How to Use Special Pages

The Pagelines Framework provides a robust solution for giving each WordPress special page its own unique layout and structure. Through the Special settings panel, you can change the settings for the Archive, Category, Tag, Author pages and more.

Set Special Page Meta Settings

Special Pages Panel

The below example sets the meta for the Archive Page. Follow similar steps for all special pages. Examples for other special pages at the end of this tutorial.

From your WordPress Administration Panel:

1. Under Pagelines, select the "Special" panel.
2. Choose the page you would like to edit. For this example, the Archive page is selected.

Page Setup for Special Pages

Page Setup for Special Pages

From the "Select Settings Panel":

1. Choose "Page Setup"
2. Set page specific content layout to override the default Pagelines layout settings
3. Choose to show or hide activated sections
   • For sections to be available in this panel, they must have been activated in the Pagelines Settings Template Setup panel.
   • If sections are set to "Hide This By Default" in the Template Setup, you can choose to "Show" the section for this special page
4. Select a background image
5. Select the secondary navigation menu

Section Meta

Set Section Meta

As long as sections are active in the template setup, you can set the meta from the Special Pages panel:

1. Choose the section from the Select Settings Panel (the Boxes Section is selected in this example)
2. Set the meta
   • For detailed documentation on meta settings for each section, see the documentation for each of those sections (ex: Boxes Meta, Feature Meta, Callout Meta, etc)
   1. If you have a cloned section in your template (for example: "Boxes Section (Clone #2)", set the meta for those sections by clicking on the cloned section

If Sections are "Inactive"

Section Inactive

Activate Section

Section Actived

If the section shows "Inactive":

1. Click on the section under "Select Settings Panel"
2. Click on "Inactive On Template"
   • This will take you to the Pagelines Templates Panel
3. Under Select Template Area, select "Page Templates" or "Content Area" depending on where you would like to activate the section
4. Under "Which type of page?" select the Special Page. (For this example the Archive Page)
5. Drag & Drop to add/activate the section (See Template Setup for more details)
6. Return to the Special Settings page to view the change
7. The section will now be active
8. Meta settings can be set

Special Page Examples