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Two CMS fields on your collection: the article's live link and a clean Markdown copy, and how to get them on a collection you already have.
Alongside the fields covered in Custom field mapping, every HarperFlow-provisioned Webflow collection can carry two more: Article URL and Post Markdown. Neither is required to publish; a collection without them keeps working exactly as before.
The article's own live URL once it's published, built from your site's domain and the page it publishes to. Bind it in Webflow's Designer to power things a plain CMS reference field can't: a "read more" link on a blog list, a related-articles widget, or anything else that needs to point at the article itself rather than just render its content inline.
The full article body as clean Markdown: the same content as your Rich Text body field, but as plain, portable text instead of HTML. It's meant for reuse outside your site, pasting into a LinkedIn post, a newsletter, or anywhere else that wants Markdown or plain text rather than a web page.
A brand-new collection HarperFlow creates for you gets both fields automatically. For an existing collection, both setup choices get you there: from your Site page, use Change where articles go and pick either Extend one you have or Map onto one as-is — both add any HarperFlow field your collection is missing, these two included, while leaving your existing fields exactly as they are. The real difference between the two is mapping control, not field creation: Map onto one as-is is the path that offers Review mapping, where you can hand-pick which of your own fields receives each piece of content instead of accepting the automatic match.
A new article gets both fields filled in as soon as it's written. An article that was published before the fields existed on your collection gets them backfilled the next time it's republished or its template is restyled, not retroactively the moment you add the fields; see Choosing a layout for restyling.
Note: Both fields are Webflow-only today. If you publish to WordPress, Shopify, or Wix, your articles don't carry an equivalent field yet.
