Pages — what they are and how they show up

Pages are the lightweight content surface for your troop site. Each page is a separate URL at /pages/{slug} and the troop's /pages index shows them all as a list of links.

Two kinds of pages

• Standard — rich-text content authored in the WYSIWYG editor. Use for "About us", "Join us", policy pages, anything narrative.
• Album — a photo collection with no text body. See Album pages for the full flow.

Pick the type when you create the page. You can't convert between types after creation, so re-create if you change your mind.

The homepage

Exactly one page can be marked Use as homepage. That page is what anonymous visitors see at the root URL (https://yourtroop.mytroop.org/).

For signed-in members the site root goes to the calendar instead, so members reach the homepage from the /pages list — the homepage row shows a Home badge to make it easy to find.

The homepage is always a standard page. Album pages can't be the homepage; the checkbox is hidden in the album editor.

Public vs members-only

The Public (visible without login) checkbox controls whether anonymous visitors can read the page. Members always see every page in the troop, regardless of this flag. (It's a visibility flag, not a draft/publish flag — there is no draft mode; saving publishes.)

The /pages index

The public index at /pages lists:

1. Every page the viewer can see (homepage included, with a "Home" badge).
2. The built-in entries — Mailing Lists (members only) and Albums (everyone).

Order is controlled from the admin pages manager (see below). The order on /pages matches what you set in admin — built-in entries can be slotted anywhere in the list, not just appended to the end.

Managing pages

Admin > Pages shows the same list with three differences:

• Each row has a drag handle on the left — drag to reorder. The new order saves automatically and reflects on the public /pages index immediately.
• Built-in entries (Mailing Lists, Albums) appear with a small lock icon and a "Built-in" badge. They're draggable but not editable — they don't link anywhere from the admin list.
• Each real page row links to its edit screen.

Use New Page in the top right to create a standard or album page.

Slugs

The slug is the part of the URL after /pages/. Lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens only. The form auto-derives it from the title; click in the slug field to override.

The slug is editable after creation. Changing it breaks any external links pointing at the old URL, so think twice before renaming a popular page.