Create New Page

1. Once the user has logged into an admin account, he/she will be presented with the following default screen (note: the presence of certain "modules" may vary depending on company).
   
   
   
   
2. To create a new page, first click Content Manager. The menu will expand to include the items List & Edit Pages and Create New Page. Click Create New Page.
   
   
   
   
3. Once clicked, the user will be presented with the following screen.
   
   
   
   Notice the four tabs: Content, Properties, SEO, and Advanced.
   
   Before navigating away from the Create New Page tabs (i.e., clicking the Template Manager or User Manager for instance), be sure to save your edits by clicking the Save button on any of the Properties, SEO, or Advanced sections. If this step is not taken prior to exiting Content Manager, your edits will be lost and/or your new page will fail to be created.
   
   A. Content
   
   The Content tab is where the user may add text to the new page, insert images, and control some of the content formatting.
   
   B. Properties
   
   
   
   The Properties tab is where the Section, Template, and Page Title are identified (among other attributes).
   
   The Section field denotes where in relation to the other pages on the website this new page will be indexed. If the section associated with this page is tied to a navigation menu, this page will now be dynamically added to that menu. Additionally, the section field is a key component of the finished URL to this page. See formatting below:
   
   http://www.domain.com/Section/PageTitle.html
   
   The Template field identifies which graphical layout will be used to visually present the content on the page.
   
   The Page Title is probably the most important field in terms of usability. Once entered, this page title will appear in the list of pages to View/Edit and will be used to uniquely identify each specific webpage. It is important to avoid attaching the same page title to any two webpages, as this will lead to database complications. Additionally, the page title will be used to identify the page in any navigation menus it may be associated with. Use only alpha-numeric values for the Page Title field. Like the Section field, it will also be used to form the finished URL as follows:
   
   http://www.domain.com/Section/PageTitle.html
   
   The Enable Subnav box essentially only applies to dedicated Section pages. An example of a "dedicated Section page" would be a page directly linked to any of the following navigation headers.
   
   
   
   * Navigation menu lifted from the Cascade Web Development official site.
   
   For instance, if the user clicked (rather than hovered over) the "Process" header and they were redirected to a Process.html page, Process.html would be an example of a dedicated Section page. Unchecking Enable Subnav for Process.html would prohibit the Process header from including (for example) Process, Strategy, Solution and Evolution.
   
   The Enable Subnav check box is traditionally (and by default) left checked.
   
   The Hide from Subnav check box is used more frequently than the Enable Subnav check box. The Hide from Subnav box is used to strickly prohibit a page from appearing in its Section's subnavigation menu. Using the above image for example, checking the Hide from Subnav box for Strategy.html would eliminate the "Strategy" item from the Process dropdown menu.
   
   For additional information regarding navigation and subnavigation menus unique to your site, contact a Cascade Web Development representative at sales@cascadewebdev.com.
   
   C) SEO
   
   
   
   The SEO (Search Engine Optimization) tab provides the content editor with the ability to tap directly into the metadata of the webpage under development andenhance that page's online searchability.
   
   The Title field corresponds with what will be listed in the viewer's browser for the title of the page. It will also serve as a key component for SEO. For best results, try to title your pages using targeted keywords that are directly related to the content on that page.
   
   * Only the first 66 characters of the page title will be viewable in Google's search results.
   * Google may only read the first 90 characters of your page title when ranking your page.
   
   The Keywords field is where the editor may enter keywords, separated by commas, that are associated with that specific webpage. The relevance of meta keywords to today's search engines is still open for debate, so use this feature at your own discretion.
   
   The Description field is where a brief description of this page may be entered. This description will then be displayed below the page title in the search results, informing your audience what this page is about.
   
   * Only the first 155 characters of this page title will be viewable in Google's search results.
   * It is undetermined whether Google considers the content within the page description when evaluating your site's page rank.
   
   For additional information regarding SEO and its implementation in your site, contact us at sales@cascadewebdev.com.
   
   D) Advanced
   
   
   
   As the tab name implies, the Advanced section may be used to supplement the other sections already discussed though it is by no means a required component of the creating a new page process.
   
   The Publish Date field, which defaults to the current date, can be set to whichever launch date you'd like to assign to this page. This can be useful when you'd like to schedule a page to go live while the admin is unavailable.
   
   The Expire Date denotes the date at which the particular page will automatically become inaccessible to viewers. Typically, this field is left blank.
   
   To successfully publish your newly created page, simply click the Save button. Once clicked, your new page will be added to the list of pages on your site in the List & Edit Pages view.
   
   Congratulations on creating your first webpage using the Evergreen Content Management System brought to you by Cascade Web Development!
   

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