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A dropdown menu that displays all the selectors that affect a given element.

Closed-loop marketing is an ecommerce marketing strategy that uses customer data to create and improve targeted content.

A key, or web key, is a unique identifier that authorizes access to a webpage or service.

Available in CMS Collections. You can add videos via a link — not an embed code — from an online video host like Vimeo or YouTube. Just paste in the video link and it’ll appear in the native video format from the 3rd-party video player.

Scalable Vector Graphics, or SVG, is a file format for displaying scalable vector graphics on the web.

Semantics accurately represent the structure and purpose of content in computer languages, enabling web developers and programmers to ensure the written code produces an output legible to humans and machines.

Content you create once, then publish in many different places across your website. As you update this content in the CMS, it automatically updates wherever it exists on your site, making it convenient to create and manage larger websites.

A breakpoint, or media query, is the width at which a website’s design and layout adjust to fit screens of different sizes. When designing in Webflow, breakpoints for smaller devices inherit styles from the base — or desktop — breakpoint by default.

An algorithm is a set of rules or steps that help solve problems or carry out specific tasks.

Hyperlinks are clickable elements that allow users to navigate between web pages, documents, or other types of digital content.

DHTML, or Dynamic HTML, is a web-development technique combining HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create dynamic, interactive web pages and complex web applications.

The display: inline CSS property is a display option that controls an element’s appearance and layout.

When you have more unhosted sites in your Dashboard than your Workspace plan allows, those additional sites past your limit will be “locked” until you upgrade your plan. When you upgrade, you’ll be allowed more unhosted sites (up to the limit for your Workspace plan) and will be able to access your previously locked sites.

An Adobe Fonts API token protects and supports your data from Adobe Fonts with other programs you may be using to personalize your website’s fonts.

A generic element that is typically used to group content, or when no other element is specifically or semantically suitable. Div blocks have no effect on the content or layout until styled with CSS.

A field label is descriptive text that helps users understand what information to enter in an input field on a web form.

Serialization is the process of converting data into an optimized format for storage, transmission, and sharing.

A Webflow site that is publicly visible in your public profile and in Made in Webflow search results.

The inside spacing between the right border of an element and the elements inside it.

Defines how tall an element can be. This can be defined in absolute terms (pixels) or relative terms (ems, rems, percentages, viewport-height, or viewport-width).

A document type definition (DTD) defines the structure, validity, and attributes of standard generalized markup language (SGML) documents, such as GML, HTML, and XML.

A button is an interactive element that facilitates user actions.

An element that contains content.

Product attributes are specific characteristics that define purchasable merchandise or commodities and provide relevant information to customers.

Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) are a layered rule-set that influence how designers and developers create a more accessible internet.

The control flow is the order in which a computer program executes its instructions or statements, guided by control structures.

The second panel on the right side of the Designer. Here, you can change element-specific settings such as the element ID, Custom attributes, Search index settings, Editor settings, etc. You can learn more about the element settings for a specific element by searching for the element’s name on Webflow University.

An inline frame is an HTML element that embeds an HTML document within another webpage.

Optimization is a systematic approach to improve a website's appearance, functionality, and visual appeal to enhance the user experience, improve search engine rankings, and achieve business objectives.

You can exclude pages from being published to your site by setting them as drafts. These can be unfinished pages, internal pages such as style guides, archived pages saved for backup, etc. Learn more about drafted pages.

URL redirect, or URL forwarding, is a web server function that automatically sends users from one web address to another.

JSON, short for JavaScript Object Notation, is a human-readable, lightweight format for recording, storing, and exchanging data.

A Webflow plan that applies to your entire Workspace.

A user interface (UI) is any visual element humans interact with on a device, webpage, or application.

Synchronous programming refers to sequentially executed operations.

A Webflow component you can use to embed HTML to display external content, plugins, or applications.

Available in CMS Collections. It lets you insert an integer with or without decimals.

Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) is a standardized network protocol for transmitting real-time multimedia data like audio and video.

Compile time is the length of time it takes for a compiler to convert high-level code into low-level code.

A change that has been made in the Webflow Editor but will not appear on the live website until it’s published. You can track any unpublished changes on the bottom right of the Editor toolbar.

A custom font is any non-system-default typeface you manually upload to your website.

A cryptographic hash function takes an input message of any length, such as a file, message, or password, and uses a mathematical formula to produce a fixed-size output (hash).

.htaccess is a powerful configuration file that allows you to configure and control how your website functions.

Allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually.

A measurement unit relative to an element's parent.

An individual item within a Collection. For example, in a “Blog Posts” Collection, the Collection items are individual blog posts.

BigInt, which stands for “big integer,” is a JavaScript data type. JavaScript uses data types to decide how to treat a piece of data.

Inheritance describes a principle where child elements adopt the style properties of parent elements.

Python is a high-level, object-oriented, general-purpose programming language (GPL).

