Add CMS content inline (inside text like a span)

One feature I've wanted for a while now is the ability to give span elements the ability to get text from a CMS collection

  • Randy Lough
  • Jan 19 2017
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  • Rickard Liljeros commented
    02 Oct 08:32
  • Jason Lemieux commented
    11 Sep 20:42

    Come on Webflow, even your own AI bot thinks this is a good idea, and assumes it's possible.
    https://share.cleanshot.com/jK1M1ZBd

  • Shared Shared commented
    19 Jun 09:47

    Need this too

  • Ben commented
    August 12, 2023 16:51

    Welcome to Webflow. Where years can go by with no progress on bug fixes or feature requests.

  • Patrick MW commented
    December 15, 2022 00:51

    Why is this not already a thing?

  • Alex Bass commented
    November 09, 2022 21:27

    This would make my life SO much easier, honestly shocked it still doesn't seem to exist? Makes creating many more complex landing pages incredibly difficult.


    Anyone aware of a workaround? Shocked it still seems to be missing nearly 6 years later...

  • Goldyn Daupin commented
    September 06, 2022 22:16

    Definitely need this!

  • Ryan Buckley commented
    September 04, 2022 20:27

    For real guys... get this done. Been using Webflow for one day and I already need this.

  • Jori Van Keulen commented
    July 15, 2022 09:50

    Yes much needed

  • John Siciliano commented
    May 12, 2022 00:17

    Yes please. Check out how Duda implmenets this. They basically allow double brackets "{{" and it pulls up a UI that lets you choose the CMS item to insert. Thanks guys.

  • Per-Erik Ingjer commented
    March 08, 2022 22:00

    Agreed. For SEO purposes I need a H1 like "[Text from CMS] + static text" like mentioned below.


    The only solution now is to add a field in the collection and manually enter the complete heading for each Collection Item.

  • Josh Arras commented
    February 04, 2022 17:56

    Really need this feature. Is this something that is being considered or should we just assume it won't be added at this point?

  • Thomas Busson commented
    December 20, 2021 14:08

    Upvote - Use case: "[Text from CMS] + static text"

  • Kyle Schmitz commented
    December 02, 2021 14:29

    Upvoted.


    My use case is wanting to have a numerical "Read Time" in the CMS, and only having to enter a number in the CMS instead of also having to type "min read" each time in the Collection.

  • SH commented
    November 09, 2021 11:36

    3years and a half... i think it's time to give up on Webflow. Other companies are putting rockets into orbit faster than you do basic stuff like this.

  • SH commented
    November 09, 2021 11:35

    The worst thing about this is that if you have a static text and a cms text in the same heading, webflow will create 2-3 different headings which will kill your SEO. I dont understand why this is not built in already.

  • Dave Foy commented
    March 30, 2021 20:24

    Meant to say: while it would be ideal to simply highlight a portion of text in a headline (for example) and make it dynamic, I'm reminded of how Elementor (a WordPress page builder plugin) handles creating smaller pieces of dynamic text.


    In Elementor, you assign an element to a collection (e.g. a headline), and choose the field it should use from that collection to populate the text. So far, pretty much same as Webflow.


    But then, they also have a 'before' and 'after' field in the settings for the element. This gives you the option to add some text to come before the dynamic text and/or after.


    That way, you can easily construct a hybrid headline of static and dynamic text. It works great.


    Just an idea of how this might be implemented.

  • Dave Foy commented
    March 29, 2021 09:31

    I'm constantly telling everyone how amazing the CMS is (and it is!). But I've just hit this need to be able to display dynamic CMS data inline, a really simple use case. I can't quite believe it's not possible, without setting multiple list items to display inline.

  • Pierre commented
    December 04, 2020 13:51

    Needed please!! 🙏

  • Vianney Percq commented
    October 16, 2020 09:27

    Needed please.

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