Pages and the page builder

Pages are built from blocks — pre-designed sections you stack in the order you want. You choose what goes on the page; the design is already handled.

Creating a page

1. Open Pages.
2. Click Create New.
3. Enter a Title.
4. Check the Slug. It fills in automatically from the title. It becomes part of the page's web address, so keep it short and readable.
5. Add your blocks (below).
6. Save as a draft, preview it, then publish.

Nested pages and the URL

A page can sit underneath another page. Set the Parent field to choose where it belongs.

The page's web address is built from the chain of slugs, from the top down. A page with the slug committees under a parent with the slug about-us has the address:

/about-us/committees

This chain is also what produces the breadcrumb trail on the page.

Changing a slug changes the address. Anyone with a bookmark or a link to the old address will get a "page not found". Avoid changing slugs on established pages, and tell your account contact if you need to — a redirect can be set up so old links keep working.

Moving a page to a different parent changes its address the same way.

Adding blocks

In the page's layout area, click to add a block and choose one from the list.

Blocks cover the common things a page needs — text, images with text, headings and hero sections, calls to action, accordions, frequently asked questions, embedded video, forms, and automatic lists that pull in your news, events or documents.

The automatic list blocks are worth knowing about. Rather than typing your upcoming events onto a page by hand, you add an events block and it stays current on its own.

Blocks can be reordered by dragging, duplicated, and removed.

Drafts and publishing

Every page has a draft state.

• Save stores your work without changing the live site.
• Publish makes it public.

Your work is autosaved as you go, so you're unlikely to lose anything. Autosaving is not publishing — the live page doesn't change until you publish.

To take a published page down, change its status back to draft.

Preview

Preview shows the page as it will appear on the website, including changes you haven't published.

Live preview updates as you edit, so you can see the effect of a change immediately. Use it before publishing, and check the page at a narrow window width too — a large share of your visitors are on a phone.

Version history

Pages keep a history of previous versions. If a change turns out to be wrong, open the page's versions and restore an earlier one.

Practical advice

Preview before you publish, every time. It takes seconds and catches most mistakes.

Don't change slugs on established pages. It breaks existing links.

Use the automatic list blocks rather than typing lists of events, news or documents by hand. Anything you type by hand is something you have to remember to update.

Give pages a proper title. The title is what appears in search results and browser tabs. "Classes and Events" is findable; "Page 2" is not.

Related

• Getting started
• What's synced and what you can edit