Collections

Manage your Collection content.

Collections are for managing groups of structured content. Collections are made up of documents, which are commonly Markdown or HTML files.

To get started:

1. Add a site with at least one collection
2. Go to the tab for your collection in the Explore section

To create a new collection item:

1. Click the plus at the top left corner and select Add Collection Name
2. Enter a title/filename for the item and press enter

Your new file is opened in the Content Editor. Front matter for the file is populated from Collection Defaults (see below) or an existing item to keep the structure consistent.

You can then edit your content by:

• Typing the main content directly onto the page
• Editing Front Matter (e.g. title, description and thumbnail) in the sidebar.

Provide default front matter and/or content for new drafts and collection documents. Defaults for collection document files are copied from _defaults.md in the root collection folder. Default files are hidden in the Explore section to prevent changes from editors.

For example:

• /_staff/_defaults.md contains defaults for new staff members
• /_posts/_defaults.md contains defaults for new draft posts

New items created use these values. If the title and name attributes are present, they are set to the name used when a user creates a file.

CloudCannon renames blog post files automatically when the front matter title is changed, to keep filenames, titles, and URLs consistent. If you wish to disable this behavior, set the following for each post in your front matter: