Ritual Theme, trying to make custom collection templates for each collection

Store Design

Topic summary

Main issue: Create separate collection page templates to add subcategory navigation, but difficulty duplicating default elements like product filters.

Key constraints: Separate templates are possible but have drawbacks:

  • Store limit of 1000 templates (unlikely to be hit, but noted).
  • High maintenance and configuration effort per template.

Recommended approach (no multiple templates):

  • Add a collection metafield (e.g., “subcollections” as a list of collections) and render these on a single collection template via a custom section.
  • Use Custom Liquid (Shopify’s templating language) to loop and display the metafield’s collections.
  • Alternatively, if sub-collections are reflected in the navigation menu, iterate the menu to output sub-collections.

Outcome and next steps:

  • The requester plans to hire help to implement the solution; asks about paid services.
  • No confirmation on service availability; thread remains open.

Unresolved details:

  • How to replicate default product filters within custom sections isn’t explicitly addressed, but the single-template approach aims to retain existing filter functionality while adding subcollection lists.
Summarized with AI on December 10. AI used: gpt-5.
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I have a lot of categories and these currently load as collection pages when selected. These categories have subcategories so I am trying to add navigation sections for each products subcat but this requires making templates for each collection page. When I go to make a new template, I am having a trouble duplicating the default collection section elements like product filters. How do I make separate page templates for each collection?

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While this is possible to create a separate template for each collection there are some drawacks:

  1. There is a limit of 1000 templates per store. Probably not an issue but still.
  2. It’s a pain to manage big number of templates.
  3. Each of them would need to be configured separately.

I would approach it differently.
One way is to define a new metafields for collection, call is “subcollections” and make it a list of collections type.

This way, to each collection you would be able to add a list of collections on collections page in admin.
Then on a single collection template, add a new section – this is where you’d need to either ask an AI or forum people to help you with “Custom Liquid” which will list these collections.

OR, if this collection-> sub-collections structure is reflected in your menu, it is possible on collection page to walk over your menu and output a list of sub-collections separately.
Again, no need for separate templates.

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Thank you for this advice, I think Im going to hire someone for this task just to make sure it’s perfect. Do you offer paid services?