I use Figma Sites to build websites for companies. Overall, I like it a lot. Pages are easy to create, and links and effects work well with very little effort. However, there are some essential things that I currently miss.
1. Usability for non-designers
I build websites for clients or colleagues who need to manage the finished website but are not familiar with design tools like Figma.
There is currently a CMS feature, which allows text and images to be edited in a table. However, this does not work for all pages. I cannot find a way to make the homepage editable for other users.
Ideally, every element that should be editable could be connected to the CMS in such a way that other users can manage the site exclusively through tables, without interacting with the design canvas at all.
2. Quality of Life improvements
When I create multiple CMS collections, things quickly become confusing. There is no way to reorder collections, and I also miss the ability to create a folder structure.
It would be very helpful to:
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Organize collections into folders
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Assign different access rights per folder
Example:
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Person A can access Folder A (e.g. Homepage, “About Us”)
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Person B can access Folder B (e.g. Product pages)
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Person C can access both
This would greatly improve collaboration with larger teams or clients.
3. Technical product pages are hard to build
Example scenario:
I have a table with 50 products, which should be split across 5 category pages. All pages share the same layout, but each product has different technical specifications that should be shown in a list next to the product.
Currently, as soon as categories differ, I need to create separate collections for each category. This becomes hard to manage.
Possible improvements:
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Being able to duplicate an existing collection and simply rename fields
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Even better: having one large product collection, where I can define
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which category a product belongs to
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which technical fields are shown per category (different number and names of fields)
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If a field stays empty it should not be shown - right now it is shown empty
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This would make complex, technical product pages much more scalable and maintainable.