Pages

Pages are the core content unit in Garden CMS. Each page has a Jinja2 template body, a URL slug, and optional navigation and publishing controls.

Creating a page

In the admin, go to Pages → New page. Fill in:

• Title — Display title, also used in navigation and the HTML <title> tag
• Slug — URL path (e.g. about serves at /about)
• Body — Jinja2 template content (see Templates)
• Meta description — Optional, for SEO
• Published — Only published pages are served on the public site
• Show in nav — Include this page in the theme's navigation menu
• Homepage — Mark one page as the homepage (served at /)

Template body

The body field is a full Jinja2 template. You have access to:

• {{ site.key }} — Content block values
• {{ media_url("filename.jpg") }} — Public media URLs
• <CollectionFeed slug="blog" /> — Embedded collection feeds
• <MediaImage src="file.jpg" alt="..." /> — Image component
• Standard Jinja2 syntax (loops, conditionals, filters)

Navigation order

Pages marked Show in nav appear in the navigation menu rendered by the active theme. Use the arrow buttons on the pages list to reorder them. The homepage always resolves at / regardless of its slug.

Per-page themes

Each page can optionally override the site's active theme. Select a theme in the page editor to use a different base template and CSS for that page. If no override is set, the active theme is used.

Slug routing

Pages are resolved by slug at /{slug}. The routing priority is:

1. Exact page slug match
2. Collection item match ({collection_slug}/{item_slug})
3. Slug history redirect (301)
4. Markdown mount match
5. 404