Glossary

A variable font is a single font file that contains multiple weights, widths, or styles, letting you adjust typography continuously instead of loading a separate file for each variant.

A Webflow element that displays externally hosted videos such as YouTube and Vimeo.

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.

The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) project to enhance accessibility for users with disabilities.

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

A visible "Made in Webflow" badge displayed in the bottom right corner of Webflow sites on Starter plans.

A visible “Made in Webflow” badge displayed in the bottom right corner of Webflow sites. Webflow branding also appears in the site’s HTML. Learn more about Webflow branding.

Webflow's content management system (CMS) is where dynamic content (Collections and their Collection items) is stored and maintained so you can reference it throughout your site. A CMS lets you input data in one location, then use Collection template pages or Collection lists to display that content without having to update the content displays one at a time.

Webflow's visual content editor. You can access it through the Webflow Dashboard by clicking the “3 disclosure dots” on a site thumbnail, then clicking “Editor.” Guest editors can access it anywhere on their live site by adding ?edit after the page URL (e.g., yoursite.com/page/?edit).

The place to go when you need help with your site's design, custom code, etc. Visit the forum.

The place to go when you need help using Webflow.

A web server is a computer program or hardware device that delivers web content to clients using HTTP. It handles client requests for web pages, images, and videos.

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

A widget is an interactive element embedded in a user interface that facilitates specific user actions or displays important information at a glance.

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

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.

A space to hold and access sites, members, settings, and integrations. All users start with a Workspace that can become collaborative when and as needed.

A Webflow plan that applies to your entire Workspace.

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

An XML (Extensible Markup Language) sitemap is a text file that lists a website's pages to help search engines crawl and index them.

A grayscale view of your site’s canvas that visually displays each element’s border, margin, and padding when hovered over.

A web app that helps you connect multiple third-party services together based on triggers and actions.