How To Create New Web Pages

The first step is to log into your website's administration.

From there, you can click on the "Content Management" icon, in order to view your website's Document Tree.

The Document Tree (found within the "Page Structure" table located on the left-hand side of the administration site), allows you to arrange pages in any sort of hierarchy you like, as a collection of child pages located within parent pages.

In order to create a page, you must first select a parent page (a page underneath which to create your new page) from the "Page Structure" table. Once you have clicked on the desired parent page, simply select the following "Add New Page" icon from the "Actions" drop-down menu located in the table's upper right-hand corner: .

You will then be presented with an array of fields to fill out in order to quickly and easily set up your page. For a brief overview of all of these basic fields, please see the descriptions below the following image.

By using the drop-down menu under the "Type" column, you can specify if your page will use a unique File URL or simply Redirect to another exisiting page

The File URL option allows you to specify a unique File URL for the web page, should you wish to create a new page with its own content. The File URL is the portion of text that follows the domain name (the main part of the web address, such as www.google.com), which the user will see in the address bar of their web browser.

For example, in the following address, the highlighted portion of text would be the File URL:
http://www.google.com /about/company/

File URL Requirements:

• The File URL must start with a forward slash (which will then be followed by the file name)
• Each File URL must be unique within the entire website

General Recommendations:

• Each File URL can include folder names, but it is not required. Each virtual folder referred to in the URL is represented by a forward slash, which separates the individual folder names. (e.g. /products/cms/pricing/)
• Each File URL can appear to be at the root level of the website. Even if a web page is located 3 levels deep in the menu tree of the administration, meaning that it is located within a parent folder that itself is located within another parent folder, the File URL does not need to match the previous structure with forward slashes and references to the other folders.
• It is good practice to add a trailing slash (a forward slash at the end of the File URL) in order to reduce the load on the web server. If you do forget to add the trailing slash, however, the web server will automatically add one for you.

Recommendations for Usability and Search Engine Optimization:

• Do not use any characters other than the letters a-z, numbers 0-9, dashes, underscores and periods.
• Do not use any non-standard characters, such as those with accents (á, ě, ý, ž, ř, č, š, é, í, etc.)
• All File URL's should be composed exclusively of lower case text
• NEVER use spaces in composing File URL's
• Do not add extensions to the file names. They are not required in this system and there are advantages in excluding them for security and search engine optimization. For example, instead of using /contact-us.html, it is better to use /contact-us/
• Use dashes instead of underscores to separate words
• Use no more than 3 dashes in File URL's
• All File URL's should be short and easily readable
• Try to use the most important keyword or central topic of the page in the File URL
• It is best to keep File URL's at the root level of your site, and never more than one folder level deep. /contact-boston/ is much better than /company/locations/boston/contact/

Page Menu:



The next step is to enter the page's Menu Name and Description. The Menu Name you enter will apear in your website's menu (as a link to the page), and, depending on the design of your site and the particular templates used, the Description may appear in a number of places (such as the page's header) or, in some cases, it may not be used at all.

Visibility Rights:



In this field, you can decide whether you want the page to appear in the menu on your website or not. If you wish to make the item visible in the menu, simply click within the box to produce a check mark. If you would like to have this item in your web tree architecture, but you do not want it to be displayed in the menu, just leave this box unchecked.

Static Page Access Rights:



In this section, you can specify who you would like to have access to the page. If there are no special requirements, simply click on "everybody" in the list on the right, so that all visitors will be able to access the page. Otherwise, you can use the arrows in between the two columns to move specific groups into the "Has right" column on the left, so that they will have singular access to the page, with all others remaining in the "No right" column unable to view it.

Choosing Template For The Page:



In this last section, you can determine the page's layout and general appearance by selecting which template to use. Please note, however, that this option is available only for websites with multiple templates.