# How to create a slug field in Airtable

Whalesync lets you sync Airtable with CMS apps like Webflow. These apps often require a unique "slug" field to ensure the pages you're creating are unique.

If you need to create a slug field in Airtable there are two options:

### 1) Manual (Single Line Text field)

If you'd like to type in slugs manually, you can use a single line text field.

<figure><img src="https://2481481593-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FtLaMDbvbGOow76E8CnqW%2Fuploads%2FK6EA9RE7JaUDOFVdYHuL%2FManual.png?alt=media&#x26;token=256e4b7c-15a2-4309-8847-92a73aee84d3" alt=""><figcaption><p>Example Slug field with single line text</p></figcaption></figure>

### 2) Automatic (Formula field)

If you'd like to have your slugs created automatically (recommended!), you can use a formula field.

<figure><img src="https://2481481593-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FtLaMDbvbGOow76E8CnqW%2Fuploads%2FBK7f9WGYmSH2R0GE9VYb%2FAutomatic.png?alt=media&#x26;token=b852951d-1879-47af-87db-232eaa40d354" alt=""><figcaption><p>Example slug field with formula</p></figcaption></figure>

We recommend the following formula in Airtable to ensure slugs have the correct format:

```
LOWER(REGEX_REPLACE(REGEX_REPLACE(REGEX_REPLACE(TRIM({Name}), "[^a-zA-Z0-9- ]", ""), " ", "-"), "-+", "-") & "-" & RIGHT(RECORD_ID(), 5))
```

In Notion:

```
replaceAll(prop("Article Title"), "[^a-zA-Z0-9- ]|,| ", "-")
```


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