Creating a website from start to finish

In this guide, you will learn how to create a website in RevasOS and configure it.

• Creating a new website
• Setting up the website structure
• Adding and managing pages
  • Adding a new page
  • Editing a page
  • Deleting a page
  • Managing blocks
  • Publish a website

Creating a new website

1. Open the Websites app within RevasOS;
2. Click on the New website button located in the top right corner;
3. In the pop-up window, enter the domain and choose the language from the drop-down menu;
4. click Create website;

The website editor will then open, consisting of several sections that allow complete control of the site. In the navigation sidebar, you will find:

• Pages: here you can manage all the pages of your website. You can read the page understanding the website-page model if you are unclear about how the structure of a website works within RevasOS.;
• Images: here you can manage all the images that have been previously uploaded to RevasOS and are available to be used within your website;
• Marketing: here you can manage all the marketing options for your website such as the main action, the featured section and the notification:
• Main navigation: here you can manage the navigation aspects of your website such as the main navigation always available and the additional links.

Setting up the website structure

The first thing to do is to set up the structure of the website by adding new pages. Pages can be seen as the different areas of the website that the user will have to navigate. At this stage, it is essential to have a clear overall structure in mind and know which areas your website should include. A well-structured website provides a great user experience if the structure is intuitive and clearly understandable for the end user.

Tip

Read the corresponding pages to understand the site-page model and the navigation model.

Adding and managing pages

This part of the guide focuses on adding a new page to a website and configuring it in depth; if you want to quickly add a page to an existing website, you can refer to the quick guide on how to add a page.

To manage the site structure and add more pages, open the pages section of the editor by clicking Pages in the left sidebar. After creating a new website, there will already be a default Homepage, which can be changed by clicking on it.

Adding a new page

To add a new page:

1. Click on the New page button;
2. In the pop-up enter the title and slug of the new page, a slug will be created automatically but you can change it:
3. Click Create;

At this point you can decide whether to create other pages and edit them later or configure the page you just created.

Editing a page

To open the page editor, simply click on the name of the page you want to edit. The page editor that opens is made up of two main sections:

• On the left is a visual representation of how the page will appear in Google search results and in a browser tab. This information is taken from the page details.
  To edit them, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Edit button in the top right corner of the preview tab;
2. In the pop-up that appears, you can insert a description of the page and an image from those uploaded to RevasOS;

• You can see real-time previews of the results in search engines and social previews;

3. Click Save to confirm the changes;

• In the center there is an ordered list of all the page blocks that can be added and edited by following the steps in the quick guide on how to edit a block.

Warning

The page editor is not a visual preview of the page, to access the preview click on _____

Deleting a page

If you have created a page by mistake or if you no longer need a specific area of ​​the website, you can delete a page by following these steps:

1. Click on Settings in the top right of the page editor;
2. Click on Advanced operations in the menu that appears;
3. Click on Delete page;
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to confirm the deletion of the page.

Warning:

This operation is permanent and cannot be undone.

Managing blocks

Clicking on a block opens the block editor, where you can manage all the details of the block and edit its content. The block editor consists of a top bar where you can change the block type and attach a blog preview. The central section of the block editor displays the block elements, please note that this view is not a visual preview of how the end user will see the blocks and that different block types and website themes may display the elements differently.

Tip

To better understand all the different types of blocks that RevasOS offers, see the Block Types section on the site-page template page.

Another way to manage how content is displayed on a page is to change the order of blocks:

1. Close all block editors to switch to the page editor view;
2. Locate the block you want to move;
3. Use the arrows on the left side of the block tab to rearrange the blocks;

Publish a website

Once you have configured the website structure and created the necessary pages, you can publish your website created with RevasOS, to do so you simply have to follow these steps:

1. Open the Websites app in your RevasOS environment;
2. Click on the site you want to publish;
3. Click on Publish in the sidebar of the site editor.