How To Create Or Edit A Page Using Drupal

Prerequisites:

1. Setup Drupal.

2. Complete installation of the following modules: admin_menu, ckeditor, path module ( optional, but highly recommended for SEO ).

3. Permissions to allow the following tasks (ask your site administrator; if I setup your website, you are allowed these permissions through the "editor" role).

CREATING A PAGE:

1. Log in with your user name and password.

2. From the Administration Menu at the top of the screen, under "Content management", choose "Create content", choose "Page".

3. You will be at the Create Page screen. Type a title (for consistancy, I like to capitalize the first letter of each word, such as "This Page Of Mine").

4. ONLY if this Page is a main branch off the Home Page, click the indicator next to "Menu settings" to expand the "Menu settings" options. Otherwise, proceed to step 4 (you can later create a link from an existing page to your new page). Copy the title from step 2 into the "Menu link title" space provided. Keep the rest of the defaults as is. This will add this Page to the Primary navigation links.

5. In the "Body" section, type in your content similar to how you would with a word processor. A small user guide is available at the CKEditor site. Note that not all the buttons shown in the guide may be active in your editor. By pressing <Enter>, you can create a new paragraph. By pressing and holding the <Shift> button and pressing <Enter>, you can stay in the same paragraph, but move to the next line. This is also called inserting a line break.

6. If you have installed the path module (optional, but highly recommended for SEO), you will have a "URL path setting" option. Click the indicator next to the "URL path setting" to expand the "URL path setting" options. Type the title from step 2, only in lower case letters, and replacing and spaces with the underscore character (such as "this_page_of_mine").

7. If you need help with the formatting, click the indicator next to "Publishing options" to expand the "Publishing options" options and uncheck Published. This will allow you to save your Page as a draft, but not publish it until it has been formatted as you would like.

8. Save when done.

EDITING OR UPDATING A PAGE:

1. Log in with you user name and password.

2. Navigate to the Page you want to change.

3. Click the Edit tab to switch from View to Edit mode.

4. Scroll down past the Title, Body, and Input format to Revision information.

5. Click the plus sign to the left of the text Revision information. From the option that open, check the box for "Create new revision". Then underneath "Log message" type a brief note of what changes you are making.

6. Go back up to the Body section. Make any modifactions you'd like.

7. A good practice is to Preview your changes. You can choose this option at the bottom of the page.

8. If everything is the way you want, click Save. This will overwrite your former page.