Creating a New Page
In addition to editing an existing page, you may also have the ability to create new pages. To create a new page, you will use a content wizard. As previously mentioned content wizards provide an easy way to create a specific type of asset (e.g. file, folder) or pre-configured page.
Your content wizards are accessible from the New menu in the Menu Bar and up to six will appear in the New Content Wizards section of the Dashboard. If your site is in the Global area, you will only see wizards on the Dashboard if you have been assigned a default group (usually if one site is your primary site).
When you create a new page, it will automatically be added to the top of your navigations menu (to the left in the horizontal navigation menu). If you want to change the location of pages in your navigation menu, see the Reordering Navigation section.
Creating a Ready-to-publish Page
- Click on New in the top navigation menu to display the different types of assets you are allowed to create.
- Select the type of page you would like to create for your site. These are indicated by the blue page icon
. The types of pages available will vary from site to site. (In the images above there are an FAQ page, a standard basic page, a standard full width page and a standard news item.) - For most pages, you will need to select the Parent Folder (special pages such as News Items may have a pre-selected folder). By default, the parent folder listed at the top should be your site’s
base folder demonstrated by [/]. If this is not the folder you want your
page in you may have to browse for the appropriate sub folder. Click on
the folder icon to open the browsing window.
When you have found the correct folder, click the Confirm button. - Your Content pane should require Inline Metadata (located above the WYSIWYG editor). If you see Inline Metadata, enter a Display Name and Title. The Display Name will appear in the navigation menu and/or the Site Map/Index. Please Note: If the page you are making will be a section index page (the starting page for the section), the Display Name will only be used in the Site Map/Index as the Display Name used in the navigation menu will be from the section folder.
- If you do not see a field for System Name above the parent folder
chooser, this means that your display name will automatically become the
system name for the page. If you do see the field give your page a
system name. The name can use hyphens and underscores, but not spaces,
special characters or punctuation marks. Please Note: Each folder
for a different section of the website must have a starting page with
the System name “index” in order for the site to work correctly. The System Name can be changed after the page has been created by renaming the page.
If you do not see Inline Metadata, click the Metadata pane and then enter a Display Name and Title in the appropriate fields. For more information on the Metadata pane, see the Adding/Modifying Page Metadata section. - Enter your content in the WYSIWYG editor or form fields as appropriate.
- Click the Submit button to save your content.
You should now see the new page in your web browser.
Creating a Work-in-progress Page
It is possible to create a new page in Cascade, but not have it added to your site until a later date. In order to do this, you must modify some settings on the System pane of the Edit tab. Follow the instructions for creating a ready-to-publish page above. In addition to the normal steps add the following step:
Click the System Pane. Uncheck "Include when publishing" and uncheck "Include when indexing."
You can continue to work on this page within Cascade until you are
ready to publish it to the public website. You will need to use the
Asset Tree to navigate to this page, as it is not being indexed or
published and won’t appear in the site structure.
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When you are ready to include the page in the public website, do the following:
- Select the page and click the Edit tab.
- Click the System pane.
- Check "Include when publishing" and "Include when indexing."
- Click the Submit button to save your changes.
In order for the new page to appear on the site and to have it included in the navigation menu, you will need to publish the folder that is one up from the new page.
- Select the folder that includes the page.
- Click the Publish tab.
- Click the Submit button.
If your site also has a Site Map or a Site Index, those pages will need to be re-published in order to have the new page included in the list.
