Manual Cards List Component

Manual Cards provide complete control over content and presentation. Unlike the collection-card which automatically displays collection items, the manual-card allows for custom combinations of images, text, icons, and CTAs with various layout options.

Configuration

hasHorizontalCards: false # true for horizontal card layout
cards:
  - link: ''
    background:
      hasImage: true
      pattern: ''
      isDark: false
    image:
      src: '/assets/images/sample8.jpg'
      alt: ''
    icon:
      url: ''
      icon: ''
      title: ''
    text:
      leadIn: 'Condimentum Sollicitudin'
      title: 'Text Only Section'
      titleTag: 'h3'
      subTitle: 'Ornare Malesuada Ipsum'
      prose: 'Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus.'
    ctas:
      - url: ''
        label: ''
        isButton: true
        buttonStyle: 'primary'
# other manual cards

Notes

  • Support for background images, decorative icons, pattern backgrounds, horizontal layouts
  • Entire card can be made clickable with a link wrapper
  • Complete control over content and presentation
  • Custom combinations of images, text, icons, and CTAs

Properties

PropertyTypeDescription
linkstringMakes entire card clickable
backgroundobjectbackground properties
imageobjectImage configuration
iconstringIcon name to display
textobjectText content (title, prose)
ctasarrayCall-to-action buttons
classesstringCustom CSS classes
isHorizontalbooleanRender horizontal layout

Background Properties

PropertyTypeDescription
hasImagebooleanUse image as card background
patternstringPattern name for background
isDarkbooleanSet according to background shade

Basic Card Variations

Standard card configurations with image, text, and CTA combinations.

  • Image Decoration

    Full Text Section

    With Sub Title

    Simple text section with markdown text and a single CTA.

  • Icon Decoration

    Full Text Section

    With Sub Title

    Simple text section with markdown text and a single CTA.

  • Image Decoration

    Full Text Section

    With Sub Title

    Simple text section, markdown text, inline link and an single CTA.

  • Icon Decoration

    Full Text Section

    With Sub Title

    Text restricted to three lines.Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper. Sed posuere consectetur est at lobortis. Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor.

Various Backgrounds

Cards can use images or CSS patterns as full backgrounds with content overlays. When hasImageBackground is true, the image spans the entire card as a background layer.

This creates visually striking cards perfect for featured content, hero sections, or any design that benefits from rich imagery with text overlays.

  • Background Image

    Full Text Section

    With Sub Title

    More text. Seven lines enforced in CSS, but you can make this more!. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Sed posuere consectetur est at lobortis. Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod. Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue. Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor.

  • Background CSS Pattern

    Full Text Section

    With Sub Title

    Simple text section with markdown text and a couple of bottons.

  • Background Image

    Full Text Section

    With Sub Title

    Simple text section, markdown text, inline link and an single CTA. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla.

  • Background CSS Pattern

    Full Text Section

    With Sub Title

    More text. Seven lines enforced in CSS, but you can make this more!. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Sed posuere consectetur est at lobortis. Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod. Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue. Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor.

Linked Cards

When a link property is provided, the entire card becomes clickable and wraps in an anchor tag. In this mode, individual CTAs are ignored since the whole card acts as a single link. This is perfect for navigation cards or content previews.

Horizontal Layout Cards

For a horizontal card layout all that is needed, set the isHorizontal: true.