# Pages > Edit your blog's home page, write its privacy policy and terms, and add pages such as About or Contact. This page shows you how to edit the pages of your blog that aren't articles: the home page, the privacy policy and terms, and pages you add yourself, such as About. Pages are for content that doesn't belong in your article feed. They don't have a category, and they don't appear in the article list. Go to **Blog → Pages** to see a blog's pages. If you have more than one blog, each blog has its own tab. You can also open the menu on a blog's row in **Blog → Blogs** and click **Pages**. ![The Blog Pages list for Roofing Tips with Home at /, Privacy Policy at /privacy-policy and Terms of Service at /terms-of-service, all Published, and a custom About Us page at /about that is a Draft](/images/docs/blog-pages-list.jpg "Blog → Pages") | Column | What it shows | |---|---| | **Path** | The page's address on your blog, such as `/about` | | **Type** | **Home**, **Privacy**, or **Terms** for the pages every blog starts with. **Custom** for pages you add. | | **Status** | **Draft** or **Published**. A page scheduled for a future date also shows as **Published**. | Open the menu on a page's row for **Edit**, **View Page**, and, for custom pages, **Delete**. --- ## The page editor Click **Edit** on a page, or **New Page** at the top of the list, to open the page editor. It works like the article editor: the same toolbar, **Write** and **Preview** tabs, and Markdown. See [Articles](/docs/blog/write-and-publish/index.md#write-the-body). ![The page editor for a new page titled About Us, with the Write tab showing the page text in Markdown, and on the right the Blog set to Roofing Tips, Page Type Custom Page, Featured Image, and Permalink /about](/images/docs/blog-pages-editor.jpg "A new About Us page") The page's settings are in the right-hand column. ![The rest of the page settings: Permalink /about, Publication Date, Excerpt, and SEO Settings with Meta Title and Meta Description](/images/docs/blog-pages-settings.jpg "Permalink, Publication Date, Excerpt, and SEO Settings") | Setting | What it does | |---|---| | **Blog** | The blog the page belongs to. Shown only if you have more than one blog. You can't move a page to another blog later. | | **Page Type** | Whether this is the Home page, a policy page, or a **Custom Page** | | **Featured Image** | The picture at the top of a custom page, also shown when the page is shared | | **Permalink** | The page's address, such as `/about`. You can't change it for Home, Privacy Policy, or Terms of Service. | | **Publication Date** | The date shown on the page. A future date schedules it. | | **Excerpt** | A short summary. Search engines show it, unless you write a **Meta Description**. | | **Meta Title**, **Meta Description** | The title and description search engines show for the page. The **Meta Title** copies the page title until you change it. | The **Preview** tab shows the page as readers will see it. ![The Preview tab of the About Us page with a paragraph, the headings What we write about and Talk to a roofer, a bulleted list, and a Book a free roof check link](/images/docs/blog-pages-preview.jpg "Preview the page before you publish it") Publishing works the same way as for articles. Click **Publish** to put the page live, or set a future **Publication Date** and click **Schedule**. A live page has **Unpublish** and **Update** buttons. See [Publish an article](/docs/blog/write-and-publish/index.md#publish-an-article). --- ## Add a page 1. Go to **Blog → Pages** and click **New Page**. 2. If you have more than one blog, pick it under **Blog**. 3. Type the title in the **Page Title...** field, such as `About Us`. 4. Write the page. 5. Type a **Permalink**, such as `/about`, or leave it empty to make it from the title. 6. Click **Save Draft**, or **Publish** to put it live. A custom page lives at your blog domain followed by its permalink, such as `blog.yourdomain.com/about`. It shows a link back to your home page, the page title and date, the featured image, and your content. Proferex doesn't add custom pages to your header. To link to one, add it under **Navbar Links** in your blog settings. See [Blog Settings](/docs/blog/blog-settings/index.md#navigation). ### Permalink rules A page's permalink is a single word or phrase after the `/`, such as `/about` or `/contact-us`. It can't contain another `/`. - Use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. Proferex turns anything else into a hyphen as you type. - Some addresses are kept for your blog's own pages, such as `/articles`, `/categories`, `/authors`, `/privacy-policy`, and `/terms-of-service`. If you pick one, a message tells you to choose another. - A page can't use the same permalink as another page or an article on the same blog. Changing the permalink of a published page changes its address. The old address shows a page-not-found error. --- ## The home page The **Home** page decides what readers see first. Open it from **Blog → Pages** and click **Edit**. It has two extra switches. ![The Home page editor with Markdown content for Roofing Tips from Your Brand and a free roof check link, and the Use custom homepage and Show articles below switches turned on](/images/docs/blog-pages-home.jpg "A custom homepage with the article list below it") | Use custom homepage | Show articles below | Readers see | |---|---|---| | Off | | The list of your latest articles, under the blog's **Display Title** and **Description** | | On | On | The content you write on the Home page, then your latest articles | | On | Off | Only the content you write on the Home page | Use a custom homepage to open with a short welcome and a call to action, such as a link to your offer, before the articles. The Home page's **Meta Title** and **Meta Description** are what search engines show for your blog's front page. If you leave them empty, the blog's own settings are used. See [Blog Settings](/docs/blog/blog-settings/index.md#seo--scripts). > **Note:** Keep the Home page published. If you unpublish it, readers see the plain article list, even with **Use custom homepage** turned on. --- ## Privacy Policy and Terms of Service Every blog starts with an empty **Privacy Policy** and **Terms of Service**, both as drafts. Proferex doesn't write them for you, because they depend on your business and where it operates. 1. Open **Privacy Policy** from **Blog → Pages** and click **Edit**. 2. Write or paste your privacy policy. 3. Click **Publish**. 4. Do the same for **Terms of Service**. Once a policy page is published, a link to it appears in your blog's footer. Readers who open a policy page that is unpublished or empty see a page-not-found error. > **Tip:** Ad networks and email providers often check that a site has a privacy policy and terms. Publish both before you send paid traffic to the blog. --- ## Delete a page You can only delete custom pages. Home, Privacy Policy, and Terms of Service always stay. Open the menu on the page's row, click **Delete**, and confirm. Deleting can't be undone. You can't delete a page that a lander still uses. Delete the lander, or point it at another page, first. --- ## Next step Group your articles by topic. See [Categories](/docs/blog/categories/index.md).