Creating and managing CMS pages

In the 'Pages' section of your CMS, you'll find a list of all pages within your website. You can create additional pages, and edit their content to suit your needs.

Creating pages

You can create as many pages as you like. Some of your pages are preset, or automatically created (for example, a facilities page is created when a facility is added).

Settings for a new page

  1. Click 'new' in the top right corner.

  2. Choose whether you want to create a regular page, an article page, or a region/country page.
    Read more: Creating an article page (news item or blog)

  3. Give the page a name, which will be shown in the index of pages.

  4. Set the languages you need this page to be available in, and any labels you want to use.

    Read more: Creating labels in CMS

  5. Date & time: set the publication dates by editing the pre-filled publication date of today. Leave it empty or set a date in the future if you intend to edit and/or translate this page before it is ready for publication. Use the publication end date only if you want to take this page offline on a specific date.

  6. Appearance: Select a color scheme for this page.
    Read more: Themes & color schemes

  7. Metadata: Set a custom URL path if desired, or set a page title that is different from the name you entered at the top. You can also enter enter a subtitle and a meta description, and a name for the author of the page content.

  8. Indexing: Activate this setting if you want to hide this page from search engines such as Google.

  9. Click 'save'.

After you click 'Save', the page has been created, but it is still empty. You can start adding content to your page.

  • You’ll see three more additional tabs on the page. Next to 'Settings', there are SEO, Images, and Sections.

  • Note that some of the settings you just entered for the new page, have now moved to the SEO tab. All these settings are still editable if needed.

Managing pages

SEO settings

Use the SEO tab of existing pages to edit the page settings that are important for search engine optimization. These are metadata and indexing settings.

  • Overwrite URL path: Only use this if you want a cleaner or campaign-specific URL.

    Note that overwriting the URL of a live page can break existing links to that page, from search engines, ads, emails, or other websites.

  • Overwrite page title: Use this for important pages (campaign, landing, key info pages), to create a better name than the one used in your page index internally.

  • Subtitle: Only use this if the subtitle adds clarity or improves search results.

  • Meta description: Recommended for important pages, so the snippets look better in search engine results.

  • Author: Recommended to enter an author name for article/news-style pages.

  • Indexing: Activate to hide pages that should not appear in search results, such as temporary, duplicate, or internal-use pages.

Adding or editing page content

Go to the 'Sections' tab to start adding or editing the actual content of the page. Each page uses content blocks and widgets to determine the page layout.

  • Standard header & footer: The content of your header and footer is usually the same for all your pages, and is determined in the 'Headers' and 'Footers' settings, which you can find in the CMS menu under 'Appearance'.

    Read more: Headers , Footers

  • Click '+Section' to add a specific content section, or choose the 'columns' section to fully customize content with widgets.
    Read more: Different sections and their use, CMS widgets

  • If you use the 'Slideshow' section, the Images tab is where you control which images are shown in which order. You can also edit each of these images to determine image focus, add SEO tags, or add banner content on top of the image.

  • Use the 'Sort' button at the top of the page layout to drag and drop the position of sections.

Copy, lock, or save as template

Open the ellipsis menu in the top right corner of a page. Here, you’ll find the additional actions available for the current page.

  • Copy: Use as a shortcut to create a new but very similar page. The page will be copied as is, just make edits to differentiate it. The publication dates are empty to prevent premature publication, be sure to edit these when you’re done editing the content.

  • Lock: Use to prevent others from editing the page content.

  • Save as template: Save the current page layout (even if partial or incomplete) as a template that can be used in other pages. To use a template in another page, click '+Section', choose 'Template', and select the template you want from the dropdown.

Deleting or hiding a page

In the same ellipsis menu in the top right corner of a page, you can delete the entire current page. A less permanent way of taking a page offline is to hide (unpublish) it.

  • To hide/unpublish a page: Edit the settings of a page to set the publication date to empty, or a date in the future. Don’t forget to save. Useful when you’re planning to make significant changes to the page content.

  • When deleting entirely: After deleting the page, be sure to create a redirect to another page or to your homepage. This is in case a link to the deleted page still exists somewhere else. Read more: Create redirect