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>Like if I want to add a word to every page title instance of every page This is interesting. what is the usecase here ? what other similar kinds of stuff do u

>Like if I want to add a word to every page title instance of every page This is interesting. what is the usecase here ? what other similar kinds of stuff do u need to do ?

ryanSrich 5y ago
Well an easy use case is a name change, or even a convention change. Let's say I have 100 pages that have titles like this: <COMPANY NAME> | <PAGE NAME> | <CONTENT> Well, Webflow doesn't give me the ability to: 1. Change any of those variables (they're hardcoded text). The only templates you can use here are for collection items (ex: using the name of a blog post in the title). It doesn't give you any options for basic pages. 2. I can't change their order or anything about them at a higher level than on a per page basis. 3. And let's say for some dumb reason, 6 months down the line Google penalizes me for using "|" in the title, and now the convention is "-", I have to go into literally every single page and update it one by one.
- putrikarunia 5y ago
  Ah really interesting, we haven't thought of this. We are building a CMS feature right now so probably similar to your first point, it could be possible by changing the CMS template. Have you had any solution that allows you to do this with other website builders?
  - ryanSrich 5y ago
    I've never seen a CMS implement something like this. Before I started my current company I would do web consulting on the side. I've built hundreds of Jekyll sites for people, and I would always create a variables file to manage information like this: - Company address - Primary email - Legal name - Display name - etc. Those would then all have key value pairs like: - legal_name="Company Co Inc." - display_name="Company" It's a simple use case, but if the company ever changes their name, it's one change I have to make. Apply this to any repeatable bits of text and you can see how not having this is a major pain with tools like Webflow. The is especially true because I can't just globally search and replace like I can in a text editor.

>Like if I want to add a word to every page title instance of every page This is interesting. what is the usecase here ? what other similar kinds of stuff do u need to do ?

ryanSrich 5y ago

Well an easy use case is a name change, or even a convention change. Let's say I have 100 pages that have titles like this: <COMPANY NAME> | <PAGE NAME> | <CONTENT> Well, Webflow doesn't give me the ability to: 1. Change any of those variables (they're hardcoded text). The only templates you can use here are for collection items (ex: using the name of a blog post in the title). It doesn't give you any options for basic pages. 2. I can't change their order or anything about them at a higher level than on a per page basis. 3. And let's say for some dumb reason, 6 months down the line Google penalizes me for using "|" in the title, and now the convention is "-", I have to go into literally every single page and update it one by one.

putrikarunia 5y ago
Ah really interesting, we haven't thought of this. We are building a CMS feature right now so probably similar to your first point, it could be possible by changing the CMS template. Have you had any solution that allows you to do this with other website builders?
- ryanSrich 5y ago
  I've never seen a CMS implement something like this. Before I started my current company I would do web consulting on the side. I've built hundreds of Jekyll sites for people, and I would always create a variables file to manage information like this: - Company address - Primary email - Legal name - Display name - etc. Those would then all have key value pairs like: - legal_name="Company Co Inc." - display_name="Company" It's a simple use case, but if the company ever changes their name, it's one change I have to make. Apply this to any repeatable bits of text and you can see how not having this is a major pain with tools like Webflow. The is especially true because I can't just globally search and replace like I can in a text editor.