Create and manage pages in Composer

Building out a Composer site involves creating pages, entering Compose mode to add elements, previewing in desktop and mobile views, and publishing when ready. This article walks through every step from page creation to unpublishing.

In this article

• Navigate to your pages
• Create a new page
• Enter Compose mode
• Add elements to your page
• Preview your page in multiple ways
• Publish a page
• Unpublish a page

Navigate to your pages

At the top of your Pages panel, you’ll find your domain, your organization’s site. You may have more than one domain, if you have more than one website to manage in Composer. 

Underneath the domain are your site’s main content pages in a “tree” structure. Hover next to a page under which you would like to create a new Composer page. Click on the three-dot menu to activate the Action Menu and select New Page.

Create a new page

Give your page a name, and select the Hide from navigation elements checkbox if you want to keep it from appearing in any menus. Then click Save.

Enter Compose mode

Find the Compose toggle in the bottom left corner of your editing panel and toggle it from Preview mode into Compose mode so that you can start making edits on your page.

Add elements to your page

Once saved, you are ready to add elements to your page by clicking on the Add Element button that appears when hovering at the bottom of any element on your page which opens up The Element Library. Refer to our article, "Understanding elements" to help you get started. 

Preview your page in multiple ways

Once you've made your edits, here are some ways you can preview your page:

1. Toggle the Compose button back to Preview Mode 

   Then, you can see what your page will look like once it's live. You can even adjust condense and close your page tree navigation panel by clicking on the small arrow nearby to be able to see your newly designed page full width. 
   

2. Click the eyeball icon to preview the desktop view

   You can view the published version of your page in a new tab. 
   

3. Preview the mobile icon to preview the mobile view on different screen sizes

   Remember that more than 55% of your website traffic viewing your page on a mobile device! Click the small mobile icon in the bottom right corner to view each of your pages as it will stack up on different screen sizes.

   

Publish a page

When you are ready for the world to see your page, click the Publish button in the bottom right corner.

Learn more about the details surrounding publishing a Composer page using the following resources: 

• Page statuses 
• Bulk publish pages
• Use the request to publish pages feature

Unpublish a page

Admin users who have rights to publish Composer pages also have the ability to unpublish pages, removing the page and any sub-pages from the public-facing side of the website.

• Unpublishing will present the user with a 404 error on these pages, but the page content will remain in Composer.
• Deleted pages can only be restored up to a year after they've been deleted. Therefore, unpublishing is the best option when a page may need to be re-used in the future. 

To unpublish a page, open the three-dot "More Actions" menu and select the circle backslash symbol. 

The Unpublish Page window will appear with some reminders:

• Visitors will receive a 404 error when navigating to this page.
• There may be sub-pages beneath the page that will also be unpublished when you take action.
• Check boxes to confirm your understanding.

Add an optional comment in the window that pops up (so you remember why you made this page disappear) and select Unpublish.