Add additional, unique text at bottom collection pages

[BoxBaas]

Hi all, 

I have a question similar to this one. I would like to have more detailed, unique descriptions on each of my  collection pages for SEO purposes. So a small description at the top, then the products and page switch numbers and then the additional unique text.  I have searched but all answers require changing the liquid files in the theme code. However, I only have .JSON files - no liquid files - so I cannot follow the required steps. 

I'm fairly new to Shopify and a complete coding noob. If someone could let me know how this works in .JSON - or knows an easy to use app to add these text fields - it would be greatly appreciated. My theme is DAWN. Thanks!

Kind regards, 

Niels

[AvadaCommerce]

Hi @BoxBaas ,

It's customization work, for that you need to hire a developer or need a developer help,
to add this feature with custom code.

You can contact (https://www.halothemes.com/contact) for support.

If you find this answer helpful, please mark it as a SOLUTION.

Best regards.

[LJG24]

Hi @BoxBaas

Just wondering if you could shed some more light. I have added some unique copy at the top and bottom of two pages in my store; collections/all and a subsequent page.

I only want the unique text to show on the first page, not those that follow i.e. the collections/all is 1/7 so I want the copy on the first page but not 2-7?

Do you know how I can fix this? currently the copy I want on the 1st pages has been duplicated to all pages?

[tim · Accepted solution]

Actually, you may not need a code, since OS2.0 themes support this out of the box.

You can add a new section at the bottom of the collection template (all in Customize) and then make it use dynamic sources for its content.
You'd need to create a new metafield for your collections where you will store this extended description and then use it as dynamic source.

[BoxBaas]

I will give this a try and see if I can make it work. Thanks!

[BoxBaas]

Will give this a try and see if I can make it work. Thanks!

[BoxBaas]

It worked! Thank you so much. Related question: since the text comes from a dynamic source, will this affect SEO? The main reason I want extra text added to the collection pages is for better SEO scores. 

[tim]

Absolutely. Search bots know nothing about what's under Shopify bonnet, it only sees the final rendered html which will include your texts, so yes, this should affect SEO.

[BoxBaas]

Great! Thank you so much👍🏻

[Lucasmoors]

i cant get this to work, can you add a different text per collection?

[KasperKorsholm]

Hello Tim

Thanks for making a solution, but i disagree with the outcome. When speaking of SEO, headline tags such as " H2" and "H3" are quiet important, also internal links, pictures/alt attributes and much more, which isnt possible in metafields. I cant edit anything, its just plain text without any editing choices. 

I love shopify, but it seems to only work quiet well for E-commerce stores using Paid ads to generate traffic. I would love to be able to customize collectionpages directly in the backend where i write my "content", just like i can with wordpress and elementor.

[tim]

Nothing prevents you from doing this.

You do not have to use a plain text metafield, it can be rich text, meaning there will be links and a bit of formatting.

Also, if you have few collections, then you can add a new template for each of them and design those templates in Customizer using whatever sections your theme offers.

If you have more than a few collections, I believe the solution with metafields and sharing the template will be better from the data management point of view.

[KasperKorsholm]

Thank you. I might be slow, but i cant find anything where i can make rich text editor in metafields. It doesnt seem to work for me, even though i followed every tutorial. I can make a meta field yes, but i wont connect to the pages, i dont know why.

[tim]

Here is the metafield definition (here -- for product):

And this is how it looks on the product page in Admin:

Obviously it's not full-fledged editor like product description, but you can add <h1>.. <h6> headings, links, etc.

You can have separate metafield with image(s).

[LahiruDanilson]

Im gonna try this, and will see about the results, thank you