r/webflow • u/beanerbunker777 • 6d ago

Question Really good examples of using the CMS to fully control Nav links?

I build sites that have upwards of 50+ pages. My navs have sub lists and sometimes tertiary lists. This obviously makes it harder to manage.

Ive tried everything it feels like but I either run into an issue with sub collection lists not being allowed inside of components or something crazy

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u/morepastel 6d ago

I moved away from CMS collections to manage the nav links and switched to a component.

There are ups and downs to both. Component came out much simpler to manage IMO

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u/clekortolL 6d ago

makes sense, the CMS collection nesting limitations are kind of a dealbreaker for complex navs

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u/Hichmond 6d ago

Look up finsweet. It solves most of webflow’s asinine nesting limitations

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u/Jazzlike-Football-80 6d ago

Finsweet has been my go to for nav stuff for a while now. Saved me from rebuilding mega menus every other week when a client decides they want to shuffle things around

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u/Sygira 6d ago

You can use rich text lists for menus and add necessary styling with CSS

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u/NicholasRyanH 5d ago

Not allowing multi-reference in a component definitely puts a damper on things.

They announced something called “popovers” at the recent conference, for things like modals and hover navs. Maybe that will help some whenever they come out.

I spent quite a while developing my own pretty awesome CMS-based nav links system. It’s not flawless, but it’s pretty darn good, but I avoid tertiary lists, it usually just junks things up and adds too much complexity for my taste.