Oh man. I ended up deleting a CMS collection (on purpose), and what I learned is that its accompanying Template page (blog posts, say) also deletes itself—along with all the design I made for it. Bummer. (Lesson learned on me.)
lol…it happens…but yeah…i would assume all changes made after would be loss…from what i have seen the backup works similar to time machine and rolls your site back.
edit: also as far as whether it is a bug…i would assume that is the intended functionality since the template is generated from the collection so i’m guessing wishlist
Hey @TylerDunlap I’m glad you’re enjoying Webflow and sorry that you lost the work you had done. Were you able to retrieve a previous version of your site that was saved prior to deleting the collection?
Yes, the previous CMS data re-emerged (the new entries and collection now gone).
It brings up an interesting point: Being able to unlink the CMS data to the design to reattach it to a different collection. After the collection deletion (again, which I did on purpose), those design elements that were associated with it were thereafter locked, and I couldn’t connect it up to a new CMS collection. It had the padlock, and couldn’t be changed, even though there was no collection connected—so I couldn’t repurpose the design to the new collection. It was an orphan I couldn’t give new parents, so to speak.