How To: Add pages

Pages are different tabs on your blog. They are known as ‘static pages,’ which means you can only have one post per page. It would be a good idea to use pages to create a Welcome or About Us section for your blog. You could use this page to introduce your group and the people in it.

To add pages to your blog click Edit Posts on the Dashboard. Then click the Edit Pages tab; it’s next to the Edit Posts tab that’s already highlighted. Now click the blue button that says NEW PAGE.  Name your page whatever you want to call it, for example ‘About Us’, and write a post as you normally would.  You can edit your pages after you have published them, just like the posts on your blog. You can also have a separate layout for each page if you want.

You can also add a gadget to help you navigate between pages on your blog, similar to the labels gadget. To do this, go to the Design tab and go to Add and Arrange Page Elements. Click Add a Gadget where you would like to add your pages gadget. I would suggest adding this gadget either near your archive and labels gadget or at the top of your blog under your heading. Remember you can rearrange your gadgets on the layout tab so if you change your mind about where you want this gadget, you can move it later. When the gadget page opens click on the blue plus next to the Pages gadget. Here you can change the settings for your pages; such as the order your pages appear on your blog and what you call your main page where your posts are. This page, by default, is called ‘Home’ but you can change this if you want to something like ‘Posts’ or ‘Work Log’ etc. When you’re finished editing the settings, click the orange SAVE button. Also click the SAVE button on the Add and Arrange Elements page too so you save any changes you made to your layout.