2 WP Pages
The first thing most new WordPress website users want to know how to do is add, remove or edit pages. (Just in case you’ve also heard of “posts,” they are similar to pages, but are what you usually see on the “blog” part of your website. See http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages for more details.)
Navigate to the “Pages” section (left column of your dashboard, click on the “pages” item) and you’ll see a list of all the pages that exist within your website.
Example of Pages list in WordPress
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If you move your mouse over the title of a page, several “quick options” will become available for you to selection.
Edit | Quick Edit | Trash | View
Note that these “shortcuts” are also accessible from other areas of the page’s section.
How do I add a page?
Select the Add New button under Pages in the navigation column. The new page template will appear:
New Page Template
Enter your new page title (which will appear in your website menu, unless you are using a custom menu). Below that is the main content area (called the Visual Editor). Here you may enter the content of the page. Just above the content area, you’ll notice formatting options that are found in similar writing applications such as Apple’s iWork, Google’s Documents and Microsoft’s Office. Use those options to format the content of the page.
To see what the page will look like when it’s published, use the Preview button (in the Publish area on the right side of your window).
When you are satisfied with the content and appearance, use the Publish button to load the entire page to your website.
What happens if I close the window without remembering to select Publish? Usually, the page is saved as a draft. When you next log into the page to edit it, you will see a message that reminds you there is an unsaved version, and you can then go to a list of that page’s version to indicate which version is the most recent and the one you wish to use.
Why does my new page have a different appearance than the other pages? See the Page Attributes section on the right side of the window. The “Template” list will show the choices you have for setting the overall style or layout of the page. The available choices depend on what your website designer created for your website. In many of the websites that I create, I use a “One Column” template for the website pages, and a “Default Template” for blog post pages.