What can I use a single plain pages for?

Here is a brief introduction to single plain pages. Single plain pages are the general purpose workhorse of many websites.

A single plain page is much like a Word Document. You have complete control over the format of your page with a blank white canvas to start with. However, having this control can make it harder to do more complex things.

Single plain pages are great for

Home Pages,
About Us pages,
Terms and Conditions,
Contact Us.

Single design pages are not good if you want to have a lot of links to subservient pages... e.g. if you have

staff pages,
testimonials,
FAQ,
news,
ngā huihuinga
etc....

We have many other page templates more suited to those formats. It doesn't matter which format you use, your eventuating pages will still be as easily managed as a single design page, however, your index page will be more easily managed. An index page is the page which contains all the links to the deeper pages. An index page often has a short summary of the information on the eventuating pages.

However, you know your content best, and you may decide that single plain pages give you what you want. In this section of the FAQ, we will teach you how to achieve many of the things you didn't know you could do.

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Pages Overview

The CMS broadly speaking has two page types - editable content pages and templated pages e.g. shopping pages

How do I add a new page?

This example shows you how to add a new web page to your existing website

Removing or deleting a page

How do I remove a page?

Reordering / Repositioning Pages in the Menu

You can drag-drop reorder your pages (menu buttons) in the CMS. For example, to move a menu button (page) into a sub menu, or to move a submenu button up to the main menu. All the pages of your website are presented in a collapsible tree format.

Duplicating a Page

You can duplicate a page via the OPTIONS tab when editing a page.

Hiding a Page

How do I make a page hidden? Whats the different between hidden from menu and hidden from everyone? How hidden are the pages?

Restricting who can view a Page

How to restrict who can view a Page.

Timing Page Content Visibility

Via the Page Options you can choose to keep the page accessible, but hide the page content for a period of time. You can also replace the content with a custom message while hidden.

What kind of page template should I use?

We have a large selection of pre-formatted pages ready to go for whatever purpose you might need. Here is an explanation of some of the most useful

Setting your homepage

How do you choose which page appears when someone arrives at your site?

Blog Pages

An overview of the options available when using a blog page

Gallery Pages

News Pages

News pages are the standard Information page type that allows you post detailed news posts with an index page providing a date, summary and optional thumbnail image

Events Pages

Submenu Pages

Submenu page types are great for keeping pages organised under a single page, keep track of changes as they are made