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What is an Articles Page?

This feature allows you to add articles, journal entries, updates, etc. On your main page, your visitors will only see the publish date, the title of your article and the summary which is optional. Your visitors can then click on the article title to see the whole article. Articles are in order of most recent at the top and oldest at the bottom.

Recommended Uses

Great for publishing a series of articles or journal entries.
Can be used to give updates or make announcements about the company

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Overview

Adding an Articles Page to Your Site
Editing Your Page
Adding an Article
Layout Options
Editing and Deleting Articles
Changing the Order of Your Articles
Editing Your Title Tag, Meta Tag and Header Info

1. Adding an Articles Page to Your Site

Under the 'Edit Site' tab, click 'Add Page'.
Click 'Articles'.

Name your new page. This name is what will be shown in your navigation menu.
Enter a 'Page URL'. This creates the individual webpage address for that page. TIP: Use keywords or words that reflect the content that will be on that page.

By default, the 'Check to show this page in your navigation menu' box is checked. If you do not want the page to show in your menu, uncheck the box.

Click 'Add Page'.

You'll then be on the editing page.

2. Editing Your Page

Any time you want to make changes to your page:

Click the 'Edit Site' tab.
Click 'Edit' beside the page you want to edit.

Or, if viewing the page you want to edit, click 'Edit Page' on the toolbar.

You'll then be on the 'Header & Footer' section of the editing page.

Text that you put in the Title and Subtitle fields will be displayed at the top of your page, with the Title text also being automatically used as your Title Tag. For more information about Tags, please read Page Title, Meta & Head Tags.

The Header and Footer appear above and below your list of articles once they're added. To edit the header and footer, add and make changes to text using the text editor and click 'Save Changes' when finished.

3. Adding an Article

In the Articles page editor, click 'Add Article' on the left .
Add your article information and then click 'Save Changes'. Note that the summary is only shown on the main page with the article title and is not shown on the full article page.

4. Layout Options

You can choose whether you'd like your articles to be aligned to the left of down the center of your page and whether to show the publication date.

Within the editing page, click 'Options' on the left.
Make your changes and save.

5. Editing and Deleting Articles

Within the editing page, click 'Edit Articles' on the left.
Click 'Edit' or the red 'X' to the right of the article you want to edit or delete. If editing, make sure to save your changes. If deleting, confirm or cancel on the next page.

6. Changing the Order of Your Articles

Your articles are shown according to the publish date you entered for each article. Articles are shown in chronological order with the newest article at the top and oldest article at the bottom. To change the order, you would have to edit the article date.

7. Editing Your Title Tag, Meta Tag and Header Info

To help with search engine ranking you can customize your title, description, and keyword tags for individual pages. Advanced users can also place code between the <head> tags. This feature is available through the editing page under 'Internet Marketing'. To learn more, please read Page Title, Meta & Head Tags.

Alternatively, you can apply the same description and keyword tags site-wide, which is great if you don't yet have time to do them for individual pages. To learn how, please read Marketing Your Site: Meta Keywords and Meta Description.