Pages are the lasting destinations of your website — Home, About, Services, Contact, Terms. Each page has an address, a status that decides whether visitors can see it, search and social-sharing details, a few presentation options, and content that you design in the Page Builder.
Pages → Manage Pages. Pages that play a special role, such as the front page, are labelled next to their title.
Use a page for content that stays put and is reached from the menu: About, Pricing, Contact, a landing page for a campaign. Use a blog post for dated articles that are listed together, grouped by category and tag, and commented on. Pages do not have categories, tags or comments.
Create the page → Set the status and options → Design the content in the Page Builder → Add it to a menu → Preview and publish
Open Pages → Manage Pages. Use the search box above the list to find a page by title, and Create New to add one.
| Column / control | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Image | The page’s featured image, if one was uploaded. It is also the picture used when the page is shared on social networks. |
| Title | The page title. A small grey label after it (for example Front Page, Blog Page, Contact Page, Privacy Page, Terms Page) tells you the page has a special role — see Special pages below. |
| Language flags | When you have more than one language enabled in Languages, each extra language gets a flag column. A green + adds a translation of the page in that language; a pencil edits the existing translation. |
| Author | The user who created the page. |
| Status | Active pages are published and can be visited. Inactive pages are hidden from visitors. |
| View (eye) | Opens the public page in a new tab. For special pages it opens the address that TruCMS uses for that role (for example the blog index for the Blog page). |
| Page Settings (gear) | Opens the settings form: title, address, search details, image and presentation options. |
| Edit Content (pencil) | Opens the Page Builder for the page’s content. Pages whose content is produced by TruCMS itself, rather than designed by you, do not show this icon. |
| Delete (bin) | Permanently deletes the page. Ask for confirmation first, and see the warning below. |
Before you delete a page
A deleted page cannot be restored. If the page is selected in Settings → Page Setup or linked from a menu, visitors will find a broken link. Replace those references first.
Pages → Create Page. The left column holds the page text and search details; the right column holds the image and the presentation options.
New pages start switched on
The Page Status switch in the settings is on by default, so a new page is public as soon as it is saved — with no content yet. Switch it off while you are still building the page, then switch it on when it is ready.
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Title | The name of the page. Used as the heading, in menus when you add the page, in the browser tab and as the default search-result title. Required. |
| Slug | The address of the page: the slug about-us gives https://your-site.com/about-us. Use lower-case letters, numbers and hyphens. If you leave it empty TruCMS creates it from the title. Each slug must be unique across pages and posts. Change an existing slug with care: links that were shared or indexed will stop working. |
| Excerpt | A short passage that summarises the page. Themes and lists can use it as the summary line. |
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Meta title | The title that search engines display for the page. Aim for 50–60 characters. If empty, the page title is used. |
| Meta Description | The summary shown under the title in search results. Aim for 120–160 characters. |
| OG title | The title shown when the page is shared on social networks and chat apps. |
| OG Description | The short description shown with the shared link (50–160 characters). |
| Featured Image | The picture shown with shared links. Use 1200 × 630 pixels for the best result. |
The Page Settings card lets one page differ from the rest of the site. Every control starts at Default (or Inherit theme defaults), which follows Theme Options. Change a control only when this page needs different behaviour. For example, a landing page might have a transparent floating header and no breadcrumbs.
| Setting | Effect on this page |
|---|---|
| Page Status | On = published and visible to visitors; off = hidden. Visitors who open the address of a hidden page see the “page not found” screen. Administrators can still open the page in the Page Builder. |
| Floating Header | Yes lets the header float over the top of the first section instead of sitting above it. Ideal for pages that begin with a banner or hero image. |
| Header Style | Chooses the header look for this page: Default, Flat (clean and modern) or Rounded (softer). |
| 100% Header Width | Stretches the header across the full screen width rather than the normal content width. |
| Header Background Color | Overrides the header background colour on this page. |
| Is Header Dark? | Tell TruCMS the background is dark, so the logo and links switch to their light versions and stay readable. |
| Header Shadow | Turns the shadow below the header on or off. |
| Sticky Header | Keeps the header at the top of the screen while the visitor scrolls. |
| Show Breadcrumbs | Shows or hides the “Home / Page” trail above the content. |
| Show Page Title | Shows or hides the page title heading. Turn it off when your own content starts with a large heading of its own. |
| Page breadcrumb settings | Choose Inherit theme defaults to follow the site-wide breadcrumb design, or Override for this page to change the breadcrumb background, text colour, spacing and mobile visibility for this page only. Reset removes all page-specific breadcrumb choices. |
Header choices are described in detail elsewhere
The header look itself (layouts, top bar, sticky behaviour) is designed in Header Layouts and Top Bar. The page settings only override those choices for one page.
Pages → Page Settings (gear icon) for an existing page. The same form as Create Page, filled with the page’s values.
The text fields above describe the page; the body of the page is designed in the Page Builder. Choose the pencil icon on the list. The Builder lets you insert ready-made sections and full-page layouts from the Template Library, add dynamic blocks (blog posts, advertisements, contact form, booking and shop blocks) and bind sections to your own providers, services and products.
Some pages have a job of their own. You pick them in Settings → Page Setup (and the privacy and terms pages in Settings → General), and TruCMS marks them in the list with a label:
| Label | Used for | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Front Page | The home page, shown at your site’s root address. | Required. Designed in the Page Builder. |
| Blog Page | The page that lists your blog posts, at /blog. | Its heading, search box and layout come from TruCMS; the page controls the title, search details and header options. |
| Contact Page | The page that carries your contact form, at /contact. | Add the Contact block to the page in the Builder. |
| Privacy Page / Terms Page | The pages linked from the footer, the cookie notice and the registration forms. | Select them in Settings → General (privacy and cookie section). |
| Booking and Shop pages | Pages that Booking and TruCommerce use for services, providers, the booking wizard, shop, cart, checkout, account and order tracking. | Appear once the module is installed. See Booking Settings and TruCommerce Settings. |
If you do not select a page for a role, TruCMS cannot show that destination. When you import a website template, TruCMS creates these pages and assigns them for you.
Each page can hold one translation per language. The page address stays the same in every language; TruCMS shows the visitor the translation that matches the language they chose in the language switcher, and falls back to the default language if a translation is missing. Add or edit a translation from the language flags in the list, then edit its content in the Page Builder for that language. See Multilingual Content.
| Permission | Allows |
|---|---|
| manage page | See the Pages menu and the Manage Pages list. |
| create page | Use Create Page. |
| edit page | Open Page Settings and Edit Content. |
| delete page | Delete pages. |
Permissions are given to roles in Roles & Permissions.
| Symptom | Likely cause and fix |
|---|---|
| A new page shows “page not found” | The Page Status switch is off, or you changed the slug and are using the old address. |
| A change in the Builder is not visible | Your browser or a page cache may be serving an older copy. Hard-refresh the page, then see the FAQ for cache questions. |
| The page has no Edit Content icon | The page is one whose content TruCMS produces itself, or you do not have the edit page permission. |
| The header looks different from other pages | The page has its own header settings. Set them back to Default. |
| Visitors cannot reach the page from the menu | Pages are not added to menus automatically. See Menus. |
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