Creating a Page

It is recommended that before you create a page using PageMaster that you plan ahead on the content and layout of that page before attempting to dive in and create it.Once you have a page planned out follow these steps to create your page:

  1. Open your Control Panel and navigate to the Site Content tab.

  2. Select the PageMaster module from the list of modules.

  3. Select New Page from the main menu.

  4. Enter your page title.

  5. If your page fits into one of your site's categories, select it from the list provided.

  6. Select a template for your page. The default template is the only template to ship with phpWebSite.

  7. If you have the comments module installed, you can choose to allow comments on your page and whether or not to allow anonymous users to post comments.

  8. Check the information you entered to make sure it is correct and click the Go button.

  9. You can now start adding sections to your page. Sections are added from top to bottom.

  10. Enter a subtitle for your section.

  11. Enter the body text for your section.

  12. Optionally, select an image from your hard drive to upload to your section. If you supply an image, you must also supply a short description for that image in the Short Image Description field.

  13. Select a template to use for the layout of your section.

  14. Check to be sure the information you entered is correct and click the Save Section button to save your section.

  15. You will now see the section you just created at the top of your page. You can choose to edit or delete a section by clicking the Edit or Remove buttons respectively within the section.

  16. Repeat steps 10 - 14 to add more sections to your page.

  17. When you have added and saved all your sections, click the SAVE PAGE button to save your page. Be sure to carefully read the warning before saving the page.

  18. You will now be taken back to your list of pages and your new page will be shown in the list.

By default when a page is first saved, it is marked as hidden. To make your page viewable by your site visitors click the Show button for the respective page. Alternately you can click the Hide button to hide a page from your visitors. To make changes to an existing page, click the Edit button for the respective page. To remove an existing page, click the Delete button for the respective page. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion of the page before it is fully removed.