Creating page from a template using the site toolbar

Create pages quickly by using a page template. Pages created from page templates contain pre-configured portlets and settings.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the page where you want to add the new page.
  2. Click Edit Mode in the site toolbar.
  3. Click More, and then click either New Child Page or New Sibling Page, depending on where you want to create the page.
  4. Enter the page name.
  5. Type a unique URL in the Friendly URL Name field. The friendly URL creates a custom address for your page that is easy to remember and share.
    Note: When creating a URL Mapping or creating or modifying a page, make sure that URL Mappings and friendly URLs in your portal do not match, partially overlap, or otherwise interfere with each other. For example, do not use strings such as home, ibm, ibm.com, and do not use strings that are used as URL Mappings or friendly URLs in your portal already. Otherwise infinite browser redirect loops might occur, sometimes without an error message. To determine such strings, create an export from your portal by using the XML configuration interface. Then scan the exported XML result output file for the string that you want to use for your URL Mapping or for your friendly URL.
  6. In the Page Template section, click Change to select the page template you want to use for the new page. The default template is the Basic template.
    Note: If you are creating a public page, you must have at least User role access to the template page you are using.
  7. Click Create.