Adding New Page

 

There are multiple options in wordpress to add a page.  It can be done from the top of the admin menu bar or going to the pages admin menu.  The key to keep things organized is to make sure and set the correct parent page.

For a new top menu item leave to no parent

For a submenu select the main page you want it to be located under.

I think the best way is to use the Pages admin menu.  I have a plugin installed that allows us to make this look like the website menus.  If you want to know more about the plugins installed click here.

Add new page from Pages Menu
  • Just click the pages menu or go to all pages.  Don’t click add page link.
  • You should see all our pages in a nice layout format.
  • If adding new submenu page just go to the page you want it to be located under.
  • A menu will show up on that page and there is an option to add child.  Just click that.
  • It will give you an option to open it up to edit.
  • New pages do not automatically show up on the website menu.  Click here for instructions on adding it.
Options when adding new page
  • You will see there is a left panel that allows you to control some options when adding a new page
  • Publish
    • Under this menu you can create a draft or even schedule a page to post at a certain date.
    • If you want to publish or update a page just click the publish or update button
    • Draft – will not show up on site even if it is in the menu.  Will get a page not found error
  • Notes
    • This is a plugin I added so we could put notes on a page
    • My main thought was there are some pages that can’t be removed but don’t show up anywhere.  Like the pages that are used for user login or even some of the forms
  • Page Attributes
    • This is where you can set it to be under another page
    • Set the template for the page.
      • Default Template – should be used for most of our pages
        • it has the sidebar widget on it
      • Fullwidth
        • if we have a page for some reason we don’t want the sidebar widget to show we can use this option.
      • Magazine Home Page
        • Just used for the home page
        • Do not use anywhere else
      • Post Slider
        • Not sure what this does
  • Each Exclude
    • If you create a page that you do not want to show up if someone uses the search check this.  I have been using it for pages that require a user to login.
  • Feature Image
    • If you want a large image to show up at the top of the page you can add it here.
    • An example is the history of slough creek page

Add page to menu click here.

Add calendar entry for activity click here.