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Creating Collections

Step-by-step guide to creating a new collection in Vivreal

beginner8 min readFor portal users

Creating Collections

Before You Start

Plan your collection before creating it. Decide on:

  • What content it holds — blog posts? products? team bios?
  • What fields you need — text, numbers, dates, images?
  • Whether objects need media — will entries have images or file attachments?
  • Standard or linked — does this collection reference another collection?

Create a Collection

Open the Collections page

Navigate to Content from the bottom navigation bar. You'll see a list of your existing collections (if any) along with a + New Collection button in the top-right corner.

Click + New Collection

Click the button to open the collection creation dialog.

Enter the collection name

Type a descriptive name for your collection (e.g., "Blog Posts", "Products", "Team Members"). The name should clearly describe what kind of content this collection will hold.

Collection names must be unique within your group. You can rename a collection later from its settings.

Choose the collection type

Select one of the following types:

  • Standard — each object is independent. This is the right choice for most collections.
  • Linked — objects in this collection reference objects from another collection. Use this for creating relationships (e.g., a "Categories" collection linked to "Products").

Toggle media support

If your collection objects will include images, files, or other media attachments, enable the Has Media toggle. This adds media upload capabilities to each object in the collection.

When enabled, objects in this collection will show a media upload area where you can attach files via presigned S3 uploads.

Save the collection

Click Create to save your new collection group. You'll be taken to the collection detail view where you can define the schema and start adding objects.

What Happens After Creation

Once the collection is created, you'll want to:

  1. Define a schema — add fields that describe the structure of each object. See Custom Schemas.
  2. Add objects — create individual content entries. See Managing Objects.
  3. Connect to a site — your site templates can pull from this collection via the Client API.

Collection Settings

After creation, you can modify your collection from its settings panel:

  • Rename the collection
  • Archive it (hides from the main list without deleting data)
  • Add tags for organizational grouping
  • Configure table view settings (which columns display in the objects list)
  • Set a label for display purposes

Deleting a collection is permanent and only possible when it has zero objects. Remove all objects first, then delete the collection group.

Next Steps

Now that your collection exists, define its schema to structure the data each object will contain.