Your website is a unique and individual example of the many possibilities available. While you are not limited to having a content article on each page of your website, nor are you forced to have each page listed in the main menu, this how-to assumes that is the desire of most, and will help you write a new article and add it to your website menu (A 2-step process).

First, login to the backend of your website.

We have to write the information we want displayed before adding it to the menu so click “Content” from the top menu, and then select “Article Manager”. Remember to think of your website as a newspaper with several articles. You are now looking at a list of articles on your website. Please note that there are only so many articles shown per page, so if you would like to look through them, you may have to visit page 2, page 3, etc.

From the article manager you can edit, delete, or create new articles. In the top right you will see many buttons. Click the NEW button to create a new content article. 

Type in a title for the article. This title will appear at the top of the article when it is viewed. We recommend that you leave the alias section blank, and let the software create one for you.

You will also see selections for “Published”. Articles that can be seen by the public when they visit your website are “published”. Often, people will leave an article unpublished if they plan on writing it over many days, and change it to published once they are finished. This ensures that the only people who see the article during its rough draft phase are those who can also edit it. 

Large websites may find it useful to categorize their website pages. Organizing pages into categories and sections does NOT affect the front end of the site. It is simply a tool for helping to manage articles in the backend. It may help to delegate responsibilities, or to search for articles faster.

Either assign the article into the best section and category for your needs, or select “uncategorized” from the list for both. This tutorial assumes you either know how to use categories, or do not wish to use them. (You can always reassign the category at a later time). For now, just select “uncategorized”.

Now, write the article how ever you would like. The interface is similar to a word processor. Please note: the internet is not compatible with certain techniques which are common in traditional word processors. For example: there is no such thing as a TAB.

When you are finished, you may want to fill out metadata information to help search engines better categorized this article and hopefully, help reach your target readers. Look to the very right of the content, and see the grey colored menu system. You should see “Parameters (Article)”, “Parameters (Advanced)”, and “Metadata Information”. Click “Metadata Information” to expand its menu.

Fill in a Brief 2 sentence description of this article. This will help search engines describe your page to its users. Next, make a list of keywords, or topics related to your article. When you are done you can click SAVE from the top right menu.

Articles must be “Published” in order to add them to your menu or to be visible to the public.
Articles which appear on your “front page” or “home page” must have “Front Page” set to YES. Those on any other page must have Front Page set to NO.

Now that you have a new PUBLISHED article, you have to add it to your main menu for it to be found by your visitors.


Now that you have a new article, you want to add it to your main menu so it can be easily chosen and read by your visitors. Go to the top menu and under “Menus” click on “Main Menu”. This will bring you to the menu manager showing you all of the links in your main menu.

From here you can rename or edit menu items, reorder, delete, or add new menu items. To add a new menu item - click NEW from the top right menu. When adding an article page click “Articles” from the list of choices. This will expand your options. Now select “Article Layout”.

You must fill out the Title section. Note: this title will be the exact wording of the menu item, but is independent of the article title. For example: you may have an article titled “How to care for a new puppy” and have the menu item titled “New Puppies”. In this case, people will click New Puppies from the menu, and then read a website page called How to care for a new puppy.

Again, we recommend leaving alias blank for now. Notice a section below title called “Parent Item”. Many websites have a simple menu, and some have sub menus below a specific topic. If this menu item belongs in a submenu, then you must select which item it belongs under (its parent). Please note: not every site template supports submenus. 

Notice the grey menu on the very right again. Under the topic of Parameters (Basic) click the SELECT button, and choose the article you wish to add to your menu. Next, select the Parameters (Component) topic. We recommend making selections starting with “Author Name” and below. Select either to hide or show each item in the list. Click SAVE from the top right and enjoy your new menu item.