Creating the About Us Page
Now that you have a master page, you can use it to create pages and populate the site template.
In this lesson, you’ll use compositions—pre-built structures that speed up the process of page building—to create pages to populate the site template. With compositions, you’ll add the elements to the right places in an existing structure to build your page.
Start by creating a page using the master page template from the last lesson.
Creating a Page Using a Master Page Template
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Open the Site Menu (
) and select Site Builder → Pages.
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Click Add (
) → Add Site Template Page and select the Main template.
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Name the page
About Us
and click Add. The page editor appears.
All pages have the same structure you set in the Master page: a header, the content in the middle, and a footer. Now, populate the About Us page.
Populating the About Us Page
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Look at the Fragments and Widgets tab on the left of the page editor and search for About Us Composition.
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Drag and drop the About Us Composition into the editing area.
A whole structure is set and you can edit its elements. The composition should look like this:
Add some information and images to the composition. Start by editing the first row:
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Select the first paragraph element and double-click its content to edit it. Erase its placeholder text and enter this text instead:
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Select
Discover the clarity of vision you deserve with Clarity.
. In the toolbar that pops up, click Bold to emphasize that part of the text. -
Select the first image element and double-click its content to open the Documents and Media modal. Open the About Us Images folder and select image
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Now, edit the second row:
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Repeat the last step and choose image
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Enter this text in the paragraph in the middle:
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Select image
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for the image on the right.
Next, edit the third row:
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Select image
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for the image on the left and enter this text into the paragraph on the right:
Edit the fourth row:
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Enter this text into the paragraph:
Last, edit the cards. They hold information about the main Clarity offices: an image (a picture of the office), a title (the name of the office), a paragraph (information about the office), and a link (to send the user to the office’s page).
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Use the information and the instructions in the table below to fill in the cards:
Office Component Content New York Image nyoffice
New York Title New York Office New York Paragraph 10019, NY. USA
Tel: +1-212-555-0139
nyoffice@clarity.comRecife Image recifeoffice
Recife Title Recife Office Recife Paragraph Rua da Aurora, Recife. Brazil
Tel: +55 81 2020-5000
recifeoffice@clarity.comTokyo Image tokyooffice
Tokyo Title Tokyo Office Tokyo Paragraph Bunkyo, Tokyo 112-0001
Tel: +81 75 429-7496
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Add the image by double-clicking the image component and selecting the image as indicated in the table.
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Change the title/paragraph by double-clicking the text component and replacing its content with the text in the table.
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Change the text of the link by double-clicking the link component. Change its content to
Visit the Office's Page
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Once the elements are in place, click Publish at the top right corner of the page. This is how the About Us Page should look when you are finished:
Next: create the Contact Us page.