Source: https://docs.amadalis.ai/reference/page-types/collection-index/

# Collection index page type

Checked against the product’s code on 7 November 2026.

Use **Composer** > **New page** to choose **Collection index**. Its definition is also under **Site** > **Catalogs** > **Page types**. See [the Collection index owner guide](https://docs.amadalis.ai/composer/collection-index/) for the steps.

## Page type and template

| Item | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Page type | Collection index |
| Creates | A page draft in Pages; no collection or entries are created |
| Basic recipe, in order | Hero; Live list; Rich text; FAQ; Call to action |
| Designed page template | Collection index; five sections added together |
| Designed Live list preset | Collection index with paging |
| Theme | Uses the site theme. The definition reserves Clean as its default theme; this does not activate Clean. |

**New page** uses the basic section recipe. The page template supplies named section presets: a centered Hero, Collection index with paging, an introductory Rich text note, accordion FAQ and centered Call to action. Adding the template adds those sections; it does not replace an existing page body.

## Questions available to the copilot

The page type supplies these questions. The New page dialog itself asks for the title and page type.

| Question |
| --- |
| Which collection already published on this site should this page list? |
| Which entries should it show, and in what order? |
| What should visitors know before choosing an entry? |
| What questions should this page answer? |
| What should visitors do next? |

## Section choices

The recipe and allowed choices guide the copilot. **Add to the page** can show other sections and mark recommendations. Some section types cannot be inserted there.

| Recipe sections | Other section definitions retained in the allowed list |
| --- | --- |
| Hero; Live list; Rich text; FAQ; Call to action | Form; Comparison table; Embed / preserved HTML; Row (columns); Script & event binding |

## Live list controls

These are the list controls apart from the [shared section fields](https://docs.amadalis.ai/reference/sections/common-fields/) and picture beside the words. **Not set** is an absent starter value, not a field default. The two columns compare the basic catalogue starter with the named designed preset; a newly created draft can also have words left for you to finish. Insertion removes the preset headline, empty sentence and numeric values. Set **Headline**, **When there is nothing to show**, **How many per page**, **Skip the first** and **Columns (grid only)** explicitly; the table records catalogue data, not every value carried into the saved draft.

| Control | Group in Settings | Values | Basic starter | Collection index with paging |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Headline | Words | Your words | Latest posts | Browse the collection |
| Show | Words | One existing collection; see the picker note below | posts | posts |
| In these categories | Words | Category slugs; see the picker note below | Not set | Not set |
| With these tags | Words | Tag slugs; see the picker note below | Not set | Not set |
| In these terms | Words | Taxonomy and term pairs; see the picker note below | Not set | Not set |
| By this author | Words | An author’s address name | Not set | Not set |
| Matching these words | Words | Words to match | Not set | Not set |
| How many per page | Words | A whole number from 1 to 50 | 10 | 12 |
| Skip the first | Layout | A whole number, starting at zero | 0 | 0 |
| Order | Layout | Newest first; Oldest first; Title in alphabetical order; Title in reverse alphabetical order; Recently updated first; By its date, soonest first; By its date, latest first | Newest first | Newest first |
| Its date field | Section Settings | The selected collection’s datetime field slug | Unset | Unset |
| Only dates still to come | Section Settings | Yes or no | Unset; off | Unset; off |
| Featured (sticky) posts | Layout | Put them first, on every page; Include them, in date order; Leave them out; Only them | Include them, in date order | Include them, in date order |
| Page like the site’s own post listing | Words | Yes or no | Not set | Not set |
| Layout | Layout | List; Card grid | List | Card grid |
| Columns (grid only) | Layout | A whole number from 1 to 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Show the featured image | Words | Yes or no | Yes | Yes |
| Show the excerpt | Words | Yes or no | Yes | Yes |
| Show the date | Words | Yes or no | Yes | Yes |
| Show the author | Words | Yes or no | No | No |
| Show the categories | Words | Yes or no | No | No |
| Show the price | Words | Yes or no | Not set | Not set |
| Show a read-more link | Words | Yes or no | No | No |
| Excerpt length (words) | Words | A word count, or empty | Not set | Not set |
| Paging | Words | No pager; Page numbers, with previous and next; Previous and next only | No pager | Page numbers, with previous and next |
| Pager address | Words | A different name for each list on the page | 1 | collection-index |
| Say how many were found | Words | Don’t show a count; How many in all (3 results found); Which results this page shows; Both, the count first | Don’t show a count | Both, the count first |
| When there is nothing to show | Words | Your words | No posts found. | No entries found. |

## Source and empty-state boundaries

The first collection saved in **Show** is used. Clearing it uses posts. Custom collections must exist, have public entry addresses and not be hidden. Drafts are not public list entries. Cards use the source entry’s recorded details; missing pictures or summaries are skipped.

Collection and term suggestions currently come from the wrong list. Typing a collection or term and pressing Enter alone does not save a new choice. Ask the copilot to set the real value and inspect the result.

The named preset’s catalogue empty sentence is **No entries found.** Enter it after insertion if you want those words. On a page using a library theme or on a site that was not migrated, a resolved empty list shows its empty sentence without zero counts, with no pager. Custom and imported themes on migrated sites keep their earlier empty-count behaviour. An unsupported source, unusable filter or failed read can lead to that empty state too. Without any loaded result, the public section draws nothing; the canvas keeps a selectable section.

**Show a read-more link** adds **Continue reading** when an entry has an address. **Show the price** only uses a recorded product price. These controls do not create entries or supply missing facts.

The pager appears only when results span more than one page. **Previous Page** and **Next Page** move between them. Give separate lists different **Pager address** values. The named preset uses `collection-index`; the basic starter uses `1`.

Compare [the Live list section and its preview pair](https://docs.amadalis.ai/reference/sections/content/#collection-index-with-paging). Use [the Composer](https://docs.amadalis.ai/composer/composer/) to apply a draft change and inspect its preview.