Core Docs - Digital Publishing - Set Up Content Collections

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Last Modified: 2026-05-01 1:28 PM

Now that you've seen what you can do with content collections, let's take a look at how to set one up. The process is simple because you don't have to change anything about your content channels or calendars, or how they're structured. You'll want to think strategically about your collections, to ensure you've got the right content in the right places. For instance, you might have a content collection for resources, or a collection of all of your messages, devotionals, and blogs. You can have as many content collections as you need, and you can use the same content in more than one collection.

We'll start by navigating to Admin Tools > CMS Configuration > Content Collections. As pictured below, we'll be looking at an example content collection called "Resource Library".

The items above define the framework of your content collection overall. Next, we need to add actual content to the content collection. Pictured below you can see we've added two content channels and a calendar to the content collection. Keep in mind that we didn't need to change anything with the content channel or the calendar. Your existing configuration will work as-is.

When you're adding a source you have a few options available to you. Primarily, you can select which attributes you want to use as filters on the Content Collection View block.

We're not done with this page yet. If you toggle over to the Search Filters view, you'll be able to see what we can use as filters when searching for content from the Content Collection View block.