Create a channel
Create a new channel with a name, a slug and at least one field.
You create a channel from the channel overview. Nimbu asks for a name, a slug and at least one field. Without that first field the system refuses to save the channel.
What to decide first
Name is what your colleagues see in the admin. Write it the way you talk about it: Events, Vacancies, Team members.
Slug is the technical name. Your theme, the API and the structure of web addresses all use it. On the demo site the contact channel is called Contact with slug contact. Use lowercase letters and hyphens, no spaces or accents.
You pick the slug once
Every bit of theme code, every integration and every saved link points at the slug. Change it later and everything pointing at it breaks. So take a moment over it.
Description is optional. Use it to explain what the channel is for, especially when the name alone does not say enough. The demo site has one on X - Options: "Test items for select options in contact form".
Create the channel
- Open Channels in the left menu.
- Choose the button to add a channel.
- Fill in the name.
- Check the slug, or fill it in yourself.
- Add a description if you want one.
- Add at least one field. Start with the field that becomes the title of an item, such as
titleorname. - Save the channel.
The creation form resembles the edit-structure screen you use afterwards to add fields. See Fields and structure for what goes into each field.
The title field
One of your fields serves as the title of an item. That is the text you see in lists, in search results and in references from other channels. Pick a field that is always filled in and that makes an item recognisable. A name works, a free-form note does not.
Nimbu also derives the slug of each item from that title field. An item titled Eerste item gets the slug eerste-item.
What comes next
A new channel has no items yet, and usually not the fields you eventually want either. Fill in the structure first, the content after. Any field you add later to a channel with a hundred items stays empty for all hundred.
Per channel you can also set which field the list sorts on by default and which fields stay out of the search index. If you cannot find such a setting on the structure screen, ask an administrator what is available for your site.