Collections

Build your own mini content system (a lawyers directory, a recipe library, a venue list) with the exact fields you need, then fill it with entries visitors can search and filter.

Collections is a small content management system built into TribeNest. Instead of being stuck with the fixed content types the platform ships with (posts, products, events), you design your own. Want a directory of lawyers? A library of recipes? A roster of venues, a glossary of terms, a list of resources? Create a collection, choose the fields that describe each item, and start adding entries.

Every collection is yours to shape. You decide what an entry looks like: its name, a description, a photo, a price, a location on a map, a link to another entry. TribeNest then gives your visitors a clean, searchable, filterable list to explore.

When to use Collections

Reach for Collections whenever you have a set of similar things you want to publish and let people browse. A few examples:

A directory of lawyers, therapists, tutors, or vendors, each with a name, specialty, photo, and location.
A library of recipes, templates, guides, or downloads, each with a title, description, and file.
A catalogue of venues, tools, books, or gear, each with structured details people can filter by.
A glossary or knowledge base of terms and definitions, tagged and searchable.

Anything you build this way can be searched in words, narrowed by the details you choose, sorted, and even filtered down to what is near a visitor.

If you also want visitors to help you build the list by submitting their own entries for you to review, Collections handles that too.

How it fits together

There are three simple pieces:

The collection: the container. You name it (like "Lawyers") and it holds all the entries of that type.
The fields: the shape of each entry. You design these: a text field for the name, a media field for the photo, a select for the specialty, and so on. The fields also decide what can be searched, filtered, and sorted.
The entries: the actual items. Once your fields are in place, you add entries one by one, and publish the ones you're ready to show.

You'll find Collections in the dashboard under CMS then Collections.

Explore the guides

Creating a collection

Start a new collection, give it a name, and pick whether it holds full items or reusable tags.

Designing your fields

The building blocks of an entry: text, numbers, dates, media, locations, references, and more, plus the rules that keep your data clean.

Adding entries

Add, edit, publish, and archive entries. Upload media, link to other collections, and manage your list.

Searching and filtering

Full-text search, layered conditions, sorting, and search by distance, in your dashboard and on your site.

Collecting submissions

Let visitors submit their own entries, then review and approve what comes in.

Works with Mira and your website AI

You can let your website's AI assistant answer visitor questions using a collection's published entries, so a directory becomes something people can simply ask about. It's off by default. Turn it on per collection when the content is meant to be public, and choose field by field what the assistant may read.