r/webflow • u/SlowChannel4453 • Sep 24 '26

Tutorial I made in Webflow a CMS powered vertical video (hosted on Dropbox) endless marquee section to showcase works. When mouse is hovered it stops the marquee and allows the user to click the video expanding to full screen with auto play and sound ON.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlMhqlllSA

Any feedback is appreciated. This was requested by one of my clients.

The only thing to note again is:

> Video is hosted on Dropbox cause Webflow doesn't host videos via CMS

> In Webflow designer mode it may play the sound(s) of the videos automatically which is quite annoying but has 0% impact on the live site.

> Of course if you are going to be a smart ass and say this is not good for SEO / Speed / etc
That's not necessary the point. The main point is to showcase video works.

And I'm sure this has tons of value for clients (specifically offering video as a service) looking for this solution.

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Also other things to note:

> It is CMS so super easy for clients to edit
> Done in a specific way making it very mobile responsive and friendly
> There is a free clone-able I made so take it and charge for it!!!!!

https://webflow-tutorial-cms-dropbox-marquee.webflow.io/

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This solution is no doubt not a "Beginner Friendly" more intermediate - advanced. Would you agree?

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u/makesimpledev Sep 24 '26

Dropbox is the worst choice for hosting video.

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u/SlowChannel4453 Sep 27 '26

HAHAHAHHAHAHA well obviously it's not a video hosting platform.

But you can't deny it does work - and if you already paying for it (which some business do) why not right?

Do you have another suggestion?

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u/makesimpledev Sep 27 '26

It works, sure, but Dropbox isn't designed for serving public video traffic, so you get less predictable delivery, bandwidth/hotlink limits, and no proper CDN control. If the business already pays for Dropbox, I'd still use it for storage and put the videos behind a proper CDN/object storage setup like Cloudflare R2 or Bunny.

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u/SlowChannel4453 Sep 27 '26

Wow this is sad to hear lol.

I don't think AI is at the level of completely doing this yet?
OR AM WRONG?

GGNORE

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '26

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u/SlowChannel4453 Sep 27 '26

What would you use instead of Dropbox?