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Look at various features provided by the page editor to create rich content on your pages like templates, widgets, forms, and html code view

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Written by Sarita Markande
Updated over a week ago

While there are other channels where you can create and publish content, such as: Stories, News, Events, Gallery, Newsletters etc. Pages is the most versatile option for content creation.

Let's look at some of the features that can help you create rich content on your pages.
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Templates

Templates are at the core of pages. Think of these like layouts into which you can fill your content. Using templates you can create rich layouts.

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Widgets

Widgets let you embed dynamic content onto your pages. Widgets can be used in tandem with Templates to build out compelling dynamic Pages.

Note: To delete any widget that is added to the page, don't hit backspace/delete. Instead, click on the code in the square brackets and the following pop-up will appear. Then click on “Remove Widget” and it gets removed. 

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Forms

Yes! You can insert a form onto the Pages that you create. 

  • Step 1: Select the page on which you'd like to insert the form. You can do this from Pages on the admin panel, 

  • Step 2: Click the Select option below the content editor window. 

  • Step 3: A pop-up will appear with the list of forms that you've created using Forms. Click on the title of the form you'd like to link.

  • Step 4: Click Save to store your changes

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HTML Code

You can edit/format your content using HTML code using the Code View option on the editor.

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Other things that you can add to make your page more attractive are Images and Videos.

There are a few additional options you can set on Pages

Access: You can set viewing rights of a certain page either to the public, logged-in users, or admin only using the options from the drop-down.

Membership: If your alumni association has any membership options available, this can be used to restrict access to the page to specific membership levels.

Status: You can use this to save your work as a draft and resume later. Once done, you can select the publish option”.

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Examples

Here are a few pages created by some of our partner schools. Take a look and see if you get any ideas that you could incorporate into your institution.

Using Templates:

Using Widgets:

Other Interesting Examples:

Explaining Mentorship feature: https://alumni.cannonschool.org/page/mentor-program

Features on the site: https://alumni.cannonschool.org/page/feature-page


Note: For the page to appear on the site, you’ll have to add it under one of the headers on the navigation menu. This article explains how
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