Walkthrough
Announce a litter and add kittens
Create a litter (with an in-program or external sire), add the kittens, set their status, and publish.
A litter in Densites is a record that ties a dam (always one of your cats) to a sire (one of your cats or an external stud), plus the kittens. Publishing a litter is what makes a litter page appear on your site at /our-litters.
You can create a litter before the kittens are born — set an expected date and announce it publicly. When the kittens arrive, add them, then flip them public one at a time.
Setup
You need at least:
- The queen (your dam) added in Cats (/admin/animals in your admin)
- The sire — either also in Cats (/admin/animals in your admin) (in-program), or just a name + owner if it's an outside stud
Sires that aren't yours don't need to be added as cats. The litter form has a toggle: In my program (autocompletes from your Cats) vs. External (free-text name + optional owner).
Walkthrough
- Create the litter
Go to Litters (/admin/litters in your admin), click Add a litter. Pick the dam from your Cats list. Pick or type the sire. Add an expected or born date — whichever you have. Description is rich text — write whatever you want; this becomes the litter page body.
- Add the kittens
Scroll down to the Kittens section on the litter edit page. Click Add a kitten. Required: name and sex. Optional: color, markings, price, status (defaults to Available), photos. Repeat for each kitten.
- Photos
Each kitten has its own photo gallery (the first photo is the public profile cover). The litter itself can also have a cover photo, used in the listing grid. Upload via the Photos section on the kitten edit page (/admin/kittens/[id] (/admin/kittens/[id] in your admin)).
- Publish, in two stages
First, flip the litter public toggle. Then, on each kitten you want to show, flip its public toggle. A private litter hides all its kittens regardless of their individual toggles — so make the litter public first.
- Verify
Open /our-litters. The litter card shows the cover photo, dam × sire, and the date. Open the detail page — kittens render in a grid, parents are linked where in-program.
Statuses on kittens
| Status | What it does |
|---|---|
| Available | Shows in the Available filter on /our-kittens. Default for new kittens. |
| Reserved | Still listed (Reserved filter), but no longer in Available. Counter on the public page updates automatically. |
| Sold | Moves to the Alumni section below the active kittens. Reserved/Sold kittens keep their profile pages live, so links you've shared stay good. |
Each kitten profile page has an Apply for this kitten button that pre-fills the application form with that kitten's name. Buyers don't have to type it out.
Common gotchas
- Kitten not showing up? Check that the litter is public — kittens inherit private status from their litter.
- Wrong cover photo? Kitten profile covers are determined by the first photo in their gallery. Drag-reorder photos to change the cover.
- External sire without a photo? That's fine — the litter card just shows the dam's photo in that case.