To create a new page

1. Right-click on a page in the Pagetree and select New
2. In the New record frame that opens, click Click here for wizard! under Page (inside)
3. Select a location for the new page by clicking one of the arrow position indicators (shown below)
   

Configure the new page

1. In the General tab, select a page type (note that this is usually Standard)
2. Enter a page title in the Pagetitle field
3. Optionally check the Hide in menu checkbox if you want this page to be visible once published, but not displayed in the navigation menu or sitemap
4. To configure a different URL than default, insert the URL segment in the Speaking URL path segment field
5. Save and close the page element as usual

Begin to create a new page as normal.

To specify a different page type,

1. From the Type menu, select the appropriate page type
2. Click OK in the confirmation dialog that opens
3. Fill out the additional form fields as applicable to the page type
4. Save and close the page element as usual

Hidden in menu and Hidden pages are different and only have checkboxes to toggle their visibility. Read their section below for details.

standard page - any page that should be visible in the navigation menu and available to visitors to view page contents.
shortcut page
external link page
visual menu separator page (spacer)
hidden in menu
hidden
sysfolder - a page that looks like a folder and holds content elements only. It can not display as a regular page. You do not have access to create this kind of page.

A shortcut page works like a redirect within your site and appears in the pagetree as .

A shortcut page is included in your site by default so there will be a link to your home page in the site navigation. Look for it in the pagetree as the first page under your home page.

You should use a shortcut page when you need a link to appear in the site navigation in two places.

Warning: Don't overuse the shortcut pages. You are responsible to keep track of all the shortcuts you create. If you create a tangled web, you will also need to un-tangle it.

An External URL page works like a redirect to a page outside your site and appears in the pagetree as .

You should use an External URL page when you need a link to appear in the site navigation to a Web page that is not in your CMS site.

You do not need to create an External URL page for every link you will make to other sites. If you just want to embed a link in page content, you can insert a link to another site using the Rich Text Editor.

Warning: The http:// part of the Web address is included automatically from the Type pull-down menu so you should not include it in the URL field. If you do, your page will be created with a link like http://http://www.google.com and will not work.

Tip: If you embed a lot of links to a site into page content, you may also make use of the External URL page type. For example, if you link to Campus Connection (CC) a lot and don't want to edit every page that links to CC when the CC login address changes, you could create an External URL page (hidden in menu if appropriate) and then create internal links to that External URL page in the RTE. The next time the CC login address changes, you only need to update the external link page instead of every page where you inserted a link.

A visual menu separator page contains no content and is not a clickable navigation link and appears in the pagetree as .

The appearance of this page type varies depending on your site's template, but for www.NDSU.edu department sites, it looks like

This page type is only configured for the top level of a site. That means it is not visible at all in site navigation if its parent page is not your site's home page.

A page that is hidden in menu has the Hide in menu checkbox checked in Page properties and appears in the pagetree as .

You should make a page hidden in menu when you want a page to not appear in the site navigation menu.

Warning: visitors will only be able to get to a hidden in menu page if you insert a link to it in page content or if you tell them the Web address some other way (by email, print brochure, etc.).

Tip: Hidden in menu pages are good for pages that visitors wouldn't ever browse to. For example, the "jump to" page of a mailform.

A hidden page is not visible to site visitors at all (even if they know the Web address) and appears in the pagetree as .

A hidden page has the Hide checkbox checked in Page properties.

Though the simpler method of keeping content hidden from visitors is to not publish it, if you need to publish a page, making it a hidden page will prevent visitors from knowing the page exists or viewing the page contents.

To create multiple pages at once, use the Functions module.

1. Open the Functions module
2. Select a page title in the page tree. The pages will be created as children to this selected page
3. In the work area, enter the name of each page to create in its own field
   1. If the newly created pages should be inserted after existing pages, check the Place new pages after the existing subpages checkbox
   2. If the newly created pages should be hidden, check the Hide new pages checkbox
4. Click the Create pages button
5. In the dialog window that opens, click the OK button to continue creating many new pages

Next step

• Add content to the page