Create a Standard Page

A standard page is an AsciiDoc file in the pages directory of a module. Standard pages have a header, which includes the page title, and a body, which includes the majority of the page’s displayed content.

Start a new file in a plain text editor such as Atom, Brackets, or gedit.
On the first line of file, enter a page title.

A page title is specified by one equals sign (=), followed by one blank space, and then the text of the title.
```
= The title of my new page
```
On the second line and subsequent contiguous lines, add document metadata and attributes. The page title is the only required header element.
Separate the header block from the body block by at least one blank line.

Write your content.

= The title of my new page
:attribute-a: value-a

Welcome to the preamble of my new page!

== This is a section title

This is a paragraph.

Save the file.
1. Save the file with the extension .adoc in a module’s pages directory.
2. The name you use when saving the file will be used to compute the page’s URL.
  
  my-new-page.adoc ⇒ my-new-page.html

You’ve now created a standard page. When you run Antora, it will be converted to an HTML page and published to your site automatically. If you want a site visitor to locate this page via a component navigation menu, you’ll need to add a link to the page (xref) to a navigation file.

The page created in this example is simple. Using AsciiDoc, a page’s header can encompass a wide range of capabilities and its body can handle complex content.

Page header and body structure

A standard page has two general parts, a header and a body.

The page header is a set of contiguous lines that start on the first line of the file. The header encapsulates the following elements:

page title (required)
metadata, such as author information, a page description, and user-defined page attributes
environment settings
built-in AsciiDoc attributes, such as section numbering
user-defined attributes

A single blank line signals the end of the page header. The next line with content is the start of the page body. The page body includes the:

preamble
section headings
section content such as paragraphs, lists, source code blocks, images, included partials, and much more

Key Points to Remember

The file must be saved in the pages directory of a module.
The file must be saved with the extension .adoc.
The file must be marked up with valid AsciiDoc.
The file must have a page title.