CMS: Converting an Existing Page to a Dynamic Page
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A dynamic page in the Wix CMS (Content Management System) allows you to display unique content from your CMS collection on a single page layout. This can save you time and effort, especially if you have a lot of similar content to manage. For example, if you run a real estate website, you can create a dynamic page to showcase individual property listings, pulling information directly from your CMS collection without having to design a separate page for each property.
You can convert a regular static page to a dynamic page. However, you cannot convert your home page or Wix app pages (e.g. Stores, Bookings, Events) to a dynamic page.
For an overview of this process, check out our Ultimate CMS Guide video.
To convert an existing page to a dynamic page:
Wix Editor
Studio Editor
- Go to your editor.
- Click Pages & Menu
on the left side of the editor. - Hover over the page you want to convert and click the More Actions icon
. - Select Convert to dynamic page.
- Click Start Now.
- Click to choose whether to save the page content to a new collection or an existing collection:
- New collection: Enter a name for the collection. If using Velo, you can edit the collection ID of the new collection.
- Existing collection: Select the existing collection where you want to save the page content.
- Click Next.
- (If saving to a new collection) Choose which elements to convert to dynamic and set up the fields that will connect to the dynamic elements:
- In the panel on the right, select or deselect the elements that you want to convert to dynamic elements.
Note: Dynamic elements get their content from your CMS collection fields. If you want an element to remain static, meaning it stays the same on each version of the dynamic page, deselect the element. You can connect more supported page elements later. - Hover over an element in the panel on the right and click the Edit icon
to change the name, key (Velo only), or field type that will connect to the element. Click Save when you're done and repeat this step for each element. - Click Connect Elements.
- In the panel on the right, select or deselect the elements that you want to convert to dynamic elements.
Next:
- Learn how to manage your CMS collection.
- Learn how to connect more elements to your CMS collection.
- Learn how to create a dynamic list page to display multiple items on the same page.
- Learn how to modify the URLs of your dynamic pages.
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