[[content-create]]

=== Creating a Content Item

(((Content item,creating)))
(((Basic page,creating)))
(((Homepage,creating)))

==== Goal

By creating a content item and assigning it an alias, you can set it as the
homepage for your website.

// ==== Prerequisite knowledge

// @todo: figure out if any prereq knowledge worth mentioning

==== Site prerequisites

* A Basic Page content type is defined. See <<structure-content-type>>.

==== Steps

. Open the _Content_ page (admin/content) by selecting _Content_ in the menu.

. Click _+Add content_. The _Add content_ page appears.

. Select _Basic page_. The _Create Basic page_ form appears.

. Fill in the fields as shown below.

[width="100%",frame="topbot",options="header"]
|================================
|Field name | Value
|Title | Welcome to Anytown Farmers market
|Body | Welcome to City Market - your neighborhood farmers market!
|URL path settings, URL alias|home
|================================

By clicking the _Source_ button in the rich text editor toolbar, you can see the
HTML source code of the text that you are editing.

// Go to node/add/page
image:images/content-create-create-basic-page.png ["Create a basic page"]

[start=5]

. Click _Preview_ to ensure everything looks like expected.

. Click _Back to content editing_.

. Click _Save and publish_ . The content is saved and can be found on the
_Content_ page.

==== Follow-on tasks

* Follow the same steps to create an About page.
* <<menu-home>>
* <<menu-link-from-content>>
* <<language-content-translate>>

==== Related concepts

* <<language-concept>>
* <<content-paths>>
* <<content-edit>>

==== Additional resources

* https://www.drupal.org/documentation/modules/node["About nodes"]