Product collections and connected guides

Build a product site that helps visitors browse, understand and ask a useful question. Product collections and connected guides work with LitPage's existing product pages, options and inquiry forms. LitPage 0.7.11 improves draft preview for changelog entries.

Preview release notes before publishing

• Open links to related guides on the published site. Links to headings in the current draft stay in the preview.
• Changelog drafts can be previewed when the saved author profile includes an email address from an older version.

Create focused product collections

Start with the Product collection preset and edit its ordinary page blocks: a heading, selected products, selection guidance and questions. Choose the products and their order without copying their content.

Cards use current published product information. Newer product drafts stay private. When a product is withdrawn, its public card is hidden while the saved reference remains available to repair.

Save collection search information with the page draft, then publish the page when it is ready. This page-only publication does not publish product drafts or shared header and footer drafts; review shared navigation separately.

A focused collection combines a useful introduction with product links. These bowl concepts are demonstration content, not products for sale.

Connect useful guides to products

Add relevant products to documentation and blog articles, then add guide links on the products. A care guide can serve several products without duplicating its text.

Each direction is an editorial choice: guide-to-product and product-to-guide references are saved and published independently. They link published content in the same site and language, so visitors can move from an explanation to the product it describes.

Visitors can follow the guide to either demonstration product. Return links on the products are configured separately.

Carry the visitor's question into the inbox

A visitor can follow a collection or guide to a product, choose an option and submit an inquiry. The site's Form submissions inbox keeps the question, contact details and product-option snapshot together. Check the inbox regularly and decide how to respond.

Create and test language-specific products, guides and forms separately. Author their translations and verify the complete route, including validation and the saved inquiry, in each language.

Related guides

• Create product pages and inquiry options
• Publish a catalog and curated product collections
• Connect guides and product pages
• Collect product inquiries and read your inbox