Build smarter with Webflow components

[@CheneetaBoothe]

Awesome video, super useful! A suggestion for future would be to let Aron begin the stream (still hosting) and interject with questions whilst the guest expert (in this case Sam) shares his screen and process. Aron is brilliant at asking all the right questions and encouraging the experts to dive deeper into the process allowing us newbies to really grasp the details. Thanks again for the content.

[@iamsammybe]

two great features would be the ability to create a drop down menu of custom property values and the ability to link visibility to logic based on those values. that way you could make a property for the different instances of card type. Then the client could select from a more fool proof list instead of counting on them to type it in correctly and it would automatically turn the visibility on and off for elements that were appropriate that appropriate type. Example: Property > Card Type > Standard, Hero, Link Selecting Standard would make the custom element a DIV with the Eyebrow Visible Hero would leave it as a DIV but make the Eyebrow Hidden Link would make the custom element an A with the Eyebrow Visible

[@daniel_migizi]

Great video

[@fuster7474]

To be completely honest I would make another component for the primary card, it seems that it takes too much effort to make a second version of the same card in the same component :/ Also, love the way Sam says "Yeah, sure". Good video :D

[@Webflow]

Hey Fuster, that's definitely a good approach!

[@rafaelortet]

Hi, amazing session. Thank you 🙏 Is it possible to combine components with CMS collection lists? Thank you!

[@Webflow]

Hi Rafael, yup you can put components in CMS collections lists and bind properties to CMS values!

[@eivinj]

I love this livestream - but for me it takes to much time when the top person has to discuss everything with the person below, while the top person is running us through the process. Wouldn’t it be wiser to let the person below do the actions while discussing it with the presenter/host at top? That way the host can ask questions and discuss, while the «Expert» below actally can be the learning resource and show his examples/ways of doing it. Sorry for my bad english!

[@Webflow]

Hey Eivinj, appreciate the feedback! Still figuring out how best to do this!

[@eivinj]

@@Webflow thanks for replying! It shows how community focused you guys are. Looking forward to the next streams :)

[@iam.peter_]

Hi! What is the best way to have a component e.g. for an article in the CMS collections listing? When I try to get a link to the article detail there, Webflow doesn't show me "Link to current template" (or similar) and I have to detach the component. Or am I doing something wrong? Thank you for the answer.

[@DinethDeSilva-uo9sk]

Hi guys!! New here and still figuring things out. In a the stream, Aron changed component's background image with a custom element in the 25th minute Did I miss the part where he explained this? If so, any chance someone can point me in the right direction? By the way, huge fan of the live streams - keep up the fantastic work! You guys are teaching me a lot.

[@Webflow]

Hey Dineth, Aron here! We don't use a custom element for the background image. You can set a property for an image element so when users add that component to a page they can select an image for that instance. We use a custom element when we want to change the **type** of element (for instance when we want to change a div into a link tag) using a property. Hope that helps, let me know if that's unclear! Glad you're enjoying the streams!

[@olaidemichael5093]

Say i have designed a pricing card which i created a component for it, can i maybe use custom elements to background color of the card like say from blue to black on other instances?

[@nayswerr5650]

What's your keyboard model ?

[@Webflow]

Model100 from keyboardio

[@denisartemenko9519]

when i can add embed in component properties?

[@Webflow]

Do you mean a code embed?

[@banders-ralfs]

@@Webflow yes, wanted to ask same question? Does costume code works in components?

[@denisartemenko9519]

@@Webflow yes

[@scottp5417]

It would be really nice if you were more definitive on what you want to do, and not be so "wishy washy." I suggest an outline of specific steps with specific content.