> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.synclify.cloud/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Quickstart
> Go from a new account to a live connection syncing Airtable into Webflow.
This walks the full path: sign up, connect Webflow, connect Airtable, map your fields, and let Synclify run its first sync.
Budget about 10 minutes. Nothing is written to Webflow until you approve a preview.
## Before you start
You need:
* A Webflow site with at least one **CMS collection** that has fields to fill.
* An Airtable base with a table whose columns roughly match those Webflow fields.
* Permission to authorize apps on both accounts.
Your Airtable table should have one column that uniquely identifies each row — a `Name`, `Title`, or `Slug`. Synclify needs it to match rows to Webflow items. See [Identity field](/how-synclify-works#the-identity-field).
## 1. Create your account
Go to the sign-up page and register with an email and password (minimum 8 characters), or continue with Google.
## 2. Connect Webflow
Right after sign-up, Synclify walks you through connecting Webflow.
Click **Connect Webflow**. You are sent to Webflow to authorize read and write access to your CMS.
Back in Synclify, tick the Webflow sites you want to sync. You need at least one. Click **Continue**.
You land on the **Connections** page. It is empty — that is expected. Once you've built a few, it looks like this:
## 3. Connect Airtable
In the left sidebar, click **Data Sources**.
Click **Add data source**, choose **Airtable**, and authorize. Synclify then discovers your bases and tables.
## 4. Create a connection
Click **Connections** → **New connection**. Four steps:
Pick the Webflow site and CMS collection to sync into.
Each Webflow collection can back only one live connection. If it is already taken, Synclify blocks you and tells you to delete the existing connection first.
Pick **Airtable**, then the specific base and table.
Synclify auto-maps source columns to Webflow fields by name. Review them.
Set one pair as the **ID field** — this is how rows and CMS items find each other. `Slug`, `Name`, and `Title` are detected automatically where possible.
Mismatched types (mapping text into a number field, for example) block you from continuing. Fix the mapping or change the field type.
Full detail: [Field mapping](/connections/field-mapping).
Name the connection. Then choose:
* **Sync direction** — *One-way* (source updates Webflow) or *Two-way* (shared fields update both sides).
* **Sync cadence** — *Manual only*, or add a *polling* fallback scan. Minimum interval is 5 minutes.
* **Auto-publish after sync** — on by default. Synced items go live rather than staying as staged changes.
* **Delete orphaned records** — off by default. Leave it off unless you want removing a source row to delete the Webflow item.
Realtime sync is included on every plan and needs no configuration.
## 5. Let guided setup run
Synclify does not blindly write into a collection that already has items. It walks you through reconciling what exists on both sides:
1. **Auto pairing** — matches existing Airtable rows to existing Webflow items on your ID field.
2. **Record decisions** — decide what to do with rows that have no Webflow item, and Webflow items that have no row.
3. **Conflicts** — for records that exist on both sides with different values, pick the winner.
4. **First sync** — Synclify shows you a full preview of every create, update, and delete. Approve it and the connection activates.
The first sync starts automatically. You are redirected to the connection after a 10-second countdown.
Full detail: [Guided setup](/connections/guided-setup).
## 6. Watch it run
On the connection page you see live progress through five phases: **Fetch source → Diff records → Write to Webflow → Publish → Done**, with running counts of records created, updated, deleted, skipped, and failed.
From here on, editing a row in Airtable triggers a sync on its own.
## Next steps
Sync direction, identity fields, and per-field ownership.
Change a mapping safely using drafts.
Realtime, polling, and manual runs.
What the errors mean and how to clear them.