# Manage pages

Change the title, address and menu entry of a page, publish it now or on a date, keep it from search engines or behind a sign-in, and publish, duplicate or delete pages from the Pages list.

Each page has properties that decide its address, its place in the menu and who may see it, and the **Pages** list gathers the pages of a website. The example, `Pages demo: Office hours`, gets a new address in its properties, is published from the list, then deleted.

## Before you start {#before-you-start}

- You need the **Editor and Designer** access right on **Website**: [How the website works](how-the-website-works#access-rights).

## The properties of a page {#properties}

Open the page on the website, then **Site** › **This page** › **Properties**, that is **Website/Site/This page/Properties**. The **This page** group of the **Site** menu shows only while a page is on screen.

![The Site menu while a page is open; This page groups what belongs to the page on screen.](https://jaah.app/web/image/17291-2bb8955c/website-manage-pages-site_menu-en.png)

The **Page Properties** window holds:

- **Page Title**: the name of the page in the **Pages** list and in the browser tab.
- **Page URL**: the address after the domain.
- **In Menu**: adds or removes the page's entry in the main menu; **Edit Menu** next to it opens the menu editor ([Edit the menu](edit-the-menu)).
- **Is Homepage**: makes this page the home page of the website.
- **Published**, and **Publishing Date**: a published page with a date still to come stays hidden from visitors until that date.
- **Indexed**: on by default. Turned off, the page asks search engines not to list it and leaves the site map and the website's own search.
- **Visibility**: empty means public. **Signed In** keeps the page for visitors who signed in, clients of the portal included; **Restricted Group** for the members of the **Authorized Groups** you list; **With Password** asks for the **Password** you set.
- **Is a Template**: adds the page to the templates of the **New Page** window ([Add a page](add-a-page#own-template)).

![The properties of the page, from its title and address to who may see it.](https://jaah.app/web/image/17293-8d1e7a06/website-manage-pages-page_properties-en.png)

**Save** applies your changes; **Discard** drops them. **Duplicate Page** asks for a name and makes an unpublished copy, with a menu entry of its own when the page has one.

### Change the address {#address}

Type the new address in **Page URL**, here `pages-demo-hours`. **Redirect Old URL** appears: turn it on and the old address keeps working by sending visitors and search engines to the new one. **Type** says how: **301 Moved permanently** when the change is for good, **302 Moved temporarily** when you will come back to the old address.

![A new address, and a redirect that sends visitors of the old one to it.](https://jaah.app/web/image/17295-7d8965c3/website-manage-pages-redirect_old_url-en.png)

Without the redirect, links to the old address lead to the page-not-found page. The redirects are listed, with developer mode on, in **Website/Configuration/Redirects**.

## The Pages list {#pages-list}

**Website/Site/Content/Pages** lists the pages of the current website with their **Page Title**, **Page URL**, **Is Indexed**, **Is In Main Menu**, **SEO optimized** and **Is Published**. The filters **Published** and **Not published** sort them out, and a click on a row opens that page on the website.

![Every page of the website with its address, its place in the menu and whether it is published.](https://jaah.app/web/image/16922-7c2bc8c8/website-manage-pages-pages_list-en.png)

## Publish, unpublish, duplicate or delete {#publish-or-delete}

Tick one or more pages, then open **Actions**:

- **Publish** asks you to confirm with **Ok**;
- **Unpublish** takes the pages and their menu entries away from visitors at once, and changes nothing else;
- **Duplicate** makes copies, as **Duplicate Page** does;
- **Delete** opens **Delete Page**.

![With a page ticked, the Actions menu publishes, unpublishes, duplicates or deletes it.](https://jaah.app/web/image/16926-5c0269ad/website-manage-pages-list_actions-en.png)

**Delete Page** reminds you that links to the page will lead to the page-not-found page, and lists the records that link to it when it finds any. Tick **I am sure about this.**, then click **Delete**, or **No, keep it**.

![Deleting asks for a confirmation; the page and its menu entries are removed for good.](https://jaah.app/web/image/16928-e63eb6f1/website-manage-pages-delete_page-en.png)

The page goes with its menu entries. A redirect that leads to it stays, and unlike most records, a deleted page does not go to the [Recycle bin](/docs/recycle-bin): when in doubt, unpublish it.

## FAQ {#faq}

### Unpublish or delete? {#unpublish-or-delete}

Unpublish hides the page and keeps everything, ready to come back with one click. Delete removes it for good.

### I published the page and visitors still do not see it. {#still-hidden}

Look at its properties: a **Publishing Date** still to come, or a **Visibility** other than public, keeps it from them.

### I changed the address and old links broke. {#broken-links}

Open the properties again, put the old address back in **Page URL**, save, then change it once more with **Redirect Old URL** on.

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- Source: https://jaah.app/docs/website/manage-pages
- Updated: 2026-10-29
- Version: Website 19.0.1.0
- Verified: 2026-10-29