Pages and the menu
Create and organise pages
Add pages, choose their addresses, nest them, and duplicate or delete them when things change.
- 3 minute read
- 3 interactive walkthroughs
- For everyone editing a site
Add a page#
Pages live on the site Pages tab, and everything about them is chosen when you create one: a title, an address, a language and whether it appears in the menu. The address is the web address of the page, shown as it will be: /services for a page called Our services.
Pages nest by their address. A page at /services/boilers sits under /services, which organises the menu without any separate setting. The home page has the empty address; another page can take its place with Make this the home page.
Pages nest by their address, grouped by language. Drag a page to change its order in the navigation.
Add a page
Choose a title and web address for this page.
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Add page
Everything about a page is chosen when you create it, and changed later on the same page.
Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.
- 1Open the site and go to Pages.
- 2Choose Add page and fill in the title and address.
- 3Decide whether it starts in the menu, and add it.
Order and nesting#
The list drags into any order you like; the order here is the order in the menu. Nested pages appear as their own section under the parent, or fold away entirely if the parent is hidden.
Grouping related pages under a parent is almost always tidier than eight flat menu items. If a group grows past a handful of children, consider whether the parent page itself should summarise them.
Pages nest by their address, grouped by language. Drag a page to change its order in the navigation.
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Drag to reorder
The order here is the order in the menu. Pages nest by their address, grouped by language.
Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.
Good to know: The address decides nesting, not the order. Moving an address from /boilers to /services/boilers moves the page under its parent.
The page menu, duplicate, delete and the safety net#
Each page in the list has a menu, and right-clicking the row opens the same one: open it in the editor, preview the draft, open it on the website, rename, duplicate, show it in or hide it from the menu, make it the home page or the 404 page, add a version in another language, and delete. Duplicate makes a copy of a page with the same sections, ready for new text. Deleting a page asks you to confirm by name, because the confirmation should be read rather than clicked through.
A deleted page stays on the live website until a publish includes its removal: the Publish dialog lists it as removed, and you choose when it goes. Version history keeps every published version, so an earlier one, with the page in it, can be restored into the draft later. After a publish that removes a page, visitors asking for its old address see the 404 page rather than a redirect, unless you add one.
Pages nest by their address, grouped by language. Drag a page to change its order in the navigation.
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The row menu
Duplicate, Delete, translations and versions all live behind the ellipsis on a row.
Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.
Before you continue: Renaming an address breaks links people may already have. If a page has been shared or is in search results, add a redirect from the old address to the new one on the Redirects tab.
Common questions
How many pages can a website have?
There is no practical limit for ordinary sites. Hundreds of pages stay manageable through nesting.
Can I take a page out of the menu but keep it online?
Yes. Switch off Show in the menu. The page stays at its address for anyone with the link.
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