Timeline

How to integrate Timeline with Webflow

Chronological content displays help communicate project histories, feature releases, and professional experience without lengthy text descriptions. Timeline provides visual timeline layouts that non-technical teams can maintain through Webflow's interface.

Timeline integrates with Webflow through the marketplace app. The app requires no technical knowledge and handles timeline creation, styling, and responsive behavior through Webflow's visual interface. For scenarios requiring CMS-driven dynamic content or external API connections, custom development using Webflow's native elements would be more suitable.

Use the Timeline app

Timeline can be installed as a Webflow app to add chronological content displays without writing code. The app provides vertical and horizontal timeline layouts with templates that you customize through visual controls. You configure timeline content, styling, and behavior through Webflow's app interface, then publish changes like any other site element. To install, go to the Webflow Apps marketplace and search for "Timeline" from Flowstar.

Go to your Webflow site's Apps panel, search for "Timeline," and click Add to site. Select your workspace and site, then click Authorize app. The Timeline app requests permissions to read and write custom code, site data, CMS data, and ecommerce store data.

This integration provides the following capabilities:

• Vertical and horizontal orientations that adapt to different page layouts
• Templates for quick setup without design work
• Custom styling controls for fonts, colors, spacing, and hover effects
• Visual enhancements through embedded images and hyperlinks
• Responsive behavior that adjusts layouts across device sizes

All content must be manually configured and updated directly within the Timeline interface. Timeline does not support dynamic content from Webflow CMS collections or external data sources. The tool works best for static content that requires periodic manual updates rather than dynamic data synced from databases or APIs.

Technical constraints

Timeline operates through Webflow's visual interface with no programmatic control, API, or webhook capabilities. Custom code cannot extend Timeline functionality or connect Timeline to external data sources.

For dynamic timeline updates requiring external data connections, CMS integration, or API-driven content, custom development using Webflow's native elements and the Webflow Data API would be necessary instead of Timeline.

What you can build

Integrating Timeline with Webflow lets you build chronological content displays that communicate sequential information without developer involvement.

• Product roadmaps for static release schedules: Display high-level feature milestones and product releases on public roadmap pages that change infrequently. This works for established products with predictable release cycles rather than Agile environments requiring frequent roadmap updates.
• Client case study chronologies: Build portfolio sites with visual project histories showing project phases, milestone deliverables, and execution timelines. Timeline requires manual setup for each case study and does not support CMS-driven dynamic content.
• Professional experience displays: Show career progression timelines, project histories, or expertise development chronologies that communicate experience depth without lengthy text descriptions.