# How to create a page?

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Web pages are a way to provide general information about your business or products.

1. Go to **Online Store** **->** **Pages**.
2. Click **Add page**.
3.  Enter a title and content for the page.

    Be descriptive and clear when choosing your webpage title. The webpage title displays in the tab or title bar of browsers. It also appears as the page title in search engine results. [Learn more about website SEO.](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/promoting-marketing/seo)
4. Under **Visibility**, select when the page should be published. By default, your new webpage will be visible when you click **Save**. Select the **Hidden** option if you want your new webpage to be hidden from your online store, or click **Set a specific publish date** to [control when your webpage is published](https://help.shopify.com/manual/productivity-tools/future-publishing).
5. Click **Save**.
6. Optional: To make a published webpage appear in your online store navigation, [add a link](https://help.shopify.com/manual/sell-online/online-store/menus-and-links/#add-a-menu-item) to it in a menu.

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Please publish the theme as a live site to be able to create the page. For more information, see [Pages](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes/theme-structure/pages).
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## How to create a page template?

1. From your Shopify admin, go to **Online Store** **->** **Themes**.
2. Find the theme that you want to edit, and then click **Customize**.
3. Choose **Pages** from the dropdown window **->** Choose **Create template.**
4. Give a **name** to your new page template.
5. Select the **page template type**. You can select from all the page templates available in your theme. If you have not created any, it will show only the “Default page” in the option.
6. Click on **Create Template** button.

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If you create a template in an unpublished theme, the new template can only be assigned in the Shopify admin after the theme is published. [Click here for further details](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes/theme-structure/templates).
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## How to apply a new page template?

1. From your Shopify admin, go to **Online Store** > **Pages**.
2. Click the title of the store page.
3. In the **Online store** section, use the dropdown menu to select a new theme template to apply to the selected page.
4. Click **Save**.

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