Getting Started

When you create a custom collection, a separate page template for every collection will be automatically created. This article will feature all the steps to create a single-item template of a collection and make changes to it; refer to the information in the sections below.

What does ‘Single Item’ mean?

Single Item refers to the Custom Collection Item/Items that we create. For example, if we create a Custom Collection called ‘Superheroes’ and add a bunch of items to them like ‘Thor’, ‘Iron Man’ etc, a single item would be any of the items of that collection, e.g ‘Thor’ is a single item of the collection ‘Superheroes’.

Single-Item Template of a Collection

A single-item template is automatically added if you create a custom collection. For example, if you make a custom collection called “Recipes,” a template page will be automatically added and will be called “Recipes template.”

To find a Single-Item template, follow all the steps below:

• Create a custom collection first. To learn how to do it, refer to this article:

Add a new Collection

• After doing so, go to your builder
• Click on the Pages option on your left-hand side
• Scroll down and find your collection item template

The Images & GIF below show the whole process being demonstrated visually ⬇️

1. Create a custom collection first

2. After creating the custom collection, go to your builder
3. Click on the Pages option on your left-hand side

4. Scroll down and find your collection item template

Refer to the GIF below, to see the whole process —

Change the single-item template of a collection

To change a single-item template of a collection, refer to the instructions and steps given below:

• Go to Pages, scroll, and find your custom collection item template
• Select the template
• Delete the row inside the template to make the existing post disappear
• Click on + Add Row with Columns
• Add a new Row with regular columns
• Click on + Add Element
• Select Rich Text Content under CMS Elements
• Click on Edit Element to render the content directly from Collection’s item
• Open Content
• Choose ‘Content’ from the Text option, instead of ‘None’
• Done!
• You can stylize the existing content of your blog post with the Rich Text Content Element.

💡If you make any changes to a collection item then the changes will automatically reflect on that specific single-item template.

The Images & GIF below show the whole process being demonstrated visually ⬇️

1. Go to Pages, scroll, and find your custom collection item template
2. Select the template
3. Delete the row inside the template to make the existing post disappear

4. Click on **+ Add Row with Columns**
5. Add a new Row with regular columns
6. Click on **+ Add Element**
7. Select Rich Text Content under CMS Elements

8. Click on Edit Element to render the content directly from Collection’s item
9. Open Content
10. Choose ‘Content’ from the Text option, instead of ‘None’
11. Done!

12. You can stylize the existing content of your blog post with the Rich Text Content Element

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Updated on: 05/04/2023