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How to Add a Page

Once you have logged in as a site administrator, your administrative panel will appear above your web page.  In the upper lefthand portion of your screen, under "Page Functions," click the "Add" icon:

 This will open the Basic Settings form for adding a new page:

Note that the Page Name is the only mandatory field.  Here is an explanation of each field's use:

Page Name:	What you enter in this field will appear in your web site's navigation.
Page Title:	The page title is what appears in your browser's title bar (at the very top of the browser window.) Enter a short, descriptive sentence using at least five highly descriptive words.
Description:	Use this field to enter a synopsis of your services or the purpose of the page.  This text is what you see in search engine query results describing the information on your page.  It is recommended that you do not exceed 1000 words.
Keywords:	If you keep up with ever-changing techniques utilized in search engine optimization, you will want to use this field to optimize results for keyword phrases.  Enter a comma separated list of words and phrases, such as:  church name,city,state,outreach1,outreach2
Parent Page:	Should you wish your new page to appear as a sub-page under another page in your site's navigation, select that page from the drop-down menu provided here.
Include in Menu:	When this box is deselected, your page becomes hidden; that is, it is no longer visible within your site's navigation.

If you wish to copy material from another page on your site to you new page, you can do so with the Copy Page function.  Under Advanced Settings, you may wish to further customize your page in the following ways:

1. Icon: You may choose an image to display that is unique to the new page you are creating.
2. Page Skin:  If you wish to apply and different look and feel to the new page, you may apply a different skin.
3. Page Container: Override the site's default container setting by applying a different page container here.
4. Disabled:  Select the check box for the disabled field, and your new page will be unavailable to your site users.
5. Refresh Interval (seconds): Enter the interval to wait between automatic page refeshes. (Example: Enter "60" for 1 minute or leave blank to disable.)
6. Page Header Tags:  Enter any tags (similar to the page description field, this is used for search engine indexing purposes) that should be rendered in the "HEAD" tag of the HTML for this page.

The "Other Settings" section of the New Page form offer some additional publishing and site maintenance flexibility.

1. Secure? Select the checkbox here to specify whether or not this page should be forced to use a secure connection (SSL). This option will only be enabled if your web host has enabled SSL in your site settings.
2. Start Date: If you wish for this page to appear at some date in the future, enter the start date here.  Type it in, or you may use the Calendar to pick a date.  
3. End Date:  If your page content has a shelf life, there is no need to mark it on your calendar and come back to remove it from your site later.  Simply select an end date and the system will do the work for you. 
4. Link URL: If you'd like this page to simply act as a link, here's where you accomplish that task. 

All done with your page settings?  Simply click on the "Update" link at the bottom of the page and your new page will be created.