In the previous session we looked at how to add and publish content to the website. We ended the session with Email using Webmail. In this session we will look at Page Settings.

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Select Page Settings shortcut

There are two groups of Pages Settings viz.

1. Basic Settings – essential items to complete and
2. Advanced Settings – optional settings to change the display of the page

Figure: Page Management Options – Basic Settings and Advanced Settings

Basic Settings Details

Figure: Basic page settings detail

• Page Name – the text that appears in the menu i.e.
• Page Title – Important because this is the content in the browser title bar at the top of the page and also the Google header title. I.e.
  

  

  Figure: Page Title appears in Web Page title and Google SERP title

• Description – the page description is used by some search engines to index the page. Google will also display the description as a snippet in some searches.
• Key Words – used by some search engines when indexing the page.
  “…created fake words, put them ONLY in the key word tag and both MSN and Yahoo found them.” [http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?threadid=11444]
• Parent Page – specifies the location of the page in the menu hierarchy (can also be set using the Pages menu from the Admin menu)
• Permission – used in authorising the publication of pages. Select the appropriate check boxes to authorise viewing and editing of the page.
  Generally the administrator would reserve all editing rights. I.e. check boxes not ticked.
  Ticking the ‘View Page’ check box for All Users effectively publishes the page.

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