Basic Page

Overview

You can create as many pages on your website as needed and link them through the website’s Navigation Menu.

There are different content types to build your pages. The most flexible and commonly used content type is Basic Page. It is built by adding individual sections that display various paragraphs. For example:

Additionally, picturemaxx Drupal CMS offers you other custom content types, such as News Articles, Events, Locations, and Artist. Learn more about these in Content Types. 

Text Editor available across all content and paragraph types, provides tools to add and format text, include links and add media.

Create a basic page

The Basic Page is a standard template with various content layout elements - Paragraph Types. There is a wide variety of Paragraph Types to choose from: a plain Section, Slides, Columns Text & Media, Forms, Maps, and many more. These elements can be combined to create your ideal page layout.

To create a Basic Page:

  1. In the Main Administrative Menu, go to Content > Add Content > Basic Page.
  2. The page editor opens.
  3. Fill in the setup fields:
    • Title
      Enter a clear, concise title for the page. The title is also used as a meta tag in the source code, URL alias, and as a page label in administration screens.
    • Language
      Select the page´s language.
    • Tags
      Assign tags to create relations between pages. For example, Publications and Events that use the same tag automatically appear at the bottom of a section.
    • Introtext
      The Intro Text appears at the top of the page and introduces your content. Use it to present a brief overview or teaser for your page.
    • Add Section
      Click this button to select the default Add Section option, or select a layout element from the dropdown. To learn more, refer to Paragraph Types.
  4. Configure the sidebar settings:
    • Revision Log Message field
      Describe the changes you made. This helps understand what was updated.
    • Menu settings
      Add the page to your website’s Navigation Menu.
    • Meta-Tags
      Meta tags are part of your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy. Most meta tags are self-explanatory, some require explanation. For further information, refer to Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
      IMPORTANT: Tags used in Smart Linking are not the same as SEO Meta Tags.
    • Simple XML Sitemap
      Specify whether a page should be included in the index of your website.
      A sitemap is an index of all publicly accessible pages on your website. It is created automatically and helps search engines find your page. Learn more in Simple XML Sitemap.
    • Scheduling options
      Set a specific date and time for your page to go public.
    • URL-Alias
      Give your page a descriptive and meaningful URL to make it easier for users and search engines to find your content. For more information, see URL ALIAS.

Important

Remember to save your page
Save your page to generate its URL and enable previews. If you don't save the page, you'll get an error message for previews.

Don't worry - saving does not automatically publish the page. You can keep editing until you are ready to make it public.

Quick Demo: Add a basic page and customize section

Preview and publish a basic page

There are three key controls at the top of the page editor to manage your page: Save the changes, Preview the page, and enable Content is live (published) when you're ready to publish.

After you’ve saved a Basic Page, use Preview to review how it will appear to visitors before publishing. You can add your newly created page to your website´s Navigation Menu.

Preview your page

Review the content, layout, and formatting before publishing. To verify that everything looks as expected, click Preview.

You can preview every change you make before publishing it.

Publish your page

When you are ready to make the page visible on your website, enable the Content is live (published) option.

If your page is still a work in progress, leave it unpublished while you continue adding content with various Paragraph Types and custom Content Types.

The page will remain hidden from visitors until you turn on Content is live (published). 

Set a publish date

You can choose a specific date and time for your page to go live using Scheduling options on the page editor’s sidebar. This is especially useful for News Articles and Publications.

Once scheduled, the page appears in the Scheduled Content tab on the Content page. It will remain there until the scheduled publish date and time, when it goes live automatically.

The Scheduling Options panel highlighted on the backend sidebar.

Edit pages and files

In the Main administrative menu, click Content to view all website pages, blocks, and uploaded files, organized into four tabs: Content, Blocks, Files, and Media. From here, you can manage your content: edit, delete, publish, unpublish, and much more.

Content tab

In the Content tab, you can access content management options in two ways:

  • Choose a desired action from the Edit dropdown in the Operations column next to the content item.
  • Select one or more content items using the checkboxes. This activates the Action dropdown, where you can apply actions to multiple items at once.

Blocks tab

The tab opens the Custom block library with the reusable elements that make up your website pages. Refer to Block Layout for details.

Files tab

The Files tab lists all files uploaded to your system. For each file, you can view details such as size, type, and usage info. You can filter files by name, MIME type (e.g. image/png, video/mp4, application/pdf), or status.

Media tab

The Media tab contains all your uploaded media files, such as images, videos, or audio files.

Quick Demo: Access your content overview and controls