Single File Lists

[pbougie]

Just found your project today. Looks very promising. I've managed to configure file collections but all my sites also use single-file JSON arrays for various types global data, for example:

[
  {
    "title": "Home",
    "url": "/"
  },
  {
    "title": "About",
    "url": "/about/"
  },
  ...
]

Can this be configured and if so how? Thanks.

[kyoshino]

Check out the doc: https://sveltiacms.app/en/docs/fields/list#top-level-list 🙂

The example is YAML but output can be JSON, e.g.

file: _data/links.json

[pbougie]

@kyoshino Thanks. I guess I was trying to configure it as an Entry Collection with a file instead of a folder. Seems more intuitive. I tried your option but it buries it in a sub-menu. Started splitting my data into separate files instead but now I have to add an order attribute. Neither option is optimal.

[kyoshino]

I think what you really want is not yet supported in Sveltia CMS.

There are two relevant issues with Decap CMS that we will eventually solve:

• Save folder collection entries to single data file decaporg/decap-cms#3542
• Entry ordering - any interest? decaporg/decap-cms#475

The latter is also requested in our repository:

• Feature Request: Manual Sort option (ether for collection or list widget #214

[kyoshino]

The latter (#214) is the second most wanted feature in Decap CMS, so we’ll probably implement it before Sveltia CMS 1.0.

[kyoshino]

The former has a risk of data loss if multiple editors use the CMS at the same time, so we need to implement post locking first, like WordPress, as mentioned in the roadmap.

[pbougie]

@kyoshino Sorting (#214) would be extremely useful. Half my content requires ordering. Saving collection entries as a single file would also be useful but for now I'm refactoring into separate files. Thanks.

[kyoshino]

I’m implementing the feature now.

[kyoshino]

A new option added in v0.158.0 🥳

[pbougie]

@kyoshino I've just implemented it. Very nice. Thank you. Is there somewhere in the CMS to check the version that is running? Maybe an about dialog in the drop-down? It would also be a good place for a link to the project website.

[kyoshino]

See https://sveltiacms.app/en/docs/releases#checking-your-current-version 🙂

[pbougie]

@kyoshino That works. Thanks.