Design

Did you try using a linklist for the list of collections?

yes, I've tried numerous linklists that are offered up in the forums, but either they do not display anything at all, or they are displaying the wrong information (such as a list of products in a collection).

can anyone provide an example of using a linklist to display a list of categories?

thank you for your time.

bill

You have to create your linklist under the Navigation tab in your admin. When you're done with that, and only then, can you output the linklist in your theme using Liquid code.

<ul>
{% for link in linklists.my-new-linklist.links %}
   <li>{{ link.title | link_to: link.url }}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>

thanks so much for your response caroline.

i have done that, but i was hoping that the list of collections would be available as a built-in list, that way when the client adds/removes collections, the page would automatically work for them.

i am learning much about liquid, and i must say the site is coming together faster than i originally envisioned, largely due to the helpfulness of people such as yourself!

bill

i have done that, but i was hoping that the list of collections would be available as a built-in list, that way when the client adds/removes collections, the page would automatically work for them.

Oh I see.

Well, sometimes you don't want all your collections to show up, but even then, if you know the ones to exclude (say: frontpage collection), then yes you can use Liquid to pull all your collections dynamically -- minus the ones you don't want.

Here's the code:

<ul>
{% for collection in collections %}{% unless collection.handle == 'frontpage' %}
   <li><a href="{{ collection.url }}" title="{{ collection.title | escape }}">{{ collection.title }}</a></li>{% endunless %}
{% endfor %}
</ul>

wow! perfect.

thanks caroline!