Organizing Static Sites with Eleventy Collections

Managing content on a static website can quickly become overwhelming without a structured way to group and organize your pages. Eleventy collections provide a powerful built-in mechanism to dynamically categorize, filter, and display your content without manual maintenance. This text-based course guides you from the absolute basics of Eleventy configuration to advanced content grouping strategies. You will understand how to structure your files, use front matter tags, and write custom JavaScript configuration code to generate automated navigation, blog indexes, and categorized taxonomies. What you'll learn: - Understand the core concepts of Eleventy collections and how they automate content organization - Group content dynamically using front matter tags and directory structures - Create custom collections using the Eleventy configuration API and JavaScript array methods - Filter and sort content to build custom listings, archives, and navigation menus - Apply modern static site best practices, including semantic HTML structure and performance-focused metadata - Practice organizing real-world content structures through written step-by-step exercises You will start with foundational definitions and basic tag-based collections before moving into custom JavaScript filtering and advanced pagination techniques. The material flows logically from configuration setup to practical, structured content examples. This course is designed for web developers and designers who are new to Eleventy or looking to master its content-organization features. No prior experience with Eleventy is required, though a basic understanding of HTML and JavaScript is helpful. Start reading today to streamline your static site workflow and build highly organized web projects.