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Basic Page

You can add as many pages to your website as you wish to. You can link the pages by using website's Navigation Menu.

There are different content types to define your pages. The most flexible and common content type is Basic Page. It is built by adding individual sections that display various paragraphs, e.g. a plain Section for text and images, Collection for image galleries, Slide for slideshows, or Columns, Text & Media to display thumbnails and text.

Additionally, picturemaxx Drupal offers you other custom content types, like News Articles, Events, Locations, and Artist, you'll learn about in Content Types. 

Text Editor available in every content and paragraph type offers various options to create and format text, include links and add media. 

  1. Create a Basic Page
  2. Publish a Basic Page
  3. Edit Pages and Files
  4. Scheduled content publication

1. Create a Basic Page

You can use Basic Page as a default template to work with various content layout elements - Paragraph Types. There is a wide variety of Paragraph Types to choose from: a plain Section, Slides, Columns Text & Media, Forms, Maps, and many more, which you can apply to create your ideal page.

In Main Administrative Menu, navigate to Content → Add content → Basic Page. The Create Basic Page template form appears.

  • Basic Page

     

  • Title
    Define the page title. It will also be used as a meta tag in the source code, URL alias, and as a label of content items in administration screens, so keep it brief.

    Language
    Display of the page´s language.

    Tags
    Tags allow creating relations between pages. Existing Publications and Events can be attached automatically at the bottom of a section using the same tag.

    Introtext
    is a text general to your site. It is published at the top of the page. You can use it to introduce your page with a teaser or give an overview of your page.

    Add Section
    Now you can start adding sections to design your page. Click this button to add layout elements. Learn more about Paragraph Types.

Sidebar Options

  • Sidebar Options

     

  • Revision Log Message field
    Describe the changes you made and keep other editors of your pages informed.

    Menu settings
    Add the page to your Navigation Menu.

    Meta-Tags
    Meta-Tags help you make your page more visible on the web. They are hidden from the viewer of a page but are very important for external services like search engines and social media sites. Meta tags provide additional information about your website and are part of your SEO (Search Engine Optimization) strategy.

    Important: Distinguish between Tags used in Taxonomy and Meta Tags used for SEO.

    Simple XML Sitemap
    A sitemap is an index of all your pages visible to the public. Simple XML Sitemap helps search engines find your page. It is created automatically. Specify whether a page should be shown in the index of your website.

    Scheduling options
    Set a specific date and time for your page to go public.

    URL-Alias
    Give your page a descriptive and meaningful URL to make it easier to find your content. For more information, see an URL ALIAS.

Video: Create a basic page for your website with picturemaxx Drupal. 

NOTE: Make sure to Save your page. By saving the page, you create a final URL that enables you to work with Previews, as described below. If you don't save the page, you'll get an error message when working with previews. No concerns, saving the new page won't publish it automatically.

2. Publish a Basic Page

You've created the first page using the Basic Page template. Next, you can take a look at how your content will be presented when it goes live. You can preview every change you make before publishing it.

  • To make sure everything looks as expected, click Preview. 
  • To make new content visible on your website, enable the Content is live (published) option.
    • You can leave your page unpublished until you've added more Paragraph Types and you're satisfied with the result. 

  • Create Section 2

Now that you've created a Basic Page, you can proceed and add content using various Paragraph Types and other custom Content Types to design your pages.

You can add your newly created page to your website´s Navigation Menu.

3. Edit pages and files

The Content area contains all pages and uploaded files of your website. Here you can manage your content: edit, delete, publish, unpublish, and much more.

In Main Administrative Menu, click Content to get to your content overview. To access editing options:  

  • Click the Edit drop-down menu in the Operations column of a content item row.
  • Select a checkbox next to content item(s) to activate Action drop-down menu and choose from the available options.   

  • The Content area contains all pages and uploaded files of your website. Here you can manage your content: edit, delete, publish, unpublish, translate and much more.

    Edit Content

     

  • The Files area contains all files you uploaded to your system, and the file information - size, type, and an overview of where the files have been used. You can filter files by name, MIME type (e.g. image/png, video/mp4, application/pdf), or status. 

    Files settings page

     

  • Contains all your uploaded media files, such as images, videos, or audio files. Additionally, here you can create and manage Collections for your pages using Edit Media. You can publish and unpublish media files and collections.

    Edit Media

     

4. Scheduled content publication

You can set a date and a time for your page to go public using Scheduling options. This is quite useful, when preparing News Articles or if you would like to add Publications.

Then the webpage is displayed in the Scheduled content tab of the Content page until it has reached its publishing date.

  • Scheduling Options

Before publishing the page:

  • Click Preview to make sure everything looks the way you want. You can preview any change before publishing it. 
  • To return to the Edit page, click Back to content editing.
  • To make new content visible on your website, turn on the Content is live (published) option.
  • Click Save to store your changes. The website content items are listed on the Content page.