Creating a Page

Available Fields

To get started, go to Content Management > Create Content > Page.

1. Enter a Title for your page.  This text will be used in 3 places:

  • The title on your browser window
  • The header on your published page
  • It will also be used to construct the actual URL of the page

2. Menu Settings - If you would like your page to be a clickable link in a menu, fill out the fields in this section.

  • Link title: What text do you want to display in the menu bar?
  • Parent item: What section is the page going to be referenced under?

If it is a top level item, select the title of the menu. If it is a sub-category, select the item that will house the page.  Menus are always surrounded by greater than and less than symbols, for instance <Primary Links>.

Ex: “About Us” would be the parent item for  “Store Hours”, but "About Us" would have <Primary Links> as the parent item.

  • Weight (optional): Where do your want the link to be located. The smaller the number, the farther to the top or left. If the number is higher, it will fall lower or more to the right (depending if you have a vertical or a horizontal menu.)

3. Body- This is where all of the action happens!

Use the built in WYSIWYG editor to add text, images, links, and any type of content you would like to create.  If you prefer to work in plain HTML, or need to embed a code, click 'Disable Rich-Text.'

4. Input Format- Very important! This must be changed in order for advanced formatting from the body to appear on your published page.  Get into the habit of changing this any time you create content on the site.

5. Booklist- Since this is an eCommerce site, you should try to sell some books too! 

  • Enter 13 digit ISBNs (no spaces or hyphens), eISBNs, or Custom product SKUs to pull up an image, add to cart, price, etc. on the published page.
  • If you would like to use the copy provided on the listing, check the 'Default product description' box (this feature is not on by default.)
  • If you prefer to write a custom review, use the provided box to add additional comments.
  • If you need more fields, click the 'Add More' button.  If you need to rearrange the order, use the crosshairs.

6. Book Outline- can be used to create a Table of Contents.  Anything associated with a book will have automatically generated links to the prior and next topic in the book (see the Changing Hands Staff Picks page as an example.)

7. Revision Information- If you would like to create a new copy of a page, instead of overwriting your existing content.

8. Comment Settings- Toggle comment permissions on or off for a page.  Default settings can be modified by editing the page content type.

9. URL Path settings- If you'd like to make the web address of your page something specific, enter the address in the provided field.  Otherwise, just leave it set to automatic alias.

10. File Attachments- if you would like to upload a PDF, or Word doc, use this field to upload your files.

11. Authoring information- The timestamp & user account associated with the page.

12. Publishing Options- Is the page ready to go live? Do you want it on the front page, the top of the front page, etc.?

  • Published- Anyone who visits this page can access the information.
  • Promoted to Front Page- This will move your page to your landing page.  Once a page is promoted to the front, the 'Welcome to Drupal...' message will disappear.
  • Sticky at Top of List- Will be at the very top of the front page, regardless of how old the page is.

Lastly, either Save or Preview your page!