Creating and editing a listing page

A listing page showcases post types.

Access your published pages and drafts and create a new page on your site. (Watch in full-screen for the best view!)

Types of listing pages

There are five types of listing pages:

  • Directory (for faculty or staff profiles)
  • Events Listing (for events)
  • News Listing (for news posts)
  • Person Features (for student or alumni features)
  • Work Listing (for work posts)

The template for each type of listing page is unique.

Listing pages have limited fields to edit, and most don’t require much (if any) maintenance.

Creating a listing page

To create a new listing page:

  1. Hover over Pages in the Dashboard menu and select Add New. A template for a new basic page will load. 
  2. Give your page a title.
  3. In the Page Attributes section, select the type of listing page you’d like to create in the Template dropdown menu. The page will reload with the template for that listing page.
  4. Edit the fields specific to the template you chose. (See below for more information.)
  5. Under Page Attributes, choose a parent for this page to determine where it appears in the site navigation hierarchy. 
  6. Under Publish, select Publish.

Directory

A directory lists staff or faculty profiles published on the site. 

  • Choose whether you want to create a Staff or Faculty directory.
  • Write introductory text, if desired.
  • (Optional) Under Select display type, toggle to either List or Grid view.
    • The List view stacks horizontal faculty/staff cards vertically.
    • The Grid view displays vertical faculty/staff cards in rows.
  • (Optional) Choose tags to filter the profiles that display. Learn more about tags.

Events listing

An events listing shows upcoming events published on the site.

  • (Optional) Choose an event to feature at the top of the page. The event must be upcoming and already published on the site.
  • (Optional) Choose tags to filter the events that display. Learn more about tags.

News listing

A news listing shows news posts published on the site, most recent first.

  • (Optional) Choose a news story to feature at the top of the page. The news story must be already published on the site.
  • (Optional) Choose tags to filter the news stories that display. Learn more about tags.

Person features

A person features page lists student or alumni features published on the site.

  • Choose whether you want to create an Alumni or Student features page.
  • Write introductory text, if desired.

Work listing

A work listing showcases work posts published on the site.

  • (Optional) Choose a work post to feature at the top of the page. The post must be already published on the site.
  • (Optional) Choose tags to filter the work posts that display. Learn more about tags.

Editing a listing page

To edit an existing listing page:

  1. Hover over Pages in the Dashboard menu and select All Pages. You will see a list of all basic pages, landing pages, and listing pages on your website.
  2. Find the listing page you want to edit. You can do this by searching for the page title or scrolling through the list.
  3. Hover over the name of the page and select Edit.
  4. Make the changes.
  5. Click Update to save your changes.

Choosing a listing page as a root page

Every post type on your website needs a root page in order to enable on-page navigation called breadcrumbs. Learn how to set a root page.

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