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CMS: Adding and Setting Up a Dynamic List Page

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Dynamic list pages allow you to showcase various items from your CMS collection in an organized index. Each item, displayed in a repeater, gallery, or table, links to the collections' dynamic item page where visitors read more about the specific item.

A dataset controls the connections between the page elements and your collection fields. In the dataset settings, you can control the number of items that appear at a time. You can add filters to only include certain items or add sort conditions that control the order in which they appear.

Add 'Load More' or navigational buttons to improve your page loading performance if you have a lot of items to show. You can also give visitors the ability to filter the items they see on the page by using input elements like dropdowns, radio buttons, or checkboxes.
Before you begin:
  • Create a CMS collection that includes the items you want to display on your dynamic list page.
  • Create a dynamic item page for your collection. You will link items on your dynamic list page to your collection's dynamic item page. Alternatively, you can add the dynamic item page at the same time as your dynamic list page. See step 1 below for directions. 

Step 1 | Add a dynamic list page

From your editor's CMS panel, create a dynamic list page for your collection. This adds a new page that displays different items from your collection in a repeater that you will customize later. 
Wix Editor
Studio Editor
  1. Go to your editor.
  2. Click CMS  on the left side of the editor.
  3. Click Your Collections.
  4. Click the collection that you want to create your dynamic list page from. 
  5. Click More Actions and select Add dynamic page. 
  6. Select List page and click Add to Site.
    Tip: Select Item page as well to add a dynamic item page for the collection at the same time.  

Step 2 | (Optional) Modify the URL slug structure

You may want to edit the URL slug structure of your dynamic list page to keep the web addresses of your dynamic pages organized. 

For example, you could create the following URL slug structures for your dynamic pages: 
  • Dynamic list page: https://www.{your-domain.com}/{collection-name}
  • Dynamic category page: https://www.{your-domain.com}/{collection-name}/{category}
  • Dynamic item page: https://www.{your-domain.com}/{collection-name}/{category}/{primary-field}

When editing the URL slug structure, the structure cannot already be used by other existing pages on your site. To be unique, the URL slug structure cannot have the same prefix (e.g. {Collection name}) and the same number of variables as another page on your site, even if the variables are different. 
Important:
If you change the URL slug structure of your dynamic pages, all the existing links to these pages will no longer work. This affects links within your site, any links you've shared externally, and SEO links in search engines. We're releasing a feature that will let you add an automatic redirect, taking visitors and search engines from the old URL to the new one. 

To edit the URL slug structure of your dynamic list page:

Wix Editor
Studio Editor

  1. Go to your editor.
  2. Click Pages & Menuon the left side of the editor.
  3. Click Dynamic Pages. 
  4. Hover over the dynamic list page you just created and click the More Actions icon  on the right. 
    Tip: By default, the dynamic list page you created is titled: {Collection Name} (List) 
  5. Click SEO. 
  6. Edit the URL slug structure field: 
    • Click Add Variable and choose a text or number field to use its values in the URL slug structure. 
    • Enter text or number values to use static values in the URL slug structure. 
    • Press Enter on your keyboard to save the changes to the URL slug structure. 
A screenshot of editing the URL slug structure for a dynamic list page.

Step 3 | Connect the repeater to the CMS

You now have a dynamic list page with a repeater that includes 2 text elements, an image, and a button in each container. Each of your repeater's containers displays a different item from your collection. 

Connect each part of the elements to the relevant collection fields to ensure they display the info you want them to. We recommend connecting the button to your collection's dynamic item page so visitors can click to go to the relevant item's dedicated page. 

