OVERVIEW
Target audience: Site Administrators, Site Managers
This article demonstrates the steps to create a basic page, the most common content type in the Web Management System
In this article:
NOTE: this article refers to a process to be used on sites that have already migrated to the New WMS.
If your site has not yet migrated see the Index of documentation for the McGill Web Management System.
Create a new page
To create a basic page:
- Click Content.
- Click Add content.
- Click Basic page.
- Add a title for the page and click Save.
Use the Body field to enter content. This field will provide a single column of content. For additional layout and formatting options (including columns, tabs and block like layout) use Layout Builder.
Use Layout Builder to enter content using more design options: including tabs, columns, and blocks.
Use the Tags field to add a comma-separated list of terms describing the content.
Use the Notes field to add notes for yourself and your team.
The current state indicates if your page is published.
The Change to: drop down menu provides options to change this state.
- Published: The page is visible to the public.
- Draft: This state either means that the page has never been published or is a draft version of the page while a previous published version remains visible to the public.
- Unpublished: The page is not visible to the public.
Page configuration options are on the right side of the screen.
Edit an existing page
- Navigate to the page in the menu structure.
- Click the Edit tab to edit the page.
- To save as a draft, choose Draft under change to menu before clicking Save.
