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What is the process of displaying CMS Collection Item Fields as editable input fields using an HTML Embed in Webflow?

To display CMS Collection Item Fields as editable input fields using an HTML Embed in Webflow, you can follow these steps:

1. First, make sure you have set up a CMS Collection and added some fields to it. Go to your Webflow dashboard, click on the "CMS" tab, and create a new Collection or open an existing one.

2. Once you have the Collection set up, go to the page where you want to display the editable input fields. Add an HTML Embed element to the desired location on the page.

3. In the HTML Embed element, you can use custom code to create the input fields dynamically. You can use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to achieve this. For example, you can use JavaScript to fetch the data from the CMS Collection and populate the input fields with the fetched data.

4. To retrieve the data from the CMS Collection, use the CMS API provided by Webflow. You can follow the Webflow CMS API documentation to learn more about how to fetch data from collections using JavaScript.

5. Once you have fetched the data from the CMS Collection, you can dynamically generate the input fields using JavaScript. For each item in the Collection, create an input field and populate it with the corresponding data.

6. Make sure to provide a way for users to update the data. You can listen for form submission events or any other interaction that triggers the data update, and then use the CMS API to update the Collection item with the new data.

7. Finally, style the input fields using CSS to match the design of your website. You can also add any necessary form validation or additional user interface elements as needed.

It's important to note that this process requires some knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. If you're not comfortable working with code, you may want to consider using Webflow's built-in Collection List or CMS fields. These allow you to display and edit CMS data directly within the Webflow Designer, without the need for custom code.

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