Pages

Pages contain the core content of your website.  The material is fairly stable. A typical page on a website is an ‘About’ page, the content is fairly static, it can be edited, but it changes infrequently.

View Existing Pages

To view existing pages, select Pages → ‘All Pages’. Top level pages are listed in alphabetical order. Sub-pages are listed below their parent pages, prefixed by a dash (-).

Adding a New Page

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Note: This video is from a third-party services and may not completely reflect the type of content and/or functionality of  Tufts University’s JumboPress.

To add a new page:

1. Pages → ‘Add New’
2. Add a unique title to your page. This will become part of the URL or Permalink of the page.
3. If the page is to be a sub-page of another page, select the ‘Parent’ page from the drop-down list in ’Page Attributes’.  This will be shown in the permalink once you publish or update your page.
4. Add your content.
   Note: There are two ways of adding content, with the Visual Editor and using Page Builder. The next sections will expand on what each option has to offer.
5. Save your work by clicking on ‘Save Draft’.
6. Preview your work by clicking on ‘Preview’.
   1. A window or tab will open with a preview of what your page will look like. Once the Preview tab is open, each time you preview the window or tab will update.
7. Once you are done, click on ‘Publish’. This will make your page live and public.
   1. Once a page is published, you can go back and make changes. To commit those changes or edits click on ‘Update’ to commit them.
   2. Publishing your page can be scheduled by changing the publish date to a future date. Click on ‘Edit’ next to ‘Publish immediately’ and change the time and date. Click ‘OK’.
   3. You may also make a page private by added password protection. Simply edit the selection under ‘Visibility: Public’ in the ‘Publish’ box, select ‘Password Protected’, add a password, and click ‘OK’.

URLs or Permalinks

Each page has a unique URL, or also known as permalink, which can be set to reflect the page hierarchy. The name can be manually modified when editing a page. The URL structure should match the structure of a website.

Modifying the URL/Permalink

The permalink is the path showing the site, folder hierarchy, and page hierarchy. If the URL is too long, you can modify it to make it shorter, or more comprehensible.

1. Click the ‘Edit’ button below the permalink
2. Make your changes
3. Click ‘OK’
4. To save the changed permalink, click ‘Publish’ or ‘Update’

Revisions

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Note: This video is from a third-party services and may not completely reflect the type of content and/or functionality of  Tufts University’s JumboPress.