Articles and basic pages are two different node types – two different templates used to create and manage the nodes. These differences are reflected in certain ways. For example:

• There are separate links for creating each node type.
• Each node type has room for different sets of information. Details about this can be found in Chapter 6 about fields.
• You may set separate permissions for which users may create, edit and delete each node type. More details about permissions can be found in Chapter 2.
• Each node type may have different default settings for comment handling, publishing options, menu links, and more. More details can be found below.