To provide more info about each item, you can attach more supported elements to the repeater. Then connect these elements to your collection fields in the dataset where you manage all the CMS connections. 
Want to use a gallery or table instead of a repeater?
If you'd rather display your collection items in a gallery or table, you can. Delete the default repeater then add a Pro Gallery or table. Then connect each part of your gallery or table to the CMS collection through the dataset, in the same way you would connect the repeater. 
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Studio Editor
  1. (Optional) Add elements to your repeater (e.g. buttons, text, images) or remove elements you do not need. You can adjust the size of the repeater so it can contain all the elements. 
  2. Click the repeater element and select the Connect to CMS icon .
  3. In the Connect Repeater panel on the right, click the element you want to connect.
  4. Under Connections, click the relevant drop-downs to connect the element to the relevant collection field or dataset action. The options vary depending on the element type.
Tips:
  • To link the button element to the dynamic item page, click the Click action connects to field and select the collection's dynamic item page that ends with (Item).
  • To link an image element to the dynamic item page, click the Link connects to drop-down and select the collection's dynamic item page that ends with (Item).
A screenshot of linking a button to the collection's dynamic item page.
  1. Click Repeater connections at the top of the panel on the right. 
  2. Repeat steps 3-5 above to connect the elements to collection fields or dataset actions.
  1. Click to adjust your repeater elements as needed.
    Tip: You can add or remove elements from your repeater at any time. Disconnect elements if you want to use static content that doesn't change. 
  2. Click Preview to test your dynamic list page.
  3. Click Publish if you are ready to make the changes go live. 

Step 4 | (Optional) Manage the dataset settings

By default, your dynamic page dataset allows up to 12 items to initially display in your repeater or gallery. You can adjust the maximum items that can display at a time from the dataset settings. You can also add filters to include only certain items, or add sorts to control the order in which the items display. 
Wix Editor
Studio Editor
  1. Go to the repeater's connected dataset settings:
    1. Click the repeater. 
    2. Click the Connect to CMS icon .
    3. Click Dataset Settings in the Connect Repeater panel on the right.
  2. (Optional) Click the permissions type next to Permissions to change the collection permissions that determine who can access the content and what they can do with it. 
  3. Click the Dataset mode drop-down and select and option: 
    • Read: Allow the dataset to display your collection content in the repeater.
    • Read & Write: Allow the dataset to display your collection content in the repeater and allow visitors to add or edit collection content with input elements. 
  4. Edit the Maximum items displayed field to set the maximum items that initially load in the repeater. This is also the maximum additional items that can load when a visitor clicks a "Load More" button. If you connect a pagination bar or connect buttons to "Next/Previous page" dataset actions, this field also determines the maximum items displayed per 'page' in the repeater. See the next section for steps on setting up 'Load More' and navigational elements.
    Note: This field does not apply to tables. If using a table to display your items, limit the number of items displayed by clicking the table's Layout icon , then setting a custom table height and enabling pagination. 
  5. (Optional) Click + Add Filter to only show specific items in the repeater. 
  6. (Optional) Click + Add new sort to choose the order in which the items appear in the repeater.
A screenshot of the dataset settings in the Wix Editor.
  1. Click Preview to test your dynamic list page.
  2. Click Publish if you are ready to make the changes go live. 

Step 5 | (Optional) Create 'Load More' or navigational buttons

If you plan on displaying many items on this page, consider adding a 'Load More' button to improve the page's loading performance. The dataset's Maximum items displayed field determines how many items can initially load on the page and how many additional items can load when visitors click your 'Load More' button. 

You can also add 'Next/Previous Page' buttons or a pagination bar (Wix Editor only) that cause the page's connected repeater or gallery to display the next or previous 'page' of items. The Maximum items displayed field determines the maximum items that appear in each 'page' of items. 
Wix Editor
Studio Editor
Choose what you want to do: 
Tip:
In the Wix Editor, you can also connect a pagination bar that allows visitors to cycle through 'pages' of items. The Maximum items displayed field determines how many items can appear in each 'page' of the pagination bar. If you would like to see pagination bars in the Studio Editor, vote for this feature here.

Step 6 | (Optional) Let visitors filter items

Give visitors ways to filter the items that appear on your dynamic list page with input elements. Choose from any of the following input elements that allow filtering: Radio Buttons, Checkboxes, Dropdown, Selection Tags, or Slider (Range Sliders only).
A screenshot showing examples of input elements used to filter the items that appear on a dynamic list page.

FAQs

Click the questions below for answers to common questions about setting up dynamic list pages. 

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In this article
  • Step 1 | Add a dynamic list page
  • Step 2 | (Optional) Modify the URL slug structure
  • Step 3 | Connect the repeater to the CMS
  • Step 4 | (Optional) Manage the dataset settings
  • Step 5 | (Optional) Create 'Load More' or navigational buttons
  • Step 6 | (Optional) Let visitors filter items
  • FAQs

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CMS: Creating Unique Dynamic Page URLs
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CMS: Creating a Collection

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