# How to create a page?

You can create custom pages in your Shopify admin to create content for your customers, such as an About Us page, or extra information about your products. These pages have no extra settings within the theme editor.

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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If you create a template in an unpublished theme, the new template can only be assigned in the Shopify admin after the theme is published.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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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.
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## How to customize default 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 **Default page.**
4. From the side menu, select **Page**. Configure the default page in the setting on the side with the following settings.

<table><thead><tr><th width="205">Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Show heading</td><td>Select this checkbox to enable/disable the page title.</td></tr><tr><td>Heading alignment</td><td><p><strong>Heading Alignment Options</strong>:</p><ul><li><strong>Left</strong>: Aligns the heading text to the left side of the page or container.</li><li><strong>Center</strong>: Centers the heading text horizontally within the page or container.</li><li><strong>Right</strong>: Aligns the heading text to the right side of the page or container.</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table>

**Section padding**

<table><thead><tr><th width="205">Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Top padding</td><td>Determines the height of the top inner space of the section. Can be from 0px to 150px, increasing arithmetically of 2px (pixel).</td></tr><tr><td>Bottom padding</td><td>Determines the height of the bottom inner space of the section. Can be from 0px to 150px, increasing arithmetically of 2px (pixel).</td></tr></tbody></table>