Glossary

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.

Form submission notifications that have no reference to Webflow (e.g., notifications sent from “[email protected]” instead of “[email protected]”).

To move backward one step while making changes to a Webflow site.

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 You can track any unpublished changes on the bottom right of the Editor toolbar.

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

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

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

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

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

The ID used to log into your Webflow account.

Utility pages are default, customizable templates for your site’s 404 page, Password page, and Search results page.

A valid CSS pseudo-class is a keyword that enables styling HTML elements based on their state or position in the document structure or web page.

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.

Web components are browser-native custom HTML elements, built from standards like custom elements and the Shadow DOM, that you can reuse on any page without a framework.

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.