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The Collections list template provides the layout and design of the /collections page that displays your store's collections in a grid. Use this page to give customers an overview of all or selected collections.
This guides shows you how to create a selected collections list, and change the layout and style of the collection images and titles.
Quick setup
By default, the Collection list template displays all published collections from your Shopify admin. You can choose to display only selected collections.
You can also adjust the layout of the grid, the shape of collection images (image aspect ratio), and the style of the collection titles and backgrounds.
Shopify | Collections are created and edited in your Shopify admin. See Shopify's Collections manual to learn how to group products into collections.
STEPS
In your theme editor (Customize):
Use the Templates selector to open Collections list.
Under Template, click on Collections list page from the list of sections.
Choose whether you want to show All of your collections collections or just Selected collections.
If you choose to show Selected collections, see step 8 to learn how to add those collections.
Choose how many Collections per row to display. Choose between 2 and 4 columns.
On small mobile devices, only 1 collection is shown per row.
Choose whether to Show collection description below the collection title.
The collection description is set in the Shopify admin. Go to Products > Collections to edit your collections.
To make your collection images a uniform shape and size, select the Image aspect ratio to crop your images to Square, Landscape, or Portrait.
The default Natural setting will display the original orientation of your image.
(Optional.) If you chose to show Selected collections, return to the top-level Collection list settings.
Use the (+) Add Collection to add the number of collections you want. Then click on the new Collection blocks to select a collection.
Repeat this process until you've added all the selected collections you need.
