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Unlocking Page Customization for Better SEO and User Experience

Discover how to tailor your page settings in Sierra to enhance SEO and improve visitor engagement.

Why This Feature Matters

  • Control Presentation: Administrators can tailor how each page appears to visitors, ensuring a consistent brand experience.
  • Flexible Design: Custom layouts can be adapted to meet the specific needs of different content.
  • SEO Enhancement: You can manage page indexing and priority, boosting search engine visibility for important pages.
  • Customized Navigation: Tailor the navigation experience for each page, making it easier for users to find relevant content

Step-by-Step Instructions

✅ Accessing the Page Settings

  1. In your Sierra Admin, click Content → Content Pages.

  2. To create a new page, click Create New Page.

  3. To edit an existing page, click the page title in the list.

  4. Scroll to the Page Settings section.

✅ Available Page Settings & What They Do

  • Include in Dynamic Navigation Menus?

    Controls whether the page appears in the dynamic submenu (based on your Section Manager settings).

  • Hide Header Navigation?

    Hides the main top navigation menu on the page. Use this for landing pages or minimal layouts.

  • Hide Breadcrumbs?

    Removes the breadcrumb trail normally displayed at the top of the page.

  • Hide Footer Navigation?

    Hides the navigation links that normally appear in the footer area of your site.

  • Display Sidebar on This Page?

    Toggles whether the sidebar displays on this page.

  • Full / Fluid Width Page?

    Expands the page content to use the full width of the browser window. Useful for modern, clean layouts.

  • Page-Specific Sidebar

    Select a specific sidebar or choose to remove it entirely. Sidebars are managed in the Sidebar Manager.

  • Open In

    Choose how the page opens when clicked (e.g., same tab or new tab).

  • Page Priority (SEO)

    Assign a page priority value between 0.0 and 1.0. Higher values signal to search engines that this page is more important.

  • Robots / Page Indexing (SEO)

    Choose whether the page should be indexed by search engines. Useful for excluding landing pages or internal content from search results.

Best Practices

 

 

  • Use Hide Navigation settings for clean, focused landing pages.

  • Assign Page Priority based on importance for SEO.

  • Don’t forget to update your Page-Specific Sidebar to reflect the page’s topic.

  • Use Full Width only when no sidebar or minimal distraction is needed.

 

 

 

 

Troubleshooting Common Issues

 

 

Issue: Page not showing up in the submenu

Fix: Make sure “Include in Dynamic Navigation Menus?” is set to Yes and Submenu Type in Section Manager is set to “Pages in Section”.

 

Issue: Page looks broken or misaligned

Fix: Check if “Full / Fluid Width Page?” is conflicting with sidebar or layout components.

 

Issue: Page is appearing in Google when it shouldn’t

Fix: Update the Robots/Page Indexing setting to restrict search engine access.

 

 

 

FAQs

 

 

Q: Can I apply different sidebars to each page?

A: Yes. Use the “Page-Specific Sidebar” dropdown to assign any sidebar you’ve created in the Sidebar Manager.

 

Q: What happens if I don’t assign a Page Priority?

A: Sierra defaults the value to 0.5, which is considered neutral by search engines.

 

Q: Will hiding the header/footer affect SEO?

A: No, but it can impact user experience if navigation options are missing from key pages.