Create CMS entries for existing page

Design help CMS
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IF you have an existing page, say the home page, what is the process of creating fields in the CMS so that elements of that page can be edited? For example a text block, an image etc.

I have existing CMS Collections for other page types but I can’t see how you set up fields for existing pages.

Here is my public share link: LINK
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2

CMS pages are generated from the template as you mentioned, you can’t do the same to static pages because the static pages are not CMS driven.

You could:

  1. Add a collection to your static pages and style the items inside to look like a whole page and show one item per page/collection, or
  2. Create a collection called ‘pages’ and there in the template style the template, which isn’t ideal if you want to have different content on those pages.
3

So you can’t just make a standard page like the home-page CMS editable?

How will that go down with my client I wonder? They will ask “why not”?

I had high hopes for Webflow CMS as well.

4

You can: Intro to the Editor - Webflow University Documentation

This is a great resource for you and your client to understand how the Webflow CMS works

5

Ah ok, phew! So the editor will allow them to change content on the static pages – that’s all I need really. I will make them aware of this.

Thank you!