Pages Application

Pages Application

Last updated 07.23.24

The Pages Application displays the entire website in a content tree view with each page displayed in an editing mode, a preview mode or a listing mode to allow for moving, editing, adding and deleting web pages.

How to access Pages

From the Atlas Kentico main dashboard open the Application List by clicking on the white sun icon on orange on the upper left. From here, shortcut to the Pages application by typing “Pages” in the search applications field. Click on “Pages” to open application.

Buttons Properties

Screenshots of Buttons Properties
PROPERTYDESCRIPTION
EditThe Edit View button displays each web page in an editable state to add, delete, edit or move content on the page.
PreviewThe Preview button takes the page out of edit mode into a preview of the page as it would look in a normal browser (optional: open in new tab)
ListingThe Listing button shows the website structure in a list format with advanced search functions and actions

Search: 
  • Search by Page Type: selecting a page type from the menu will search for and display only that page type
  • Search by Name:  use the name menu to set parameters and type in the name to search
  • Search by Persona (if any have been created) select personas from the menu to search
Edit: clicking edit on a list item will open that page in edit mode

Delete: clicking delete on a page list item will delete that item

Actions: perform batch changes by clicking on the checkbox next to one or more media files or selecting all files, selecting from the action menu and clicking okay.

Select Action:
  • Copy
  • Move
  • Delete
  • Import

Icon Properties

Icon Properties Screenshot
PROPERTYDESCRIPTION
NewUse the small plus icon to add a page to the website. This opens the new page type dashboard with the full list of available page types. Using the search can save time finding a specific page type. Click on the page type required and click the continue button. Go to Page Types for more information on selecting page types.
DeleteSelect an item in the Site Index and click the trashcan icon to delete the page
CopySelect an item in the Site Index and click the double-page icon to open the Copy dialog box. Select the location for the duplicate page in the site index.
  • Search for the page location by name
  • Navigate to the page location using the list view
  • Click on the page location in the Site Index
More copy settings:
  • Checkbox to toggle between copying all child pages or not
  • Checkbox to toggle between copying page permissions or not
  • Accept or edit filename of page(s) to copy in text box
Click Copy button to complete task and close Copy dialog box
MoveSelect an item in the Site Index and click the page and arrow icon to open the Move dialog box. Select the location for the page in the site index.
  • Search for the page location by name
  • Navigate to the page location using the list view
  • Click on the page location in the Site Index
More copy settings:
  • Checkbox to toggle between copying page permissions or not
  • Accept or edit filename of page(s) to move in text box
Click Move button to complete task and close Move dialog box
Move Up/Move DownSelect a page and click the move up or move down arrow icon to move the page in the site index
SearchClick the magnifying glass search icon to open the advance search dashboard

Website Indexes: (SQL Search) default

Search Phrase: type in the word or phrase you are searching for

Search Mode: Select
  • Any word
  • Exact phrase
  • All words
  • Any words or synonyms
Only Published: use checkbox to toggle between pages that have been only been published and all pages

Click Search for results in the dashboard – clicking a link in the results will open that page in the Content Tab

Page Type

The Page Tab opens the editing interface of the selected page to review, edit, add or delete page content.

Pages tabs screenshot
PROPERTYDESCRIPTION
Save ButtonClick to save changes to page as you edit
Create A/B Variant ButtonThe A/B variant allows you to optimize pages according to visitor reactions. An original page is tested against one or more of its variants and then evaluated based on the gathered data.
  • Click button to automatically create an A/B variant to the document selected in the content tree
  • Select Variant A (original), Variant B or create an additional new variant to edit that page
  • Select Manage A/B Tests to open A/B Tests Application to adjust settings

Content Tab

The Content Tab has general info such as page title and publishing dates.

Pages tabs screenshot
PROPERTYDESCRIPTION
Title (Required)
Edit page title in text entry field
Facebook Post Image
The ideal image size for a Facebook image post is 720px, 960px, or 2048px wide, with flexibility in the corresponding height
Publish from
Date the page will become published and available to website visitors
Publish to
Date the page will become unpublished and no longer available to website visitors

Properties Tab

The Properties Tab features a drop-down menu accessing many adjustable settings for the selected page. See below for further documentation.

Properties dropdown screenshot
PROPERTYDESCRIPTION
GeneralShows a non-editable synopsis of general page information including page type, creation date and page owner, with links to Live URL and Preview URL
Page AliasOption to edit the standard page alias text generated automatically - updating this can create a more user-friendly customized URL.
Alternative URLsContact the Atlas Development Team to create alternative URLs
MetadataMetadata are snippets of text that describe a page’s content. Metadata isn’t displayed on a webpage but can be found in the pages’ code and helps search engines to understand the visible content of a webpage.
Page settings
  • Page title – uncheck the checkbox to update the automatically-generated page title. A page title, also known as a title              tag, is a short description of a webpage and appears at the top of a browser window and in SERPs. It is an important              element of an optimized SEO page. A page title should include a page’s keyword in the title tag.
  • Page description - uncheck the checkbox to add a custom page description (recommended) The page description is               displayed under the title on search engine results pages. A page description can be between 149 150-160 characters               in length. Include a variation of the main keyword in your description. 
  • Page keywords (separated by comma) - uncheck the checkbox to add custom page keywords (recommended)
Keywords are ideas and topics that define what your content is about. In terms of SEO, they’re the words and phrases that searchers enter into search engines, also called “search queries.” If you boil everything on your page — all the images, video, copy, etc. — down to simple words and phrases, those are your primary keywords.

Tags
  • Page tag group - uncheck the checkbox to select tag groups from blog
  • Page tags - type in custom tags or select tags from blog by clicking the select button (Enter tags separated with   comma. Example: dogs, “angry birds”, cats)
CategoriesNote: this setting only functions to affect the categories related to the Atlas News Page Type.
Select categories by clicking the “Add Categories” button. This opens the Select Categories dialog box displaying any existing categories with the option to add more categories. Once selected, the categories appear in the categories dashboard and can be selected and deleted. More than one category can be selected.
SearchExclude from search - checkbox toggles on and off the appearance of this page in the site wide search function
Related PagesNonfunctional: ignore this setting
SecurityError Message: “You’re not authorized to modify permissions of the page ‘/locations’.” Developers only.
AttachmentsNot recommended
PersonasNonfunctional: ignore this setting

SEO/Navigation Tab

The Navigation Tab adjusts basic navigation properties for the selected page.

Pages tabs screenshot
PROPERTYDESCRIPTION
Basic Properties
  • Show in navigation - checkbox toggles on and off the appearance of this page in the navigation
  • Show in sitemap - checkbox toggles on and off the appearance of this page in the sitemap
Menu actions
  • Standard behavior (default) – radio button to select
  • URL redirection – radio button to select. URL redirection requires the addition of an alternate URL. A use case for this may be to create a link to another website in the menu navigation.
Search & SEOExclude from search - checkbox toggles on and off the appearance of this page in the site wide search function and search engine crawlers

Toolbar App Properties

PROPERTYDESCRIPTION
Select Staging Task Group Menu
Developers only
Help Toolbar Menu
Click on the question mark icon in the upper right to open the help toolbar. All content in the help toolbar comes from Kentico rather than Winfield United Atlas. 
User Menu
Non-functional. Note: do not update password here as this will lead to lockout. Contact atlas@landolakes.com for assistance in accessing or updating your password.