Create a web page
Show Me: Watch how to create a page and define page properties.
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From Site explorer, click Pages & templates. Pages & templates appears. |
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Click New page. The New Page screen appears. |
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In the Page name field, enter a name to identify the web page in Pages & templates. The page name does not appear on your website. |
The page name defaults in the Browser title field. You can leave the page name or enter a different name to appear on the web page title bar. When you edit page settings in Sites & settings, you select whether to display this browser title and whether to include your organization name and site name. For more information about web page titles in Sites & settings, see Page settings.
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In the Folder field, select a folder for the page. You can use folders to group related web pages. By default, the program stores pages in the root Website folder. You cannot edit this folder. |
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In the Site to select template from field, select a site to narrow the list of templates you can use for the page. You can select a template from another site even though the page is for the site you are currently on. If you do not host multiple websites, your single site defaults in the field. For information about sites, see Sites & Settings. |
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In the Template field, select a template. For information about how to create a template, see Templates. |
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In the Page URL field, the program suggests a URL for the new page based on the page name or browser title you enter and the folder you select to store the page in. For example, if you enter "2014 Annual Fund" for the page name and select to store the page in the Donation folder, the program suggests to use the URL "Donation/2014-Annual-Fund". You can leave the suggested URL or enter your own unique URL for the page. If the URL exists for another page, the field displays a warning to indicate you cannot use it. |
Tip: These page URLs enhance search engine optimization (SEO) for your website by including keywords in the URLs and links that search engines use to index content.
The program does not include the root Website folder in the URL. The full URL appears just below the Page URL field. You can select the full URL to copy it, but you cannot change it.
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In the Metadata description field, enter a description to embed in the page’s HTML coding. When search engines include the page in search results, the description appears with a link to the page. |
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In the Metadata keywords field, enter keywords for search engines to include in online searches. For example, you can use keywords to describe pages that have little text or to include terms that are not on the page but are likely search criteria. Separate keywords with commas. |
The metadata fields are each limited to 255 characters. In general, search engines do not examine more than 255 characters of metadata.
Note: The page’s HTML coding also includes metadata for the last date the page was modified. This date reflects the most recent change to the page or to a part on the page. However, it does not include changes to parts stored within parts on the page. For example, a Targeted Content part can contain multiple parts to display content according to user roles. If a system supervisor modifies these parts but not the Targeted Content part itself, the change is not reflected in the metadata.
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To apply metadata keywords from the template, select Include keywords from Template. |
Tip: Each keyword appears only once in a web page’s META tag. If you enter duplicate keywords or inherit duplicate keywords from the template, they only appear once in the HTML coding.
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To assign security rights for the page, select the Targeting & security tab. For each user role, you can manage rights to view, edit, delete, and change security for the page. |
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Click Next. The page design screen appears. For information about how to design a page, see Design a web page. |