# Using content from post on collections base page **URL:** \ **Category:** Themes\ **Created:** [November 7, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088 "2019-11-07T14:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adalsteinnk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/adalsteinnk/32/1439_2.png) [@adalsteinnk](https://forum.ghost.org/u/adalsteinnk)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088/1 "2019-11-07T14:30:31Z")
I have a five part post series that I want to publish under a custom collection I will define in routes.yaml. On the collections base page, [example.com/collection/](http://example.com/collection/), I want to have a brief explainer about the collection/series. My thought was to publish a post with that information with the same url, but the custom collection overrides the post. Does someone help me find a way to do this? ---
**Author:** ![DavidDarnes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/daviddarnes/32/3533_2.png) [@DavidDarnes](https://forum.ghost.org/u/DavidDarnes)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088/2 "2019-11-08T03:22:12Z")
Hey @adalsteinnk! You could use the content from a page and use the `#get` helper to pull that page content into the top of the collection page? That’s how I would do it. Take a look at the docs about using the `#get` helper to pull content from a certain page or post: > **[Ghost Handlebars Theme Helpers: get](https://ghost.org/docs/themes/helpers/get/)** > > Make custom queries to the Ghost API using the get helper and fetch publicly available data. Read more about Ghost themes! 👻 (See the `{{#get "posts" id="2"…` example) ---
**Author:** ![adalsteinnk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/adalsteinnk/32/1439_2.png) [@adalsteinnk](https://forum.ghost.org/u/adalsteinnk)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088/3 "2019-11-08T11:29:11Z")
That did it! Thank you 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/mattches/32/4385_2.png) [@Mattches](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Mattches)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088/4 "2021-02-10T17:54:49Z")
Hey @DavidDarnes Would you mind showing me the correct usage for this? If I’m trying to add content from a page to match a collection, how would I match the collection slug to the page? ``` {{#get "pages" filter="slug:{{current}}"}} ``` Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![DavidDarnes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/daviddarnes/32/3533_2.png) [@DavidDarnes](https://forum.ghost.org/u/DavidDarnes)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088/5 "2021-02-12T20:16:08Z")
I’m not sure this will work, but I suppose you’ll want to change `current` to the current page slug. What are you trying to achieve? Page content for each collection page? ---
**Author:** ![drichard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/drichard/32/1658_2.png) [@drichard](https://forum.ghost.org/u/drichard)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088/6 "2021-02-12T21:40:06Z")
hey @DavidDarnes any thoughts on how I can change the meta title on a collection page? > [@Meta title changes dynamically](https://forum.ghost.org/t/meta-title-changes-dynamically/20102/4): > > There you go! /blog/ is a collection page, not a tag page. ---
**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/mattches/32/4385_2.png) [@Mattches](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Mattches)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088/7 "2021-02-13T09:35:26Z")
Hey @DavidDarnes Thanks for getting back to me. I hope you are well sir. Yes, what I would like to do is have a landing page for each collection with an intro. Something similar to this page: [Phu Quoc - Cruising Vietnam](https://www.cruisingvietnam.com/phu-quoc/). However, with this page, I’ve built a collection template just for that collection. I was wondering if there was a way to do this dynamically matching a page URL or tag to a collection. ---
**Author:** ![DavidDarnes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/daviddarnes/32/3533_2.png) [@DavidDarnes](https://forum.ghost.org/u/DavidDarnes)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088/8 "2021-02-16T12:45:04Z")
Please don’t clutter forum threads with other topics that aren’t relevant. I’ve chipped in on the original thread ---
**Author:** ![DavidDarnes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/daviddarnes/32/3533_2.png) [@DavidDarnes](https://forum.ghost.org/u/DavidDarnes)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088/9 "2021-02-16T12:49:08Z")
Would it not be cleaner to use tag descriptions for this? Seems the most suitable I think, because that’s what they essentially are 😊 ---
**Author:** ![drichard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/drichard/32/1658_2.png) [@drichard](https://forum.ghost.org/u/drichard)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088/10 "2021-02-16T14:29:14Z")
I apologize for hijacking ---
**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/mattches/32/4385_2.png) [@Mattches](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Mattches)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088/11 "2021-02-16T17:35:39Z")
Hey @DavidDarnes thanks for the reply. I wanted more than 500 characters as I’d like to use that collection page as a pillar piece with the ability to add images, etc. But it’s fine, I’m just going to create a template for each collection. That way I have more control and flexibility over the content. Thanks so much for your help, really appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![DavidDarnes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/daviddarnes/32/3533_2.png) [@DavidDarnes](https://forum.ghost.org/u/DavidDarnes)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-content-from-post-on-collections-base-page/10088/12 "2021-02-21T19:48:03Z")
Ah I see! Sorry I wasn’t able to help more accurately, but pleased you found a solution 😊