Pages - Create New Page

2.0 Pages

2.1 Create a New Page

1. Select the Create Content link on your left sidebar.

2. Click on the type of content you want to create.  In this case, click Page.

3. Enter the title of the page in the Title box.

4. Adjust the Menu Settings to place the new page in the correct location in your website.  (Follow these instructions to place the new page in your site's sidebar navigation.)

    a. Click the orange Menu Settings link to open that section.

 
   

    b. This is where you will control what will appear (or not appear) in your navigation sidebar for this page.  Enter your menu link's title in the given box (what do you want the sidebar to say to bring people to this page?)

    c.  Next, select what the Parent Item will be from the drop-down menu.  Selecting Site Sections will present the page as a main sidebar item.  Choosing another page that has already been created as a parent item will designate this page as a 'sub-page' of that previously created page.  This sub-page would also be known as a child page (or children of the parent page item).

    d. Weight (optional):  You can weight your page to appear above or below other pages in that section of the menu.  Lighter weight pages (weighted less than 0) will rise above heavier weighted pages (greater than 0).  The lightest weight you can assign to a page is -50 (so it will always appear at the top of the menu) and the heaviest page is (+50) which would appear at the bottom of the menu.

5. Enter your content into the Body textbox.  You can copy content from another document or create new content.

6. The following are optional settings.  It is recommended not to change the default settings, unless you are sure that it is necessary.  Click on each link to open that section.

• Input Format: Leave as the default (EESC) unless you are creating or editing tables (switch to full-HTML).
• Book Outline: Do not change anything here unless you are creating a book (See a later section for information about creating books.)
• Revision Information: If you want to leave a message to other authors or editors of this page, type a message in the Log Message field.
• URL Path Settings:  Leave the default (Automatic alias ON).  An automatic URL will be generated for you based on your webpage's title.
• File Attachments: If you want to attach a file to this page, you can select it here.
• Publishing Options: The default is "Published" which means the page will be immediately available to anyone looking at the website.  Uncheck this option if this page is only a draft and you don't want it to be 'live' on your website yet.

7.  After you have finished, be sure to click Save at the bottom of the page.  This will publish your page, unless you have changed the Publishing Options above. 

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