"Categories" Collection Fields
This document describes the permissions and fields in your Categories collection.
Permissions
The Categories collection has the following permissions:
- Read: Anyone
- Create: None
- Update: None
- Delete: None
You cannot change the Categories collection's permissions.
Fields
Note: This app collection contains read-only fields that cannot be managed from the collection. You can update the fields from the relevant app in your site’s dashboard.
The field name is listed as the heading of each section, with the field ID listed in parentheses, like this: Name (name). The fields appear in this document in the order in which they appear in your collection by default.
ID (_id)
Description: The category ID.
Type: Text
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: eq, ne, hasSome
Read-only: Yes
Parent ID (parentId)
Description: ID of the parent category (for subcategories).
Type: Text
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: eq, ne
Read-only: Yes
Name (name)
Description: Category name.
Type: Text
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: Yes
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: eq, ne, contains, startsWith, hasSome
Read-only: Yes
Header Title (headerTitle)
Description: Title in the category header.
Type: Text
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: Yes
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: eq, ne, contains, startsWith, hasSome
Read-only: Yes
Description (description)
Description: Description in the category header.
Type: Text
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: contains, startsWith, hasAll
Read-only: Yes
Header Type (headerType)
Description: Type of category header.
Type: String
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: eq, ne
Read-only: Yes
Notes: Either "COLOR" or "IMAGE".
Header Image (headerImage)
Description: Header Image.
Type: Image
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Header Image Overlay Color (headerImageOverlayColor)
Description: Header image overlay color.
Type: Text
Can connect to data: No
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Header Background Color (headerBackgroundColor)
Description: Header background color.
Type: Text
Can connect to data: No
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Header Text Color (headerTextColor)
Description: Header text color.
Type: No
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Rank (rank)
Description: Category order, where 0 indicates the first category.
Type: Number
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: Yes
Can be filtered: eq, ne, lt, lte, gt, gte
Read-only: Yes
Post Count (postCount)
Description: Number of posts in the category.
Type: Number
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: Yes
Can be filtered: eq, ne, lt, lte, gt, gte
Read-only: Yes
Post View Count (postViewCount)
Description: Number of times the posts in the category have been viewed.
Type: Number
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: Yes
Can be filtered: eq, ne, lt, lte, gt, gte
Read-only: Yes
Write Protection
Description:
Type: Boolean
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Page URL (pageUrl)
Description: URL of the category page.
Type: URL
Can connect to data: Yes, can connect as a button click action.
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Slug (slug)
Description: The category's slug, which is its URL-friendly name that is unique across the forum.
Type: Text
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: Yes
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: Yes
Read-only: Yes