Open a page in Composer in the site admin to review page controls. For search settings, use Site > SEO. This reference explains which changes affect one page and which affect the whole site.
Checked against the product’s code on 7 November 2026.
Page settings affect one page or post. Section Settings and Appearance affect the selected section or element. The site theme and shared header, footer and navigation have site scope.
Page identity and state
Section titled “Page identity and state”| Setting | Meaning and boundary |
|---|---|
| Title | The page’s title. New page creation asks for it. