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Point a dynamic list at another section

Change the Parent location of a dynamic collection; the list fills from the new section at once.

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Address: https://doc.exponential.earth/exphelp/viewer/help/build-two-ways/examples/maintain/change-a-dynamic-list-source.md

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Point a dynamic list at another section

The "Latest" list should show Healthy eating instead of Fitness.

Life cycle: Maintain, example 3 of 35. Worked out on the Fit & Healthy site of Exponential 6.0.15+.

Contents

  1. In the Layouts editor
  2. With templates
  3. Which to choose
  4. Check

In the Layouts editor

  1. Select the List; on the Content tab change Parent location with its folder button (content browser).
  2. Check the preview in the middle, Publish layout.

With templates

  1. Change the parent_node_id of the fetch( 'content', 'list', ... ) in the template and deploy.

Which to choose

Dynamic collections let editors retarget lists without a developer.

Check

  • The list shows articles of the new section.

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