Beginner's Guide

HOW TO CREATE AN 'ABOUT US' PAGE
To give you a first real challenge, let's create a first page on your new website. It will be an about us
page on which you can write about your company, your project, or yourself. Most of the time, a page like
this contains a title, text and perhaps a few images.
Static vs. Dynamic content
An "about us" page is usually created once, is accessible via a menu link, and in the future all you will
have to do is change it as you go. It has a static character. A press release or blog entry, however, have a
dynamic character.
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For static pages, in contrast to dynamic pages, the creation date and author do not really matter.
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Static pages are usually accessible via a menu link whereas dynamic pages can be accessed through
lists.
The plan
The 'about us' page should consist of the following components:
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a title,
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a text,
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an image.
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The page should not appear on the front page.
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We want a link to the page in the top horizontal menu (top).
This may sound simple at first :-). Go ahead and log into the administration interface!
Step 1 - Create content
Go to the Article Manager (Content → Article Manager). There you might still see your unpublished
sample data (Figure 1).
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