Take these steps to add a page to a Drupal site. Note that you should replace http://example.org/ with your site's domain.

Click on New Page

If your site has a new page link on the top menu, use that link, otherwise go to http://example.org/node/add/page.

Title

By default, the title sets the URL address of the page. Depending on your site's setup, the words may be sewn together or separated by hyphens. So, if you choose "My New Page" for your title, the URL will be http://example.org/mynewpage or http://example.org/my-new-page.

Menu Settings

There should be a drop-down item below the Title box called Menu settings. Add your title in the Menu link title box, then choose the Parent item for the page. If your site is under the home page, choose <Navigation>. If your page is under a page, choose that page as its parent. If you are creating the home page, it does not need to be added to the Navigation menu. This setting insures the breadcrumbs are correct.

Body

Enter the body of your page. If you omit common tags, Drupal should add them for you when the page is rendered. However, I recommend adding content that adheres to strict XHTML standards. Please see my Best Practices page and the style pages available to you in this theme.

Input Format

Use Filtered HTML if you don't anticipate entering any HTML tags. Use Full HTML if you plan to enter tags, see http://example.org/filter/tips for help.

File Attachments

To add an image (or other file types), use this simple process to attach files to the document. Once you attach the file, you will see its URL, which you should use to place the image in your body. (If you're using the TinyMCE editor, you can use it to upload an image, but it's a bit buggy.

URL Path Alias

Use this to manually set the URL for the document. Uncheck the Automatic Alias box and enter the root-relative URL you'd like for the page. For example, if you want a page with the address http://example.org/research/myproject, then enter research/myproject in the text box. Then, be sure to uncheck the Automatic Alias box each time you edit the page in the future, otherwise your page will revert to the default URL and the page at your URL will no longer exist. This is annoying and seems to be a bug in Drupal.

Save versus Preview

Be aware that I have found the Preview function to be a little buggy. Be sure to reload the page now and then. I tend to save, then load the page in a different browser for viewing.