Formality

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

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 navigator, or a navigator window or panel, is a graphical user interface (GUI) that provides an overview of a website's structure and layout.

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

A language code is a standardized code of letters and numbers that represent different languages.

The part of a domain that comes before the root domain (e.g., blog.yourwebsite.com is a subdomain whereas yourwebsite.com is the root domain).

Available in CMS Collections. With this field, you can upload images from your computer and use them as dynamic items in your individual Collection item.

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

Any element that is further up the element hierarchy of the document tree. For example, the Body element is the ancestor of all elements on the Designer canvas.

A Collection list is a Webflow element that lets you dynamically display content from a CMS Collection.

A unique ID you can use to link your Google Analytics account to your Webflow site.

The UI state changes how Collection lists display when you’re designing. The Items state is the default option, and shows the items that you have within the Collection. The Empty state doesn’t show these items and gives the designer the opportunity to design for a circumstance if/when there is no data to be displayed in the Collection list.

A content type (blog posts, recipes, etc.) represented by a group of fields you define. Once created, you can add individual Collection items.

The last time someone made a change to your site.

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

Jank describes subpar functionality in a web interface that hinders or disrupts user activity.

A link, short for hyperlink, is a clickable website element that enables navigation between different web resources.

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

A section in the Add panel that contains elements associated with the CMS.

An element that shares the same parent of another element.

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

Form blocks allow you to add form elements to a website, including appointment booking, surveys, applications, polls, and contact forms.

Idempotency is a computing principle where multiple applications of a function or operation produce the same result as a single execution.

The first tab in the right-side panel that allows you to assign classes to elements and style them.

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming approach that organizes code into self-contained units of data, functions, and behavior.

Prefetch is a technique that proactively loads and caches resources to improve website performance and user experience.

The third tab in the right-side panel where you can rename element classes, preview your class and tag styles, search for classes and tags, and delete any classes that aren’t in use.

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

A section of the Add panel that contains the elements that act as a website's fundamental building blocks (e.g., div block, list, button, etc.).

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

Minified code refers to the process of removing unnecessary characters and whitespace from the source code file without affecting its functionality.

The “max-height” CSS property defines an element’s maximum height.

A descendant selector is a CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) selector that targets elements nested inside a parent element.

A certificate authority (CA), also known as a certification authority, issues digital certificates that verify a website’s owner.

The checkout process in ecommerce is the process that online customers go through to complete a purchase.

A header is a section at the top of a webpage.

Client-side is the user-facing part of a web app, responsible for processing user input and displaying content.

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

All elements on the page targeted by the same selector.

A child element is an element nested within a parent element in a hierarchy.

Single Instruction and Single Data Stream (SISD) is a computer architecture where a central processing unit (CPU) executes one instruction at a time on a single data piece.

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.

NAT (Network Address Translation) is a technique that enables communication between devices with private internet protocol addresses and the public internet.

Top of the funnel (TOFU) refers to the initial marketing funnel stage where potential customers become aware of a brand’s existence.

Decryption is the process of reverting encrypted data to its original format.

A CMS field used in Collections. This powerful field allows you to link to other Collections within your website to populate fields in Collection lists and Collection pages.

Third-party applications that you've given access to your personal and/or website data.

The act of updating your live site to reflect new design changes.

A Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tag is a code snippet that defines and describes the structure and content of web pages.

Ciphertext is unreadable, encrypted data that ciphers use for security during data transit.

Cookies are small text files sent by a website to a user’s web browser that enhance their browsing experience by remembering site preferences and activities.

The way browsers calculate an element's width automatically where Block level elements fill the available space of its parent and Inline elements shrink to the size of its children/content.

Single-page publishing lets you publish changes to one page without republishing the rest of the site, useful for quick fixes on large sites.

You can manage your site pages within Page settings. Here, you can rename, duplicate, delete, or save pages as drafts. You can also set SEO, Open Graph, and site search settings, as well as insert custom code. Additionally, you can set RSS settings for Collection pages.

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

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

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

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a web development language that controls the appearance of elements on a webpage.

A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a standardized web address format that allows users to identify and access an online resource.

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.

The “max-width” CSS property defines an element’s maximum width.

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

You can set any Collection field as "Required," which means that a value must be added to that field in the Collection item before it can be published. The only Collection field that cannot be made required is the Switch field.

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

Font weight refers to the thickness or density of a typeface’s strokes.

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

Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of keys on a computer keyboard that perform a specific action or command within an application or operating system.

A typography element used for displaying multi-sentence text content.

A call-to-action (CTA) is a website feature that prompts visitors to perform a specific action.

A section of the Add panel that houses form elements like inputs, checkboxes, and radio buttons.

An HTML input field, represented by the syntax <input>, is a web page element where users input data, like text and numbers.

Shared Workspace templates are templates made from your own sites. They can help you create sites with similar layouts and increase your efficiency when designing. Your Workspace members will also have access to your shared Workspace template(s).

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

Behavioral targeting is a marketing technique that leverages user data to deliver personalized ads to drive conversions.

Left padding is a CSS property that defines the space between an element's left border and its content.

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

When a search engine crawls your site's Webflow subdomain (e.g., your-site.webflow.io).

A slider is an interactive design element for scrolling through images, videos, and other multimedia content.

Software as a Service (SaaS) is a cloud-based approach to delivering software on a subscription basis without requiring local installation.

A browser, or web browser, is a software program that allows users to access, navigate, and interact with websites on the internet.

The color wheel shows several colors in a circle to represent primary, secondary, and tertiary colors and their relationships.

The location your sitemap is stored in relation to your site, and what’s used when submitting your sitemap to search engines.

A website name, or domain, is the title of a website that appears in the browser tab and search engine results.

A lightbox displays content in a popup or modal window on top of a web page’s main content.

A CMS field used in Collections. Just like a reference field, the multi-reference field lets you reference other Collections in your site. But it’s even more powerful, as it lets you reference multiple items within a Collection instead of just 1 item.

A Webflow plan that applies to your entire Workspace.

A 256 x 256 px image associated with your website that shows up when your website link is saved to an iPhone home screen.

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.

Flex-direction is a CSS property that defines the main axis and direction of flex items, dictating the arrangement of the items within a flex container.

The spacing between the bottom border of an element and the element(s) below it.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) allows for the transfer of files between two parties over TCP/IP-based communication channels, such as the internet.

A Webflow canvas setting for creating styles that affect viewports with a minimum width of 768px and a maximum width of 990px. Also known as the tablet media query.

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

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

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

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

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.

Pseudocode is a simplified, informal representation of programming code that outlines a program’s structure and logic without strict syntax.

Urgency is a marketing term and psychological trigger that incites potential customers and website visitors to act swiftly.

A modal window (or modal) is a web element that displays above all content and restricts user interaction until it’s manually dismissed.