The Manage Settings section controls how your content is titled, published, categorized, and displayed on your YaleSite. Here, you can set menu links, SEO metadata, teaser content, CAS restrictions, and external links.
This is the first screen you’ll see when creating content. A title is required to save and continue to Layout Builder. Other settings can be adjusted anytime as you move between Manage Settings and Edit modes.
The side panel provides access to key content settings, including Menu Settings, Metadata, Search API Exclude, URL Redirects, Content Collection, Publishing Settings, External Link, and URL Alias. Use these options to customize how your content appears, behaves, and integrates within your YaleSite.
Control whether this content appears in your site’s navigation menu. You can choose to add the page to a menu, specify its parent item, and set its weight (order) within the menu structure. This helps users navigate your site more easily.
Add or edit metadata to help improve search engine optimization (SEO) and control how your content appears when shared on social media. Metadata includes page titles, descriptions that enhance discoverability and content presentation.
Enable this setting to exclude this content type from appearing in internal site search results. This is useful for utility pages, thank-you pages, or other content that doesn’t need to be searchable by site visitors.
Create and manage redirects from old or outdated URLs to the current page. This ensures visitors and search engines are directed to the correct content even if a page URL has changed, maintaining link integrity and SEO performance.
Organize content into a structured group that automatically generates a sub-navigation menu. This is helpful when you want to group related pages—like sections of a report or a multi-page guide—under a parent page with consistent navigation.
Set access and display behavior for the page. You can:
Use this option to make the content link directly to an external website rather than displaying an internal page. When users click, they’ll be taken to the specified external URL.
Provides an option to create a custom, clean URL for the page (e.g., /program-overview). This setting is optional and typically only needed if you want to shorten or fine-tune the default URL generated from the page title. Most of the time, using a clear and short page title will automatically create a usable URL.
Taxonomy fields—such as Categories, Audience, Custom Vocab, and Tags—help organize your content and determine where and how it appears across your YaleSite. They’re especially important for creating dynamic content, allowing pages to automatically display related items based on shared terms.
Teaser Information controls how your content is previewed in lists, searches, and featured displays across your site. You can customize the teaser title, summary, and image to give visitors a clear snapshot before they click through.
Looking to configure more than just your content? Explore these important sitewide settings.