Creating and Editing Pages

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In the fifth video in this series, we’ll cover how to edit and add new pages to your WordPress website.

A Page is another tool to add content to a WordPress site and is often used to present “static” content—content that doesn’t change very often. A good example of a page is the information typically contained in “About Us” or “Contact Us” pages. Pages should not be confused with posts. Pages live outside of the normal blog chronology, and as such, are not displayed with the rest of your posts, but are displayed individually.

Covered in this video:

Reviewing the difference between Pages and Posts.
How to edit and delete pages using the Pages > Edit sub-panel.
How to bulk edit or delete multiple pages at the same time.
Using the Quick Edit tool to quickly change page details.
How to change the order in which your pages are listed.
How to file, or “nest” pages underneath a parent page.
Assigning different page templates for a given page.
Using the WYSIWYG editor to add and edit pages.

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11 Responses to “Creating and Editing Pages”

Erin Kozoll June 15, 2011 at 10:20 am #

OMGosh!! This video completely helped me figure out why my pages weren’t showing up! Thank you!!
Shawn June 15, 2011 at 10:21 am #

Happy to hear the video was helpful, Erin!
Elizabeth Shelton July 15, 2011 at 8:51 pm #

When creating/editing pages how do you adjust your font sizes?
Shawn July 15, 2011 at 9:27 pm #

Elizabeth,
The font sizes are usually determined by your site’s theme, in the style.css file. But there are a few other ways to resize fonts.

You can use the H3, H4, H5, etc. styles to convert text into a headline of various sizes. (The header style tags are in a drop-down menu in the second row—the “kitchen sink” row—of additional styling options in the formatting toolbar. This was covered in the 2nd video in this series.)

Alternatively, you can switch to the HTML editor mode, and format your text manually, using HTML. Here’s an example…

<span style="font-size: 18px;">Formatted Text</span>

This would produce the following: Formatted Text

Hope these formatting tips at least point you in the right direction.
–
Shawn
Yolanda Loafer October 27, 2011 at 11:36 am #

I uploaded a theme and it came with demo pages installed which is great but some I won’t need–right now. How do ‘hide’ them without deleting them from my site? Do I bulk edit them and choose ‘private’ or ‘draft’ or can I delete them without erasing them as a page style to choose from when I am ready for that page layout?
That was wordy but I hope you got it?!
Cheers!
Shawn October 27, 2011 at 3:23 pm #

Hi Yolanda,

Yes, you can safely bulk delete them, which will merely send them to the “Trash,” where they may be restored at any time. The Page Templates will still be available to your other pages, so no worry of deleting those.

Hope this helps!
Shawn
Sean O'Brien January 1, 2012 at 8:15 pm #

Hi, I’m a photographer & am just getting started building my WP Blog/ website. My question is, when I set up my portfolio galleries, should they be set up as PAGES? SInce the content won’t change all that frequently, but it will when I want to show new work. Thanks!!
Shawn January 2, 2012 at 12:31 pm #

Hi Sean,

This type of question is probably best handled in the Q&A Board, but in brief… I would recommend setting up portfolio galleries as pages (as opposed to posts), IF your selected theme does not provide another method for handling portfolios.

Many custom themes, such as those created by Graph Paper Press and WooThemes, include a separate content type for portfolios, in addition to posts and pages. These themes actually add a new menu item from which you can manage your portfolio galleries.

A premium theme with support for custom portfolios will no doubt be the best way to go, but if you’re stuck with a more limited theme, then yes, I would use a page for this purpose, instead of a post.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
Abe Wolvers May 10, 2012 at 11:28 am #

Hi, I’m new to WP, a quick question, is it possible to insert a Poll into a page seperate from the blog?

Thanks
Abe
Shawn May 10, 2012 at 11:47 am #

Hi Abe,

Absolutely. 3rd party services like PollDaddy enable you to build a poll and then copy a snippet of code. Paste that code snippet into your WordPress pages or posts, wherever you’d like the poll to appear.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
Abe Wolvers May 10, 2012 at 9:04 pm #

Hi Shawn,

When I create a page and choose Single Column no Sidebar and not the Default Template, the sidebar ghosts below the page, is that normal?

Thanks

Abe