Hiding a Page

[seep]

Is there a way to hide a page so that it is only accessible through Twig collections, and not by URL? Basically, the inverse of omitting a number from the front of the folder (accessible through URL but not Twig). I would like to utilize the directory structure to organize a large collection of items, but only want to present them as a category, not individually.

[kolber]

Could you use YAML sequence to do this?

[seep]

It looks like YAML sequence would provide the data, but I wouldn't be able to use the directory structure if I understand it right. For example, what if each item in the collection had several associated images?

1.category
    1.item-1
        item.yml
        thumb.png
        image_1.png
        image_2.png
    2.item-2
        ...
    3.item-3
        ...
    category.yml

The page for http://example.com/category/ would be

...
{% for child in page.children %}
    <article>
        {{ child.title }}
        {{ child.thumb }}
        {% for image in child.images %}
            <img src="{{ image.url }}">
        {% endfor %}
    </article>
{% endfor %}
...

From here, I would want http://example.com/category/ to be accessible, but I would want http://example.com/category/item-1 or http://example.com/category/item-2 to 404. Is there an existing way to do this within the framework? I'm thinking, some kind of variable in the YML like public? Thanks for your help!

[kolber]

Ah. I see what you're saying here. Well, there probably isn't a simple way to do it with Stacey's built in capabilities. Perhaps something like this could be achieved with some customisation of your .htaccess file?

[nchpmn]

EDIT: Just read the question properly, ignore me :)

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Try doing renaming the page you want to be "invisible" so it doesn't have a number at the start.

So from this directory:

1.pages
  1.hello-world
  2.doctor-who
  3.serenity
  4.github

becomes

1.pages
  1.hello-world
  2.doctor-who
  3.serenity
  github

From my understanding, this would remove the page from listings, $children, etc. It does, however, keep the page live for those that know the URL.

Caveat: I'm unsure what happens once you have

1.pages
  1.hello-world
  2.doctor-who
  3.serenity
  github
  5.galactica