Each page has a number of basic elements, such as Headline and the main Content. Some of these are required; others are optional. This page explains each page element.

• Template
• Name
• Accesskey
• Headline
• Summary
• Keywords
• Parent page
• Show in navigation
• Status
• Content

Template

If your site is configured to use a variety of different layouts, the Template menu is where you can select the layout you want to use for your page. Each Template has a small wireframe preview, which you can see by clicking on the Template preview button.

Name

The Name of your page forms the URL of your page. If for example, you call your page 'contactus', your page will be available at http://www.yourdomainname.com/contactus .

It is best to keep your page Name simple and descriptive to make it readable to your visitors and search engines. Your page Name can only consist of lower case alphanumeric characters.

Accesskey

The pages on your site can have a unique Accesskey, which is essentially a keyboard shortcut for users with visual impairments. You can find more information about how the Accesskey works on your site's accessibility page.

Accesskeys can be applied to any page that is visible in your site's top-level navigation.

Headline

The Headline of your page appears in a number of places. First and foremost it is displayed at the top of your page above your page Content. It also appears in your browser's title bar (at the very top of the browser window) so if your page has a Headline of  'The services we offer' your browser's title bar will read 'Your Company Name - The services we offer'.

Your Headline will also appear in your site's Navigation, including the Breadcrumb.

Summary

Your page's Summary is optional as it is not visible to visitord browsing your site. However if you do not add a Summary, your page will be invisible to search engines so it is best to add a Summary unless you have a reason to keep your page hidden from search engines.

Your Summary should be a succinct description of your page's Content.

Keywords

Keywords are also optional and invisible to visitors. However your page will be invisible to search engines if you do not add any Keywords.

Your Keywords should be separated by commas and should consist of the key phrases or words in your Content.

Parent page

Your site has a hierarchical structure consisting of parent/child relationships. The root of your site is the home page and this is a parent of each page immediately beneath it. Each of these pages can in turn be parents to child pages and this can continue on as far as you need. This parent/child relationship can be seen in the diagram below.

So you can see that the Parent page you choose will determine where in your site's structure your page will appear. Your site can be as 'deep' as you like but for usability purposes, it is best to keep your structure as 'flat' as possible.

Bear in mind that if your Parent page is not visible to the public (i.e. its Status is set to anything other than 'public' or you have chosen to hide it from the Navigation), each child page will also be invisible to your visitors.

Show in navigation

When you create a new page the CMS assumes that you want this new page to be visible to visitors and therefore needs to be included in your site's Navigation. However you can hide a page by simply unticking this option. An example of a hidden page is the 'Page not found' page. Visitors are shown this page if they enter the URL of a page incorrectly (i.e. by typing '/about' when your page's Name is 'aboutus'). The 'Page not found' page must therefore be visible when specifically requested but obviously you don't want a link to it in your site's Navigation.

Status

Your page can have one of four settings.

• Draft
  This is the default Status and should be used when you are working on your page. These pages are only visible to you when you are logged in and are not visible to the general public.
  
• Public
  Public pages are visible to all visitors to your site and appear in your site's Navigation (provided you have not hidden your page by unchecking the Show in Navigation option.
  
• Private
  Private pages are only visible to you when you are logged in. These CMS help pages are examples of Private pages.
  
• Archived
  Pages are automatically set to be archived when they reach their Archive Date.

Content

The Content of your page is the element that holds all of your page text, images and links, etc. You can add as much information as you like to the Content of your page.