Tutorial to Create a CMS Slider on Webflow

The goal of this tutorial is to utilize a collection (CMS) in Webflow as a data source to feed the slides of your Webflow slider.

This will enable you to create a customer review slider that automatically pulls data from your CMS.

(🍿 Video available at the end of this page)

Limitations of a Webflow Slider

Currently, it is not possible to natively use the CMS collections from your Webflow site as a data source for your CMS. But... fortunately... The Finsweet attributes are here to help.

Finsweet attributes are a set of 100% free products that you can easily integrate into your Webflow site (somewhat like plugins on WordPress) to add advanced functionalities to your website.

CMS Slider | Fs Attributes

Link to the official documentation for Finsweet's CMS slider

How to add the functionality in 3 steps?

1. Copy the script and paste it into the head tag of your Webflow page
2. Add the attribute "fs-cmsslider-element" to the "list" of your collection (the collection must be present on the page and connected to the collection you wish to use as a data source).
3. Add the attribute "fs-cmsslider-element" to the "slider" element on your Webflow site

And... publish your site! 🎉🚀

Do you prefer video tutorials?

Discover how to integrate the CMS slider functionality on a Webflow site from A to Z in this French video tutorial.  (Solution with Finsweet Attributes)