What I Learned Rebuilding The Futur's 120-Page Site in Webflow
A behind-the-scenes look at rebuilding Chris Do's media company site — 120 pages, 15+ CMS collections, membership integration, and an AI assistant.
BY MARCELO RUSSO
The Futur is Chris Do's media and education company. Two million followers across platforms. A team that ships content daily. And a website that had outgrown its infrastructure.
When they came to us, the site was a patchwork. Multiple CMSs, inconsistent design, slow load times. They needed a ground-up rebuild that could scale with the business.
The Scale
120 pages. 15+ CMS collection types. Membership platform with gated content. An AI assistant woven into the learning experience. This wasn't a weekend project.
The biggest challenge wasn't any single feature — it was making everything work as a coherent system. Every collection needed to relate to others. Every page template needed to handle edge cases. The membership logic had to be bulletproof because paying customers notice when things break.
What Made It Hard
Webflow is excellent at marketing sites. It gets more interesting when you push it into application territory. We had to:
- Build a custom CMS architecture that could handle complex content relationships
- Integrate membership gating without sacrificing page speed
- Deploy an AI assistant that felt native to the experience, not bolted on
- Maintain design consistency across 120 pages with different layouts and content types
What I'd Do Differently
Honestly? Not much. The architecture held up. The CMS structure scaled. The membership integration worked from day one. If I were doing it again, I'd probably start the AI assistant integration earlier in the process rather than adding it later.
The Takeaway
Enterprise Webflow is real. You can build complex, scalable platforms on it — but you need to think like an engineer, not just a designer. The CMS architecture decisions you make in week one determine whether the site is manageable in month twelve.
If you're considering Webflow for something ambitious, it can absolutely handle it. You just need someone who's pushed it to those limits before.