Creating New Pages On Drupal

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This section covers creating new pages in Drupal. There are three types of pages that can be created:

• Standard Pages — The most common page type used throughout the website. Standard Pages are appropriate for most content.
• News Pages — Intended for news stories that are syndicated to News Feed components. News Pages include additional fields such as Author, Post Date, Thumbnail, Abstract, and Related Stories. They are used primarily by the Communications Office (and some departments) that publish their own news.
• News Links — A specialized page type used to syndicate external (non-Drupal) news stories to a News Feed component. News Links are typically created only by the Communications Office.

3.1 Creating Standard Pages

1. Click Site Settings in the Drupal toolbar.
2. Click Add Standard Page.

Figure: Select Add Standard Page from the Site Settings menu.

The page editor will open with all fields blank. Complete the fields as needed:

1. Title — Required.
2. Subtitle — Optional.
3. Primary Image — Optional.
4. Body — The main page content.
5. Components — Optional page components.
6. Publishing State — Save the page as either Draft or Published.
7. Click Save.

Congratulations! You have created a new page in Drupal.

Figure: Complete the fields in the Standard Page editor before saving.

The example below compares the editor with the resulting webpage.

Figure: A completed Standard Page in the editor.

Figure: The resulting draft webpage.

3.2 Creating News Pages

Important

News Pages will not appear in a News Feed component until they have been tagged by the Communications Office. If you have questions about News Pages, contact web-update@swarthmore.edu.

1. Click Site Settings in the Drupal toolbar.
2. Click Add News Page.

Figure: Select Add News Page from the Site Settings menu.

1. Confirm that the Page Layout is set to Standard News.
2. Add a Title.
3. Add an optional Subtitle.
4. Add an optional Primary Image.
5. Add content to the Body field.
6. Add an optional News Label.
7. Add an attribution in the format by Author Name.
8. Add a Thumbnail Image (if different from the Primary Image).
9. Add optional Related Stories.
10. Add optional Components.
11. Save the page as either Draft or Published.
12. Click Save.

Figure: News Pages include additional fields used for syndication and display.

3.3 Creating News Links

Important

News Links will not appear in a News Feed component until they have been tagged by the Communications Office. If you have questions about News Links, contact web-update@swarthmore.edu.

1. Click Site Settings in the Drupal toolbar.
2. Click Add News Link.

Figure: Select Add News Link from the Site Settings menu.

1. Add a Title.
2. Enter the URL of the external website.
3. Add a Label to provide context for readers. For News Links, this is typically the name of the publication or website.
4. Add a Thumbnail Image.
5. Save the News Link as either Draft or Published. Note that News Links will not appear in a News Feed component until they have been published.
6. Click Save.

Figure: Complete the News Link fields before saving.