The page people see when they visit your site's root domain. Read more about the homepage.

DNS records store important information about domains and hostnames. They function like maps, directing DNS queries to the desired endpoint.

Dynamic elements are web page components that can change based on user interaction or external factors, like a live news feed, without requiring a page refresh or reload.

In coding, a constant is a fixed value that can’t change, no matter where it appears or what the program uses it for.

A GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is a digital image format that uses multiple frames of an image or soundless video to create a short, looping animation.

The "height: auto" CSS property automatically adjusts an element’s height based on its content.

A section in the Add Panel that houses pre-built Webflow elements such as sliders, tabs, and lightboxes.

A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a string of characters identifying an online resource.

A Webflow service that lets you point a custom domain to your Webflow-hosted site.

Color gamut describes the full range of colors a device can reproduce on its display.

The color-coded borders of elements you'll see in the Webflow Designer.

The dropdown menu to the right of the Selector field that allows you to access and change the styles of an element when it is hovered, pressed, or focused.

A comparison shopping engine (CSE) is a search engine that compares ecommerce pricing, shipping costs, and customer reviews.

A wrapper is a programming language function for encapsulating and organizing elements within a well-defined interface.

A/B testing compares two different versions of something — like a web page or campaign — to determine which performs better.

In CSS, flex-order is a property that allows you to manipulate the default source order of the items within a flex container. Flex-order is especially useful when you want content to display differently on mobile than on desktop.

The type of element you're working with, i.e., H1, link, button, etc.

A webpage’s accessibility tree indicates which parts of the page are compatible with assistive technologies such as braille displays, screen readers, and voice commands.

The default UI state for Collection lists, which displays the items in the Collection. It is the opposite of the empty state.

Syntax is the name for the rules specifying a programming language's structure and formatting.

A CSS preprocessor is a program that helps developers write Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by providing advanced features such as variables, functions, and nesting.

The perfect Webflow subscription for getting started, giving you access to all Designer features, so you can start building a site right away.

Checkboxes are HTML structures that allow visitors to input data.

A navbar, or navigation bar, is an interactive user element with a menu or a set of links to a website’s main sections.

A feature that allows you to see how your site would be displayed in a browser without needing to publish your site or leave the Designer.

The order in which a Webflow site's CSS styles flow from desktop to mobile breakpoints.

A website background is a visual element behind webpage content, enhancing aesthetic appeal and user engagement.

Middleware is software that links different programs and applications, allowing them to interact and communicate effectively.

A second-level domain (SLD) is the part of a domain name that precedes a top-level domain (TLD).

Account notifications update you about activity in your account. New notifications appear on your Webflow Dashboard after you log in.

The area where you can manage your profile, email settings, and security settings.

A downloadable ZIP file that contains your Webflow site's HTML, CSS, JS, and image files.

Elements are individual HTML components that constitute a webpage’s structure and contents.

Mid-September 2019, new European requirements for authenticating online payments were introduced in Europe as part of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirements apply to businesses in the European Economic Area (EEA) that accept online card payments from cardholders whose banks are also located in the EEA.Webflow Ecommerce payments are PSD2 and SCA compliant (i.e., support 3D Secure payments) for European customers.If you’re a merchant in the European Economic Area (EEA), all you need to do to ensure that your Webflow Ecommerce store is PSD2 and SCA compliant for your European customers is to republish your store if it wasn’t published on or after September 11, 2019. Read more about how to make your ecommerce store compliant in our Payment gateway article.

Display properties operate like instructions that tell a browser how to display the different parts of a webpage. You can customize an element’s appearance and layout by changing its display property.

Margins are an essential spacing element of web design, dictating the amount of whitespace between a box and its surroundings.

JavaScript is a programming language web developers use to create dynamic interactions and effects for web pages and applications.

A footer is a section at the bottom of a web page.

An application context is a set of data that identifies an application’s tasks, where those tasks originate, and how those tasks are configured.

Left To Right (LTR) describes a text layout that starts from the left and proceeds to the right.

This checkbox allows you to enable or disable pagination on the selected Collection list.

Contextual advertising is a form of paid advertising that matches web content with ad intent.

PNG, short for Portable Network Graphics, is a lossless image format known for its transparency support and quality retention after compression.

Cryptanalysis examines cryptographic systems to find weaknesses that could allow attackers to uncover plaintext or break encryption.

The mode that enables a designer to build in Webflow.

Micro conversions are small but important user actions on a website that contribute to the overall conversion funnel.

The min-height CSS property defines an element’s minimum height.

The state displayed when a Collection contains no Collection items, which gives you the opportunity to design for a situation where there's no content to display. Check out the Empty States blog for inspiration.

When someone sends data through one of your site's forms.

Right margin is a CSS property that defines the space between the right edge of an element and its surroundings.

An entity is a representation of a special character that causes syntax conflicts in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).