Module 4: Collections
Listing blocks make a layout come alive: they show the site's content and keep it current. This module teaches the two kinds of collection and the settings that turn them into editorial tools.
At a glance
| Course | Exponential Layouts |
| Duration | 2 hours 40 minutes (with a 10-minute break) |
| Lessons | 3 |
| Level | Intermediate |
Lessons
| Lesson | Duration | What learners do |
|---|---|---|
| Lesson 4.1: Listing blocks and manual collections | 45 minutes | Pick three articles into a List block, order them, change the view type |
| Lesson 4.2: Dynamic collections and query types | 60 minutes | Build a newest-articles list with a query, filter and sort |
| Lesson 4.3: Offset, limit and pinning | 45 minutes | Build a lead-plus-list and pin an item |
Preparing this module
- A folder on the training site with at least ten published articles (the learners' course folders from Editors 101 work), and three named articles for lesson 4.1.
- Try the collection panel of your installation once: note how a block chooses between manual and dynamic, which query types it lists and how positions are numbered, so you can show it on the projector.
Timing plan
| Part | Minutes |
|---|---|
| Lesson 4.1 | 45 |
| Lesson 4.2 | 60 |
| Break | 10 |
| Lesson 4.3 | 45 |
| Total | 160 |
Related pages
- Exponential Layouts: course overview
- Trainers: start here
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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