What is a static page?

Static page is an element of page manager to manage content in website.

A static page is a straight-forward component used when working with public websites. This helps to manage content and publish or place it in a particular area of a page. A web page is a combination of theme elements and UI hooks. UI hooks are place holders defined by the template designer, generally added in the theme definition XML, and ready to use by Static Page.

Enable Page Manager

Follow below steps if the page manger not enabled in admin panel

  1. Login Admin panel
  2. Application tab
  3. Enable the Page Manager component

Enable Page Manager

  • Create new content through a rich text editor.
  • Add the page to the website menu.
  • Render the page content inside a page.
  • Add a page in the quick links
  • Manage page meta information
  • Render a dynamic page or other static page.
  • Access content by Framework

How to create a page?

Follow below steps to create a page

  1. Login to the admin panel
  2. Go to Page Manager > Static Page > Create Page.
  3. Enter the page name and content.
  4. Click on the Common Fields button and enter
    • Title
    • Page Meta Title
    • Meta Keywords
    • Meta Descriptions
    • Sort Order
  5. Finally, click on Save Page to create the page.

Render Content

The major functionality of a static page is to render content in different areas of a website. The section where the content can be placed depends on the template designer who defied the UI hook on the page. Click on the link page button to work with the content to render on the web site.

On the top left, there is a big box that shows the list of areas where the content can be rendered. The site menu is an area where a newly created page is automatically added. Content can be placed in the below three formats:

  • Link: Add a hyperlink in long format.
  • Smart Link: Add a link in short format.
  • Text: Add text content.

Note: Below setting will allow to see where the UI hook exists from admin panel

Preferences > Configuration > Show Hook Positions

All these options can be selected from the combo box called "Select Render Type."

Render other Pages

Static pages can render other static pages and dynamic pages in their place. Each time a new page is created, the system generates a unique code for it, like in the below example :

{{name=UI type=staticpage name=mypage autoformat=off}}

Click on the page code list button to see all the code, then just copy a code inside the page content to render it.


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