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Pages

Pages are similar to cards, but they have some features which make them suited to the creation of longer text/media-based narratives. The text in pages is written in Markdownopen in new window.

Note: Pages are plugins, so custom Page types can be created to support different ways of displaying data.

Editing a page  video length: 1min 13s

Add a page

  1. Select the Pages tab in the primary sidebar.
  2. Click on the plus sign icon
  3. Type to edit page title
  4. Click on the body text to edit the content of the page

OR

  1. From the Stack view, select the Cards tab in the sidebar
  2. Make sure that some cards are visible on the stack
  3. Click on the 'Add stack cards to page' icon
  4. Select a page type to make a new page, or choose an existing page
  5. The cards' contents will be added to the page

The page toggles between plain text when editing and formatted view when you finish editing. You can click on the page's eye icon to preview the formatted content live as you write.

Add cards to an existing page

There are three ways to do this.

  1. If you are viewing the page:

    • Select the Cards tab in the sidebar
    • In the list of cards, click on the plus sign icon which displays when you mouse over the card name
    • The content of the card will be added to the page

  2. If you are viewing the stack:

    • Put the cards you want to add to the page on the stack
    • Click on the 'Add stack cards to page' icon in the Cards tab
    • Select an existing page to add the cards to
    • The contents of the cards will be added to the page

  3. If you are editing an individual card:

    • When in edit mode (click on card's pencil icon ) you will see a drop-down list of possible actions: 'More Actions'
    • From the drop-down list select 'add card to page'
    • Select an existing page to add the card to

Cards and Pages

'Adding a card to a page' means adding a copy of the card's current content to the page. If you update a card that you added to a page, the page will not display those updates - the two are separate. This is different from contexts, which stay linked to cards and display their updates.

See also: Add previewable links to pages

Notes

  • Saving is automatic
  • Press the keyboard ESC key to finish editing a field
  • Click on the page's pencil icon to access more edit options