Is it possible to store liquid and content blocks inside catalogs?

Hey DavidO,

'Is it possible to store liquid and content blocks inside catalogs? '  Not in the way you have described. 

If you wish to use a Catalog (so you can update 'items' (cells) with a CSV or via Catalog API or CDI) to control the content that is displayed to a user, I would recommend the following approach: 

• Create a Catalog (e.g. 'Catalog-SSOT') and add a 'field' (column) name for each of the content areas of your email (e.g. header_img, header_cta etc).
• Create a Content Block for each corresponding content areas of the email (e.g. header_img-content_block, header_cta-content_block etc) 
• Within these content blocks, store the different content versions and add liquid, eg: 

{{content_blocks.${header_img-content_block}}} : 

{% catalog_items Catalog-SSOT  {{${user_id}}} %}

• Embed/Add each content block within your email template e.g:

<a href="{{content_blocks.${header_cta-content_block}}}" ><img src="{{content_blocks.${header_img-content_block}}}" /></a>   

• When a user preferences changes, update the 'version' within the 'Catalog-SSOT' catalog field/s (manually via CSV or via Catalog API or CDI)
• When content versions change, update the corresponding content block (manually or via the content block endpoint)

Example of 'Catalog-SSOT' fields and items:

I hope this helps, Happy Xmas!