Webflow page branching
How page branching works
With page branching, you can work on a single page’s design while other designers work on other page branches or the main site. After you’re done designing, you can merge your page branch to overwrite the original page’s design on the main site.
Note: Any changes made to the content of the original page while it was branched will be lost after the merge. Changes to components, classes, or interactions will not be lost. To prevent lost changes, Webflow displays a warning message when you try to edit a page on the main site that has a branch.
Changes on the main site won’t impact page branches unless you specifically decide to pull updated classes, states, HTML tags, components, or interactions from the main site into your branch.. Changes on page branches won’t impact the main site until the branch is merged back into the main site.
Note: Branched pages don’t count against the static page limit.
Roles and permissions
Anyone with Designer access (i.e., Site admin, Can design & publish, Can design, Can design (limited)) can create and merge branches. Learn more about site level roles and permissions.
Design control
You don’t need design control to branch a page — in fact, a designer can be working with design control on the main site while other designers work on page branches. However, you will need to have or request design control to merge a page branch, or you can ask your teammate with design control to merge your branch for you.
Publishing
Full-site publishing isn’t blocked by page branching. Anyone with design control can publish the main site without publishing the branches — your branches are a safe space to work. To publish your page branch, you’ll need to first merge it into the main site.
Transfers and duplication
Page branches won’t transfer if you transfer your site to another user or Workspace. Additionally, page branches won’t duplicate if you duplicate your site.
How to branch a page
The types of site pages you can branch include:
- Static pages (including Utility pages, User pages, and Ecommerce pages)
- Draft pages
- Dynamic pages (including Ecommerce and Collection pages)
To create a page branch:
- Go to the Pages panel
- Hover over the page you want to branch
- Click the “Create page branch” icon
The page branch will open in the Designer and you can start designing. Your teammates will see your new page branch when they refresh the Designer.