Collections Tab

The Collections tab is very similar to the Pages tab, but it only lists your Collection content — the stuff we created with the CMS.

When you click on a Collection, you’ll be taken to a new tab with a list of all the items in the Collection. 

To start creating a new item within this Collection, click the + New button and fill out the item’s various fields, paying close attention to the help text and other requirements for each.   

What you see within an individual Collection item will change based on the structure of the Collection it belongs to, but you’ll see several elements over and over again: 

1. Back button: Click this to go back to the list of items in this Collection
2. View item button: This light grey button collapses the CMS to show you the item you’re currently viewing right on your live website. If you’d like, you can edit its contents there instead of in this panel.
3. Status: Shows the current status of the item you’re viewing. Statuses include Published, Not Published, and Draft.
4. Draft checkbox: Tick this checkbox if you aren’t finished creating or editing the current item. Anything that isn’t marked as a draft will be published when someone clicks the Publish button!
5. Changelog: As you make changes within your CMS, it will record the number of items and pages you’ve changed until you click Publish. You can click on the changelog to see a list of items and pages that have unpublished changes, along with who made them, if you have fellow CMS users.
6. View Site: Click this to view your website. You can use any links on your website to move between pages in this view.

The Save and Publish buttons should be fairly self-explanatory. Just note that you’ll need to click Publish twice to confirm your action.

How publishing works in your CMS

Every time you click Publish in your CMS, your whole website gets republished. If you know that others are working on the site when you're ready to publish, you may want to ask them if they're ready for their changes to go live.