# CMS Menus and collections **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements CMS\ **Created:** [July 15, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-menus-and-collections/57004 "2026-07-15T01:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mark\_Woolwine](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mark_woolwine/32/36163_2.png) [@Mark\_Woolwine](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Mark_Woolwine)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-menus-and-collections/57004/1 "2026-07-15T01:46:37Z")
Is it possible to use the CMS functionality to build my site menus. I have a menu item for “Services”. Under that there will be things such as Painting, deck repair, concrete, etc. i have md files set up for each of those. Can i populate the menu with a collection so if we want to add a new service? Also is it possible to have a collection within a collection. For example our concrete page will have 4 or 5 different this we can do with concrete. I would like to have a md file for each concrete services we do and have those listed on the main concrete page. This would also apply to the other service pages. I would like to be able to manage the content with the cms. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-menus-and-collections/57004/2 "2026-07-15T10:16:02Z")
> [@Mark\_Woolwine](#): > > Can i populate the menu with a collection so if we want to add a new service? Not with the current built-in Component, but it probably is something you could build with a custom component… but that would be very complex 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Woolwine](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mark_woolwine/32/36163_2.png) [@Mark\_Woolwine](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Mark_Woolwine)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-menus-and-collections/57004/3 "2026-07-15T13:23:59Z")
@dan thanks for the quick response. I was hoping I could put a collection within an item and the use that to populate the folder for the collection by using the plain text option but no luck. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-menus-and-collections/57004/4 "2026-07-15T14:38:05Z")
@Mark_Woolwine Sorry, If you wanted to have main services and sub services, this would be possible, but maybe just separate them out into two different collections; Services, and Concrete Services. Each item in Concrete Services could include a tag like: `concrete` Then on the Concrete page, show a Collection filtered to just items where the tag is `concrete`. It’s a little more manual, but in theory, this should work… ---
**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-menus-and-collections/57004/5 "2026-07-15T14:57:34Z")
I did this this morning dropdown or normal menu, just got home from work, mixed both normal menu and CMS, as far as I got ---
**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-menus-and-collections/57004/6 "2026-07-15T14:58:46Z")
Happy 🍰 day @upssjw 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-menus-and-collections/57004/7 "2026-07-15T15:06:47Z")
not sure what this is for ---
**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-menus-and-collections/57004/8 "2026-07-15T15:10:53Z")
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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-menus-and-collections/57004/9 "2026-07-15T15:14:44Z")
wow nice thanks, that extra level of support ---
**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-menus-and-collections/57004/10 "2026-07-15T15:16:40Z")
ok this is the project from the video above, I did not get around to sorting out the mobile menu, it was just proof of concept challenge, not what you probably need project - [elementsapp://downloadDocument/zwzgkjHOOkTT](elementsapp://downloadDocument/zwzgkjHOOkTT) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Woolwine](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mark_woolwine/32/36163_2.png) [@Mark\_Woolwine](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Mark_Woolwine)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-menus-and-collections/57004/12 "2026-07-15T16:52:01Z")
@dan thanks or the info. I was going down this direction. It helps if I create each of the services pages individually. There doesnt seem to be a way to pull in the tag since my services pages are being created using a template.