What CMS do you use with Webflow and how seamless is the transition between the two? Does the CMS have any impact on the design of your website?

Webflow has its own built-in Content Management System (CMS) that is designed to seamlessly integrate with its website design capabilities. The Webflow CMS allows you to create and manage dynamic content for your websites, such as blogs, portfolios, e-commerce products, and more.

The transition between designing your website and using the Webflow CMS is incredibly smooth. You can easily create dynamic content structures using Collections, which are essentially content types that define how different sections of your website will be structured and relate to each other. For example, you might have a Collection for blog posts, with fields like title, author, date, and content.

Once you've set up your Collections, you can add dynamic elements to your designs and bind them to your CMS content. This means that you can design your website templates and layouts, and the actual content will be populated dynamically from the CMS when published. This approach allows for easier management and maintenance of your content, as you can update and create new content within the CMS without having to touch the design of your website.

The Webflow CMS has a great impact on the design of your website. It gives you the flexibility to create dynamic pages and templates that can be populated with various content types. You can create custom layouts, build complex filtering and sorting mechanisms, and design visually stunning interactions—all with the flexibility of a powerful CMS.

Furthermore, the Webflow CMS offers granular control over your content relationships, allowing you to create complex content structures and add related items to your collections. This flexibility extends to the design process, where you can create complex layouts that showcase related content based on different criteria, such as tags, categories, or custom fields.

Overall, the transition between designing in Webflow and using its CMS is seamless. The Webflow CMS empowers designers and content editors to work together harmoniously, providing the tools and features needed to create and manage dynamic content while maintaining full design control.