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Turn your Webflow CMS content into eye-catching charts

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Date Published
Author
Raymond Camden
Word Count
2,102
Language
English
Hacker News Points
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Summary

The tutorial explores integrating charts into websites using Webflow, focusing on two primary data sources: static, non-Webflow content and dynamic, CMS-driven data. It introduces Chart.js, a free and open-source charting library, to create various types of charts. For static charts, the tutorial demonstrates how to embed a simple bar chart using hard-coded data, while for dynamic data-driven charts, it employs the TMDB API to illustrate fetching and displaying movie release data. The guide also explains how to integrate Webflow CMS data into charts by utilizing JSON blocks within CMS collection lists, allowing real-time updates as CMS data changes. The tutorial emphasizes the flexibility and adaptability of Chart.js in customizing chart appearance and interactions, encouraging users to explore different chart styles and share their creations within the developer community.