Create Pages From Data #

The Pagination feature is used for iterating over any data to create multiple output files.

Pagination can be used for traditional style pagination outputs like /result/page-0/, /result/page-1/. Pagination can also iterate over an object too and output any permalink value!

An Example #

Let's look at an example where we dynamically build pages based on data from a json file. First let's consider this simple data file stored in _data/possums.json:

[
  {
    "name": "Fluffy",
    "age": 2
  },
  {
    "name": "Snugglepants",
    "age": 5
  },
  {
    "name": "Lord Featherbottom",
    "age": 4
  },
  {
    "name": "Pennywise",
    "age": 9
  }
]

In order to create one page per possum, we can use the following template. The file name isn’t important, but the file extension is (e.g. possum-pages.liquid or possum-pages.njk).

---
pagination:
    data: possums
    size: 1
    alias: possum
permalink: "possums/{{ possum.name | slug }}/"
---

{{ possum.name }} is {{ possum.age }} years old

This template will generate four files, one for each possum, where the filename is based on the possum's name passed through the slug function. As possums are added and edited the resultant possum details page will be updated automatically.

Related Pagination Topics: #

• Pagination: Paging an Object
• Pagination: Remapping with Permalinks

Other pages in Working with Templates:

• Layouts
  • Layout Chaining
• Collections
• Pagination
  • Pagination Navigation
• Create Pages From Data
• Content Dates
• Permalinks
• Common Pitfalls