Static pages
Every classifieds site needs a handful of pages that are not listings: About, Terms, Privacy, How it works, Contact.
Pages in the admin panel.
Creating a page
Section titled “Creating a page”Pages → Add page. A page has a title and body per active language, and a URL slug (the name as it appears in web addresses) taken from the title.
To link a page from the site footer, tick Show a link in the footer in the page’s settings. It is off for a new page. Deleting a page also removes its footer link, its widgets and its uploaded images.
Two ways to build one
Section titled “Two ways to build one”Pick the Page template field when creating the page:
- Default template: the text editor. A rich-text field, right for prose. Terms and Privacy want exactly this.
- Page builder (blocks): composes the page from widget blocks instead. Right for a landing page or a How-it-works page with images and sections.
The available blocks are the same widget types used elsewhere:
| Block | What it is |
|---|---|
| Rich text | Formatted text. Blank lines become paragraphs. |
| Image | An image from your media library, optionally linking somewhere. |
| Custom Code (HTML / JavaScript) | Raw markup and script. |
Plugins can register further block types.
A page builder page renders correctly on any theme. If the active theme
ships its own template-widgets.php the theme owns the layout; otherwise core
wraps the theme’s header and footer around the blocks.
Forms on a page
Section titled “Forms on a page”A form can be placed on a page to collect submissions: a contact form, an application, an enquiry form. Responses arrive in Forms → Submissions rather than only by e-mail, so nothing is lost if mail delivery fails.
Pages worth having
Section titled “Pages worth having”Beyond taste, some of these are load-bearing:
- Terms and Privacy: required by most payment providers and by law in many jurisdictions, and the first thing a user checks before posting personal contact details.
- Contact: an actual route to a human. A marketplace with no contact page reads as a scam.
- How it works: the page that converts a visitor into a first-time poster.
- About: who runs the site. On a local marketplace this is worth more than any feature.
Editing safely
Section titled “Editing safely”- Changing a title changes the URL. Rename early or not at all.
- Custom Code blocks run on visitors’ browsers. Paste only what you understand, from a source you trust.
- Write each language. A page with an empty translation shows empty to visitors in that language: see languages.