Building a CMS-Driven Quiz in Webflow

Building a CMS-driven quiz in Webflow is an exciting way to engage your audience and provide interactive content on your website. In this tutorial, we'll walk through the process of creating a quiz that tracks user progress, confirms correct or incorrect answers, and reveals a success message at the end. This tutorial assumes a basic understanding of Webflow, but even beginners can follow along.

Getting Started: Cloning the Webflow Project

To get started with building our CMS-driven quiz, we will need to clone a pre-built Webflow project. You can access this project by following the link provided in the video description. Once you've cloned the project, you'll have access to the collection for all the questions.

Setting Up the Questions

Each question is its own collection item, and you can start by inputting the question itself and all the associated answers. For each answer, you will need to specify if it is correct or incorrect. This will allow the quiz to validate user responses based on the correct answers stored in the CMS.

Displaying the Questions

The options for each question are displayed using link blocks. These link blocks will display the text for each answer option, and they will also have an embedded div for storing the status of each answer.

Adding Interactivity with Webflow Blocks

To add interactivity to the quiz, we'll be using Webflow Blocks, a JavaScript builder for Webflow. You can sign up for a free Webflow Blocks account and use the provided code tricks10 for a 10% discount on a paid plan.

Handling User Interaction

When a user clicks on an option link, a combo class called "selected" is added to indicate that the option has been selected. This signifies that the user has made a choice for that particular question.

To prevent users from selecting multiple answers for the same question, we can set up a mechanism to disable clicking on other options after an answer has been selected.

Checking the Correct/Incorrect Answers

To handle checking the correctness of the selected answers, we use hidden divs with combo classes. Whenever an option is selected, the corresponding correct or incorrect status is displayed based on the user's selection.

Additionally, icons indicating correct or incorrect answers are displayed within the selected options.

Tracking User Progress

To track the user's progress, a progress bar is set up to visually display the number of questions answered. The width of the progress bar adjusts dynamically based on the number of questions answered.

Displaying the Final Success Message

Once all the questions have been answered, a final success message is displayed. This completion message is revealed by adding a combo class called "completed" to the hero section of the quiz.

Conclusion

Creating a CMS-driven quiz in Webflow provides an engaging and interactive way to present content to your audience. By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you can build a fully functional quiz that tracks user progress, validates answers, and provides a satisfying completion message at the end. With the flexibility and power of Webflow, the possibilities for creating interactive content are endless.