Promotion Options: Drupal will let you promote the article to the front page, a sticky at the top of lists, both or neither when creating articles. This is useful should you receive posts from users via email or need to change accreditation. Authoring Information: Here is where you can change the author of the content as well as the date time-stamp. For now, let’s just leave it blank for the article. URL Path Settings: Drupal allows users to create alternate paths for URLs known as the “alias.” This is often used when creating pages, which I’ll go over a bit later. Comment Settings: You can select this option to be open or closed for visitors who have the “post comments” permission enabled. 
Use this sparingly as you don’t want to fill the menu bar with a bunch of content.
Menu Settings: Here, you can click the check box to force Drupal to automatically create a menu link of the article. This can be helpful for extablishing clarity if multiple authors work on the same piece. Revision log message: In this section, you can put in notes regarding any revisions you make to the article. This may not be visible in your own installation, so don’t worry if you do not see it.Ĭreate your article. This is because I added the “Blog” module to the site earlier. Now, you’ll see that I have an additional component for “Blog” in the screenshot above. This will open your preferred text editor in Drupal. Then, you want to click the “+ Add content” button.Ĭlick the control for “Article” to begin editing. To create an article, click the “Content” link in the top Drupal admin tool bar. Some modules and extensions will include other methods to create that content.Īfter installing your own copy of Drupal, it’s time to start creating content to attract visitors. 
Remember, this is only going to cover the two primary methods of content that come with the system.
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Today, I’m going to show you how to create create articles and pages in Drupal. Contact forms, services pages, terms of service agreements and the like are also included. For example, an “About Us” area is most likely saved as a page. While the content can be changed to suit the site’s purpose, these pages are usually always located in the same area. Pages are usually reserved for content that will remain static indefinitely. When you visit a news website and read the story, that is an article. It’s the part of the site that is in constant motion as more content is added regularly. Knowing how to do this in Drupal will help you build a recognizable company.Īrticles are posts that relate more to how blogs and news releases behave. Content marketing is among some of the best methods to promote any kind of brand on the Internet.
By default, Drupal has two primary methods of creating content: articles and pages.
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