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Page Manager
Page Manager is an essential part of building and maintaining your site. You can easily create new pages, edit content on existing pages, write a blog post, and so much more. In this video we are going to dive deep into everything the Page Manager can do in Editor. And it starts.. with with the pages menu.
Sitemap Pages
The first thing you will notice in Page Manager is the pages menu. The pages menu groups your website pages into categories based on how they will be viewed by your visitors. Let’s go through each of the categories and a few examples of what this might mean for your site.
Website pages in Editor are split up into the following categories: Sitemap Pages…, Secondary Navigation…, Footer Quick Links…, and Marketing Landing Pages… Keep in mind, you might not have all of these categories in your own website pages menu, or you might have a custom category created just for your site.
Let’s start by discussing Sitemap Pages… Sitemap Pages are the pages that will show up in your website header, also known as the navigation bar. These are the most popular pages on your website; such as the “about us” page, “our staff” page, or the “contact us” page. Every page that is added to the Sitemap Pages category will show up in the navigation. A good rule of thumb when deciding whether a page belongs in this category is this: “Do you want every one of your visitors to easily find this page?” If so, that page belongs somewhere in the Sitemap Pages section.
Now, pages in the pages menu can also act like a folder, or “container”, storing pages inside of it while not actually housing content on the page itself. You can tell if a page is acting as a container by locating “this” icon next to the page.
Let’s look at an example. A high-level page, like “About Us”, will act like as a container for subsequent, or nested, pages, such as “Our History”, “Vision & Values”, or “FAQs”.
You can also create a container inside a container, to have a total of three navigation layers. An example of this would be: The “Patients & Visitors” page container, which has a “Finances & Insurance” page container, which has a “Pay My Bill” page inside.
In the pages menu you can easily hide the container contents by clicking the arrow right here. This will tidy up your Page Manager experience if you have a lot of pages. Then, when you want to see the pages in the container again, just click the arrow once more to show all of the pages nested inside. Lastly, if you want to show or hide all of the container contents, you can click on these arrows at the top of the Sitemap Pages category.
Creating a New Page or Page Container
Now that we know how the pages in this section are laid out, let’s create a new page. We can add this page inside any of the containers by clicking on the plus icon that appears when you hover over the container title. Once we click that button, a menu will appear asking us which type of page we want to create. There are a ton of different page types you can choose from. We have a dedicated video series about everything you can do with these various page types that I will link below. For now, let’s create a Text Page. We can give our page a title and then push the “create page” button.
Every time a new page is created, it automatically starts in draft mode. This means that the page won’t be live on your site until you publish it. So don’t worry, nothing on your site will look different yet. And once we are done editing this page, we can click save draft so that it stays hidden until we are ready for the world to see it!
Our text page gives us two different page blocks for customization. The first block is the “Custom Page Settings”. This block could contain various settings that are specific to the custom design of your website. For this site, we can swap out the image banner from the default site image, to a page specific cover image. Let’s leave it as the default for now.
The next block is the “Text Section”. The text section uses the Dynamic Text Editor. This is one of Editor’s most powerful features. Here are a few examples of what kinds of layouts and designs you could create with the Dynamic Text Editor. In our “page types video series” I will walk you through all of the features of this section and how to use them. In the meantime.. feel free to explore the formatting options and different styles available to you.
Now, let’s say that you want to create a new page container, not a new page. We will head back to Page Manager, find the container that we want to add our new container to, click on the plus button, but this time we will select “page container” instead of a page type. You’ll notice that we can also clone an existing page by selecting this option here… But back to our new page container, let’s give it a name and then push “Save Page”. You will see that we remain in Page Manager once a folder is created.
So that’s.. an overview.. of creating pages.. and page containers.
Secondary Navigation
Let’s talk about the next category: Secondary Navigation. Secondary Navigation is another list of pages that are located somewhere else on your site. These pages tend to be more like resources, employee portal links, or a careers page. When deciding whether a page belongs in this category, ask yourself: “Is there a subset of visitors who need easy access to this page?” If so, that page should probably be in the Secondary Navigation section. A Secondary Navigation section often will be above your regular header navigation, typically in smaller text; It can also be found as a sidebar or a “click-to-expand” menu. This is completely dependent on your sites custom design. Some websites might not have a secondary navigation section at all. If your site does, it will be the next category directly below the Sitemap Pages. For older websites, sometimes secondary navigation links may be controlled in a block on the “Edit Items on All Pages” tab, so if you’re having trouble finding where to manage your secondary navigation, reach out to Cybernautic support by emailing our support team.
Creating pages in the Secondary Navigation section is just as easy as adding them to your Sitemap Pages. Simply click on the plus button at the top of the Secondary Navigation section to show the same menu of page-type options as before. One thing to note.. Most secondary navigation headers only contain one layer of navigation, meaning that if you create a page container, you won’t be able to nest pages inside that container, unless that was a feature included in your custom site design. Because of this you should only create pages, not page containers in the secondary navigation.
Footer Quick Links
Next, let’s take a look at the Footer Quick Links Category. Pages that appear in this section will be placed in the footer of your website as “quick links”. Pages that appear in this section are often used for privacy policies, technical documentation, or other official references. However, there is no limitation to what types of pages you can add in the Footer Quick Links section. Just like the Secondary Navigation section, the Footer Quick Links section only supports one navigation layer, so page containers will not work in this section. Keep in mind that footer quick links on older websites may be managed differently than you see here, so don’t hesitate to reach out to our support team if you’re having trouble.
Marketing Landing Pages
The last category in the pages menu is “Marketing Landing Pages”. Pages in this section are meant to be referenced by email campaigns, qr-codes, or direct urls. These pages will not show up in any navigation on your site, nor will they be found on Google search results unless you choose to manually enable google search indexing. We talk more about that setting option in a video I have linked below. You might only end up having a few pages in this category, but it is available if you need it. You can create page containers in this section as well as all of the page-types I mentioned earlier.
So that’s a look at Page Manager. A key component to your Editor experience and powerful tool with vast customization and flexibility. We have discussed how to create new pages, which category your page should belong in, working with drafts, and using page containers. If you have any questions about Page Manager, I highly recommend checking out our Page Types video series, which will walk you through the step by step process on how many of our standard pages types function. You can also reach out to our support team by clicking the button below, and someone from our team would be happy to help you! Until next time!