How To Create A Blog In Webflow

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Here is how you can create Blogs in Webflow:

1. To begin creating a blog in Webflow, we'll use a powerful feature which is CMS. Open it via the right sidebar menu.
2. Click on the small icon to Create New Collection.
3. At this stage, you will define the type and structure for all your blogs. Which will then be used to create and fill blogs in the future. You can manually create fields you want your blog to have or use a preset.
4. Using the Blog Posts preset, notice how Webflow automatically created fields for us. You can accept these as they are or customize further.
5. Once ready, click on Create Collection.
6. Once your collection is created, you will have the option to populate it using sample data. Click on Add 5 Items to auto-create 5 blogs.
7. Note that even though we have sample data now, you can always create your own blogs using the button on the top right.
8. Now that we have some blogs ready in our collections. Lets create a page to show them. To do so, go to the Pages tab on the left sidebar menu.
9. Notice that you have a new category for pages in a different color under CMS Collection pages. These are dynamic pages for your collection items. To design our page for blogs, go to the Blog Posts Template.
10. To begin, let's add a Heading for our blog. Locate the element and drag and drop.
11. Once added, open settings and click on the small colored (+) icon next to the Text field.
    This symbol is used to connect the element to dynamic data which in our case is the Blog Posts data.
12. Link this Heading element to the Blog Name.
13. Notice how the heading has changed from the generic text to a Blog Posts heading. We'll repeat this process to connect all elements on the page with our blog.
14. Let's also add an image.
15. Repeat the same process using the (+) icon.
16. Select Blog Image to fill.
17. You can adjust the size of these images and all elements as normal via the Settings and Style tab on the right sidebar menu..
18. Again, repeat the same process for all elements you wish to be dynamic.
19. Now that we have our blogs, and the blog pages ready. Lets add a way to actually browse them. Go to the main page where you wish to add links to these pages.
20. In our demo, we'll add them on the Home page.
21. Go to the Add Elements tab on the left sidebar menu.
22. Locate or search for the Collection List element.
23. Drag and drop to insert.
24. A collection list contains all items from a collection. Since we want our list to show our blogs, select Blogs as source.
25. Your list will then show all items in Blog Posts, use the Settings tab to limit the list, adjust layout and other settings.
26. You can also select if you want to cut-off your list with a different Start at value.
27. You can now add elements in your Collection List. Designing one, affects all.
28. Use the same steps as before to create dynamic content.
29. Select the Blog Name for our Heading.
30. And notice how all items now display different blog headings.
31. Let's add a button next. Go to the second tab in your button settings to link it to a Collection Page which is the dynamic page that we designed previously.
32. We now have a list of our blogs, pages for each of them and the content for each blog in a collection. All of this comes together to create a smooth experience.
33. Use the Preview button on the top right to interact.
34. Click on the button for any blog.
35. And the corresponding blog will open up!