your SVG files in Webflow's assets, and still color them in the designer. Here's how.

Webflow & Custom RichText Formatting

How to add a highlighting effect in Rich Text Elements

Webflow + Markdown & HTML Tables

Webflow does not offer in-built support for HTML Tables or Markdown, however with showdown.js and a bit of script, you can add this support for both exactly where you want it, with precisely the features you need.

Turn your business Email Address into a Google Account

How many Google services do you use? If you've been using your personal @gmail address to log in instead of your work email address, there's a much better way.

A Cautionary Tale of Toasters

What happens when the tools you use begin to add more friction to your life, than they take away?

How to Identify Spam & Scams in your Email

#scam #spam #business If you run a website, chances are that some of the leads you get are spam or scams designed to rip you off. Here are some key ways to check and identify those emails you should delete.

Google Classroom - Enabling Students to Join Your Class

Are you trying to add a student and getting the "Can't invite student from this domain" error? Here's why, and how to fix it.

Embedding dynamic tables in a Webflow rich text element

Webflow does not support HTML tables, even in its rich text editor- and this is problematic when you need to display content in table format. Here's a workaround I've found using Google Slides.

Zapier - How to Chain Separate Zaps Together

Zapier is great, but it has its limitations. One major one is the inability to call one Zap from another, and pass data- however there is a way. #Zapier #chaining #automation

WebFlow - Collection Lists within Collection Lists

WebFlow - Collection Lists within Collection Lists

WebFlow - Databinding to Form Select (Dropdown and Listbox) controls

How To Setup Browser Shortcuts and QR Codes

How To do Advanced Outlook 365 Email Signatures

Responsibility & Accountability for Internet Corporations

Better Programming - Choosing Your Projects

Webflow - Editing Rich Text to add Links

Webflow - How to format CMS dates

Webflow is powerful, and CMS date support is great, but formatting options are limited. Here's the best workaround I've found to conquer those limitations.

Webflow - How to Copy Bound Collection Lists

Webflow does not allow copying of bound colleciton lists across Collection pages, due to the dependencies you can establish. However there is a workaround using symbols. Here's how to do it.

Webflow - Better Mapping using Snazzy Maps

Tracking Form Submissions in Google Analytics (GA) Using Webflow + Google Tag Manager (GTM)

Tracking Form Submissions in Google Analytics (GA) Using Webflow + Google Tag Manager (GTM)

Setting up your Webflow site for SSL

Webflow - How to specify a global OpenGraph image in Collections

Webflow is a fantastic tool, however as of 2018-07-25, it does not allow you to specify a default, or global og:image in Collection pages. Here is a way around that.

Business Tools - Google Calendar & why it's great

In my book, there's no better schedule-management software available than the entirely FREE Google Calendar. Here's why.

Responsive Card Layouts & CMS Collection Lists in WebFlow

QR Codes, Gaming & Payment Systems - SnapTag

QR Codes are powerful! Here's a discussion of how they can be used in arcade games and vending machines.

Webflow - How to Achieve Nested Collection Lists in a One-to-Many CMS Relation

Webflow does not support nested Collection Lists, which makes common list-of-lists presentations difficult.

Webflow - Preparing Images for your Website

Webflow does a lot to optimize your images for mobile devices, but it can't do everything. Here are a few important rules to follow when uploading images to your website.

WebFlow - Finding a Suitable Website Icon

How to easily find and add a good stylized icon for your Webflow website.

WebFlow - Adding Structured Data (JSON+LD) to your Website

Google uses Structured Data to embellish your organic search results. Learn how to use this in WebFlow, with the example of events.

How To Use Web Browser Shortcuts with QR Codes

QR-CODE GENERATION URL http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?ch...%s Uses Google's Charts API

Resizing Images for WebFlow

Here's an easy way to meet WebFlow's 4 MB maximum image-size requirement, without leaving the designer.

WebFlow - How to Add Icons to your Main Menu Navigation

Often icons as a nice touch to your main navigation, and can reduce the space requirements as well. Here's my approach.

WebFlow - Connecting YouTube to your WebFlow Blog with Zapier

Connecting YouTube to your WebFlow Blog with Zapier is pretty easy, and there are some techniques that can fully automate the process.

WebFlow - Password-protection Security, and the underlying mechanics

WebFlow only offers basic password protection on pages and folders. Here is a discussion of the implementation and some key underlying mechanics.

WebFlow - Helping Zapier work with Video fields in the WebFlow CMS

WebFlow's CMS supports video fields, however it has several crucial limitations that you can work around.

WebFlow - How to Optimize Multi-line text layout across Breakpoints

A discussion of simple techniques for controlling text-element layout across breakpoints.

WebFlow - Editing Rich Text to Add Links

A quick tutorial on working with links in WebFlow's rich text editor.

Better Programming - Choosing Your Projects

At the core, all good programmers are highly creative problem-solvers. However many of use simply do the projects we're told, rather than giving real value to the organisations and clients we're working for. That's worth rethinking.

Responsibility & Accountability for Internet Corporations

The internet is growing, and with it comes consolidated power. Are companies using it responsibly? What are their obligations to to the world, and to their users?

Office 365 - Outlook Email Signatures - Advanced Editing Techniques

Outlook 365 has a great web interface, but the signature creation tool is highly limited. Here's how to hack it and use your own HTML.

WebFlow - Rich Snippets and Structured SEO Markup

With a bit of work, you can generate structured data for Google SERPs, using the WebFlow designer.

Creating Recurring Events in Webflow

WebFlow - How to Force Brower Logout out of a password-protected Folder or Page

As a designer, sometimes you need to be able to see and test your website's password-entry pages. Here's how to force your browser to log out so you can do that.

WebFlow - Setting up your site with SSL

There are a lot of advantages to setting up your website as a secure (SSL) site, however there are also caveats that developers need to be aware of for a smooth transition.

WebFlow - How to Specify a Global OpenGraph Image [og:image] on Collection Pages

WebFlow - Tracking Form Submissions in Google Analytics

WebFlow - Better Maps with Snazzy Maps

WebFlow's map element has its limitations, particularly in styling. Replace the default element with this easy, highly configurable mapping solution.

WebFlow - How to Copy Bound Collections between Pages

Here's how to copy your bound Collections between Pages.

Good Information brings Powerful Perspective

Seeing information in a different way can completely change your perception, and your level of understanding.

Webflow - Advanced Formatting for CMS Dates

Webflow is powerful, and CMS date support is great, but formatting options are limited. Here's the best workaround I've found to conquer those limitations.

WebFlow + Font Awesome

How to use Font Awesome in your WebFlow site designs.