Webflow CMS & Collection Lists

CMS Field Types

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Overview
CMS Basics
Strongly-typed Data-binding
11:45
101
CMS Field Types
11:45
102
Sorting Collection Lists
Sorting by OPTION & REF Fields
13:43
201
Random, Dynamic List Sorting
202
Filtering Collection Lists
Filtering Collection Lists
11:45
250
Filtering Collection Lists by Date Range
11:45
252
Working with Collection Lists
How Collection List Pagination Works
3:46
301
Unbinding Collection Lists
3:46
302
Hide an Entire Section w/ Empty Collection Lists
7:00
303
Nesting Collection Lists
304
Display Filename for Download
Int
305
Collection Lists & Custom Code
How to Store Custom Code in a CMS Text Field
Int
400
How to Bind CMS fields to Custom Attributes
Int
401
Collection Pages
Collection Pages
501
Password-Protecting Collection Pages for Specific CMS Items
502
Copying a CMS Page Layout to a Static Page
502
Prev-Next Navigation
503
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Help Text

https://youtu.be/jrNpNNLTrmw?t=955

Grid- accessible in;

  • Elements for binding
  • Embeds
  • RSS
  • Attributes

Text Field

Can be bound to;

  • Text elements
  • Paragraph elements

Use Cases;

  • Titles
  • Names
  • Brief Descriptions
  • Briefs for SEO, & META Descriptions
  • Special programming, e.g. when you just need a YouTube video ID

Limitations

Unlike the static text element, your CMS-bound text element cannot have spans, bold, or italic text.

You can do multi-line text fields, however this generally doesn't translate easily into multi-line output. Try different break configurations to see if your can find a way.

Rich-Text Field

Styling

https://youtu.be/jrNpNNLTrmw?t=616

Custom Code

Can be inserted into Embed elements within a rich text field.

Limitations

  • Cannot be used in Embeds, RSS, Custom Attributes, or SEO settings

Video Field

Tweets, Linked In Posts, etc.

You can embed more than just video.

https://youtu.be/jrNpNNLTrmw?t=55

Image Fields

Dimensions & File Size Restrictions

Date/Time Fields

Hacking Dates

ISO-8601

Using CMS Data

Collection Pages

Publishing

Indexing

Folders

https://youtu.be/jrNpNNLTrmw?t=746

Collection Lists

Embeds and Inserted Fields

https://youtu.be/jrNpNNLTrmw?t=208

Hacking Dates

Custom Attributes

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