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Creating a Page

A Page defines the layout and content of a publishable Page. You create Pages within the Structure Groups of Publications.

Before you begin

To create a Page, you must have Page Management rights and write permissions for the containing Structure Group.

About this task

When you create a Page, you specify the building blocks that the Page uses:

  • Component Presentations, which are the combination of Components and Component Templates
  • A Page Template
  • Optionally, a metadata Schema and metadata values

Procedure

  1. To create a Page, navigate to the Publication and Structure Group in which you want to create the Page.
  2. In the Create tab of the Ribbon, click New Page:

    A New Page window appears.

  3. On the General tab, fill in the following fields:
    • Name—the name of the Page must be unique within the Structure Group in which you create it. Content Manager Explorer displays this name in the list view.
    • File name—you must make the file name unique within the Structure Group in which you create it. This is the name of the Page as it will appear on the Web site.
    • Page Template—the Page Template that the Content Manager will use to render the Page. If you click the Inherit From Parent option, the Page uses the default Page Template specified for the Publication.
    • Metadata Schema—(optional) you can select a metadata schema to create metadata values for the Page. You must fill in any mandatory metadata fields before you can save the Page.
  4. Next, select the Component Presentation tab.
  5. In this tab, click Insert. The following dialog appears:
  6. To add a Component Presentation to the Page, first find the Component you want to add. You can do this in two ways:
    • In your Building Blocks Folder structure, navigate to the location of the Component you want to add.
    • In your Categories and Keywords, select a Keyword. The List View displays Components that have been classified with this Keyword or a child Keyword.
    When you have located the Component(s) you want to add, do the following
    1. In the list view, select one or more Components.
    2. Select a Component Template. If you select more than one Component, the Component Template is applied to all of the selected Components.
    3. Click Insert. A message appears at the bottom of the pane which confirms that you have added one or more Component Presentations to the Page.
    4. Repeat this step to add additional Components.
    5. After you finish adding Component Presentations, click Close to close the Component Presentations dialog.
    6. In the Component Presentations tab, use the Move up and Move down buttons to adjust the ordering of the Component Presentations on the Page.
  7. To edit a Component Presentation, double-click the Component to open it for editing:
  8. To preview the Component using the selected Component Template, select the Component in the list and click Preview on the right.
  9. To restrict which Web site visitors can see a Component Presentation, select the Component Presentation and click the Target Group tab then select the Target Group(s) to which you want to show this Component Presentation.
  10. Click the Save and Close button on the toolbar.

Results

You have created a Page.