Pages

Wordpress pages are different from Wordpress posts. Pages are not kept within the heirarchy of blog posts on the blog. Pages are intended for information that is in one way or another static, like an “About Me” page or “Contact” page with some information.

Pages differ from posts in the following ways:

  • no timestamp - the date associated with a page reflects the last time it was saved
  • different templates can be chosen - giving the page a different layout
  • heirarchy of pages - pages can be subpages or subsubpages etc
  • no categories - ordered by their heirarchy instead

Once a page has been written it often needs to be modified or updated to reflect changes, or simply modified to fix spelling errors. This post outlines the admin area that lists blog pages that have already been written and the options available for editing those pages.

Click on Manage>>Pages to display the page management page.
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A list is presented.

The first line above the list allows the list to be filtered to find pages that contain certain keywords or have a specific publishing status.

The Search Terms… text box allows a search term to be entered. It is optional.
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The Page Type dropdown list allows pages to be chosen by their status.
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Click the Filter>> button to search the list.
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The list presented shows the pages that have been written. This list includes all pages that have been published or saved on the system. A site admin will see all pages listed, anyone lower will see what their privileges allow them to see.
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The ID column presents the unique identification of the page in the database. This number can be called to directly access the page in the URL. Even if pretty permalinks are used the page can be accessed through http://www.yoururl.com/?p={ID}
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The Title column will display the title of the page.
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The Owner column shows the author of the page. The user’s display name is shown.
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The Updated column shows the date when the page was last saved. Unlike posts, which store the creation date of the post, pages keep this value updated as the page is updated.
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There are three options available for each of the pages in the list.The View link will display the page on the blog. Even if the page has not been published it will still be shown to the logged in author of the page, or a user with high enough privileges. It will not be available to anyone else who doesn’t have these privileges.
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The Edit link allows the page to be edited. The page that appears is the same as the page when the page was first created.
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The Delete link allows the page to be deleted from the system. Remember that Wordpress doesn’t have an undelete function so any page that is deleted is gone forever. Marking the page as draft rather that deleting it is a good option to keep it for later if needed. A warning box appears when Delete is clicked. Click Cancel to keep the page and return to the editing screen. Click OK to delete the page forever.
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The Create New Page link at the bottom of the page will take you to the page creation admin page.
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