← DictionaryPagination
Splitting a long list of items across numbered pages.
Page 1, 2, 3 of a long list.
What It Is
You will find Pagination in the Website layer, alongside the rest of Structure. What it actually refers to is splitting a long list of items across numbered pages.
It is a label with a settled working definition, so the value is in using it the same way every time. Once it is defined that clearly, arguments about it usually stop.
How It's Used
Most of the time Pagination is used in site builds, page structure and the technical decisions underneath them. It normally appears alongside Collection, Blog and Site Structure. The practical test is whether everyone in the room means the same thing by it.
Why It Matters
Ignoring Pagination rarely fails loudly — it fails slowly. When it is unclear, the site still launches — it just quietly underperforms. Clarity here removes a surprising amount of downstream argument.
Picture a word everyone in the room has agreed to use the same way. Page 1, 2, 3 of a long list.
Termshift™
How the meaning shifts depending on who is using it, and where.
Professionally, Pagination carries the narrow meaning: splitting a long list of items across numbered pages.
Explained to someone with no marketing background, Pagination is page 1, 2, 3 of a long list.
The Bottom Line
If you only keep one thing about Pagination: page 1, 2, 3 of a long list. Everything after that is detail.