Content types can be used on their own as pages, or used to compose pages. To bundle content from different content types on one page, a number of specific content types have been designed: list page, index page and landing page. The former is a composed overview, the latter two are also called 'composed pages'.
This article explains of the most common content types to create composite pages and overviews:
- what it is (definition);
- what it serves (customer goals);
- what it looks like on the front end.
Read more about when to use which page in the manual Drupal: navigation, menu structure, left menu or no menu.
Definition: editorially composed page for a specific cluster of related information, such as Study in Nijmegen or a campaign page.
Client purpose(s): refers to individual subpages of the landing.
Example: Education and Research
View the entry instruction for a landing.
Download the poster (in Dutch) to see which contentblocks can be used on a landing.
Landing page without menu
Landing page with menu
Definition: editorially composed page for an overview of large clusters of related information, for example, education, research or services.
Client goal(s): redirect to relevant next sub-set of content.
Example: Research Topics
Definition: an automatically generated summary of similar items, such as a search result, list of bachelors, regulations or testimonials or news or calendar.
Client purpose(s):
- Provide a quick overview of what can be found within a category on the site;
- redirect to individual subpages of the landing.
Example: Research Projects
View the entry instruction for a list page.
Definition: Optional editorially composed page for accessing a specific cluster of services, regulations and manuals with the same subject (rubric), for the target group 'students' or the target group 'employees'.
Client purpose(s): Refer to relevant subrubrics or specific services, regulations and/or manuals belonging to the relevant rubric.
Example: Getting to the campus and parking
A rubric page is not a content type but based on a taxonomy.
In addition to these content types, there is another content type for composing pages, namely 'Home'. This content type is centrally managed and only used on the homepage of ru.nl. It cannot be used in other parts of the website.