Adding Pages and Folders

Create a New Folder

From time to time you may wish to create a new folder on your site. Folders are helpful to keep things organized (like an Images folder) and to create new sections and subsections for your site navigation.

To create a new folder, you should first decide where on the site the folder is going to live. If you want your folder at the top-level (root of your site), click on Home. If you want to create a folder inside another folder, you must nagivate inside that folder first. Creation of all new content in Plone is dependent on location.

1. Click on the Add New . . . drop-down menu (sometimes add to folder) on the green taskbar
2. You should see a drop-down menu appear. Select Folder
3. Give your folder a Title and Description and push Save

Create a New Page

The first thing you need to decide is where on your site it is your new page going to live. You can add new pages to the root of your site, or inside of a folder.

1. Go to the location on your site you want to add a page and click on the Add New . . . drop-down menu located in the green taskbar
2. Select Page from the menu
3. Next, you'll be taken to the edit screen. It's exactly like editing a page, except that none of the fields are filled out yet
4. Fill out the Title, Description and Body Text
5. Push Save to finish

Changing the Way Folders Display Contents

For more in-depth information on the Display menu, read Room Full of Views

You can alter the way in which folders display content using the Display drop-down menu, located in the green taskbar. Note that only folders have a display tab, so be sure you are looking at a folder for this exercise.

When you start with an empty folder and then add pages, images, files or other content, Plone will display those items by default in the Standard View. The standard view simply lists the title and description of each content item in a vertical listing.

There are several other display options, but perhaps the most useful is the Content Item as Default View option.  This option allows you to select a content item of your choice as the default folder view, instead of using one of the above generated views, which list all content items in a given folder.

We encourage you to create a landing page for most folder in your site that people will visit.  It makes for a more engaging website.  Remember, you're constantly fighting for your reader's attention, and you want to do everything possible to encourage them to read all the important things you have to say.