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Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows

 

Step 2: Creating subpages on your new page

Step 2 of this tutorial walks you through adding a subpage to the page you created in the Home area of the site in Step 1.

You can best decide how to structure your information by the placement of pages in the site. Whereas Step 1 highlights the use of pages as core navigational elements, Step 2 emphasizes how subpages can continue organizing information and further enhance navigating and locating site content.

Tips and notes:

When using subpages to build nested navigation in the site, it is recommended that you limit the number of levels that you create.

 

To create a subpage on the new page you created in Step 1:

  1. Navigate to your new page in the Home area of the site. In Step 1 of this tutorial, this page was named My Page. Navigating to My Page in the site navigation

  2. Hover by the page title and click on the arrow to display the page menu. Accessing the page menu

  3. Click New Page from the page menu to begin creating a subpage.Using the page menu to begin creating a new subpage

  4. In Page Properties, type in the name of your new subpage in the Title field and click OK. In this example, you can type My Subpage as the title of this new page.

    You can specify other page properties such as theme, page layout, navigation type, page type, and caching options for your new subpage. For this example, you can use the default values for these page properties or try out different options. Refer to the portlet help for more detailed instructions for using Page Properties as you explore the various options. Working with Page Properties

  5. Add and arrange portlets, rows, and columns using Edit Layout and click Done.

    • For this example, you can use the default selections in Edit Layout.

    • Edit Layout is just one of the portlets available to you in the Page Customizer. Explore other capabilities available to you from portlets located on the Appearance, Locks, and Wires pages of the Page Customizer.

    • Refer to the portlet help as you explore these capabilities for more information.

    Working with the Page Customizer

You have successfully created your new subpage.

You can also create a subpage in Administration. During this phase of the tutorial, you learned that by taking advantage of the page menu to create a subpage, you do not have to go to Administration to perform this task. The page menu takes you right to Page Properties so you can quickly and begin creating your subpage Creating a new subpage

 

Tutorial checkpoint

During this segment of the tutorial, you have learned the following:




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