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Basic Steps to Create Pages

LibGuides CMS provides three Page options: Regular, Blog, and Discussion. This section demonstrates the Regular option. Click on the Blog and Discussion tabs to learn more about these options. 

Adding Pages in LibGuides CMS v2: Basic Steps

Pages must be added from within an active Guide. Navigate to the Guide you want to edit; then follow the steps below.

From the individual Guide Dashboard:

1. Click the + near the top of the page, next to the current Home or other tab (or, if using Side Navigation, at the bottom of the navigation menu on the left)

2. In the Add/Reuse Page box that opens, make the following selections (some are optional).

 

 

Want additional help? See Springshare's Help page on Adding Pages to Guides, below.

Reusing Pages in LibGuides CMS v2: Basic Steps

Pages may be reused* from your own Guides, from other RILINK Schools LibGuides CMS Guides, or from the larger LibGuides community**. 

*RILINK Schools sites use Version 2 of the LibGuides CMS software. Any reused pages must also use Version 2. Version 1 pages will not be compatible. 
**To reuse a page from a Guide that is outside of the RILINK Schools family, you will first need to copy the entire Guide into your own Group. See "Step 2B. Copy an existing guide" on the Create Guides page for more information.


When reusing pages (regardless of source), always ask permission first, and always provide source attribution on your own version of the page.

1. Click the + near the top of the page, next to the current Home or other tab (or, if using Side Navigation, at the bottom of the navigation menu on the left)

2a. In the Add/Reuse Page box that opens, follow these steps.

2b. Select the Page you want to reuse

2c. Make the following selections (some are optional).

Want additional help? See Springshare's Help page on Adding Pages to Guides below.

The steps to create or reuse sub-pages are the same as the steps to create or reuse pages, but instead of selecting a top level page position, select "a sub-page of" position of the main page beneath which you want the sub-page(s) to appear. The following additional information applies to sub-pages only.

A main page's sub-pages will automatically be listed on the main page as long as no other content is added to the main page. 

Users will then have two ways to navigate to the sub-pages: through the list of links on the main page, or by using the drop-down menu of sub-pages when hovering over the main page's tab. 

If any content of any kind is added to the main page, the list of sub-pages will disappear, and users will need to hover over the main page's tab to access the sub-pages. A separate box of links to sub-pages can be manually created on the main page if needed. 

* Please note that when in edit mode the list of sub-pages on the main page will not be visible. To view the list of sub-pages as it will appear to users, preview the main page, making sure the main page is not in hidden draft mode. Preview is now available if the Guide is in Unpublished, Private, or Published status.

Please see the screen shots below for examples.

Sub-pages in Edit mode:

Sub-pages in Preview mode:

Want additional help? See Springshare's Help page on Adding Pages to Guides, below.