Important Concepts

Content is stored in the database not HTML files

Your Content Management System is an application of sorts called Drupal.  Drupal works by keeping your content, or pages, in a database.  Pictures and files you upload are put into a "files" folder on the web site.

There are no HTML pages that you can edit directly but instead the pages that make your site are dynamically built from content that's in the database and the files folder.

The front or home page is special

The front page displays "teasers" from other pages that have been "promoted" to the front page.  By default the newest teaser is at the top of the page and up to 10 are displayed.

So, what does all that mean?

  1. First when you create an article or page there is an option: "promoted to front page". If selected the article's teaser is displayed on the front page.
  2. A Teaser is usually the first 600 words of the article and/or images which are at the beginning.  Clicking on the title or a more link takes you to the full article page.  Read more about teasers.
  3. Teasers are displayed on the front page starting with the newest first.

Page Teasers Example: Clicking on the teaser title or the more link takes you to the full article.Page Teasers Example: Clicking on the teaser title or the more link takes you to the full article.

Note that this concept can be applied to any page view. For example, Energy Ace, Inc. uses the teaser concept for several pages such as their Services page.