Pages are different from blog posts in that they are static pages outside the flow of updating posts. They often form the main navigation to sections of your site that tend not to change. These can be as basic as as an About Us page or a Contact Page or it could include a whole series of articles and sub-pages that reside off of higher order pages in your sites navigation structure.

Writing a page is similar to writing a post. After Clicking the Write tab click on the Pages tab.

Again, like writing a post you give your page a title. This title will appear at the top of your page as the headline. It also becomes the default file name for the page unless you use the Permalink editing feature just below the title box to specify a specific, perhaps shorter, file-name in the URL path.

You could use the permalink editor to give the URL file-name a shorter version than the title of the page, should the title be long and wordy. You can also use it to cover different variations on your keywords for that page. This can help with your search engine traffic.

Then write your content inside the text editor. Use the graphic editing icons to format your text. For more on formatting text click here.

Your page title will become the

Before publishing your pages be sure to read about how to write for the web.

Page Options

Below the text editor are a number of options. Pages have some different options to choose from than posts, with some the same too. We highlight the main ones you would be using by adding a screenshot image of that feature.

• Page Parent - select from current list of pages where this page should lie in relation to others. This sets the hierarchy of pages and sub-pages within the navigation structure of your website.
• Page Template - your theme will likely have a different template for pages than it does for blog posts. It could also have multiple page template to choose from, select the desired page template here.
• Comments & Pings - you can control if you want to open comments for your page. Generally for pages you would turn this off if your default for posts is on. Your wordpress theme may likely not have a comments section in the template for static pages anyways.
• Page Status - this displays the current status of the page as a draft or published page or you can set it to private where it would require a password to access it.
• Page Password - here is where you would set a password for private pages.
• Page Author - if your site has multiple users you would assign one as the author of the page here.
• Page Order - Should you site include a page that lists the pages of your site, or perhaps a menu of pages in the sidebar, you can set the order that this page links are displayed here, otherwise they’re sorted alphabetically.

SEO Feature (Search Engine Optimization)

If your site uses an SEO plugin, we recommend All-in-One-SEO-Pack, you would enter a title and description of the page using that feature. For more detail on Search Optimization and how to use the SEO plugin click here.

Saving and Publishing your Pages

As you write your pages, Wordpress will begin to autosave your page as a draft. Use the Save or Publish buttons when you are ready.

Before publishing the page you can use the Preview button to see how it will look first. Right click on the Preview button then open it in a new window or new tab so you can easily jump back to the write page.

When you click the Publish button you will then be redirected to a new Write Page page.

The little calendar option just above the Save and Publish buttons will allow you to post date your page for publication on the site. They will remain unpublished and then later go live on the site at your preset date and time. Click the edit link and those options will appear for you. This feature is typically more useful for blog posts than it is static pages.

Your drafts will not be published live onto the website until you select the Publish button. To edit the draft pages you’ve not completed and published click on the Manage Pages tab. Here will be the full list of your pages. It will indicate which are published and un-published. Click the Title link of your draft page to continue writing and then publish it.