Dunno about everyone else, but I use the page content type for 'static' pages (such as <a href="http://blackstormsstudios.com/portfolio">blackstormsstudios.com/portfolio</a>) and create other content types to be used in views and other listings.<br>
<br>AFAIK, in D7, default content types are 'Page' and 'Article' (descriptions follow -- copy pasted from my local D7 install)<br><br><div class="clearfix">
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<div class="content"><dl class="node-type-list"><dt>Article</dt><dd>Use <em>articles</em> for time-specific content like news, press releases or blog posts.</dd><dt>Page</dt><dd>Use <em>pages</em> for your static content, such as an 'About us' page.</dd>
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</div><br clear="all">-----<br>Cameron Eagans<br>Owner, Black Storms Studios, LLC<br><a href="http://www.blackstormsstudios.com">http://www.blackstormsstudios.com</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Shai Gluskin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shai@content2zero.com">shai@content2zero.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
For a change of topic...<br><br>I've been giving some focus on training and usability lately, writing up a lot of stuff... and I just realized that I want to change the name of the stock "Page" content-type. <br>
<br>Because of the very common expression "Web page" clients can get confused by the "Page" content-type. <br><br>I actually think the term "web page" is very useful in communicating with clients. To me that expression "web page" = unique URL. But as a content-type, multiple "Pages" can be listed on one "Web page" using Views, built in taxonomy views, etc. And, of course, other content-types show up on "web pages" --- so it's a semantic mess. <br>
<br>I do like Drupal's out-of-the-box suggested distinction of a "Page" being a listing of more permanent, non time-bound info, whereas a story is more newsy and gets old (hence the default settings of having the byline and pub date turned on in a story and off for a "Page"). <br>
<br>So the question is, <b>what to rename the "Page" content-type?</b><br><br>This is my list so far... I don't like any of them:<br><ol><li>Article</li><li>Generic Content</li><li>Static Content</li><li>Informative Content</li>
<li>Information</li></ol>What do you guys use? Do you just keep "Page." Have you noticed that "Page" is confusing for clients?<br><br>p.s. I haven't been following D7 progress closely... does anyone know if anyone else has pointed out this problem and suggested a different name for "Page"?<br>
<br>Best,<br><br>Shai<br>Owner, <a href="http://content2zero.com" target="_blank">Content2zero Web Development</a><br>
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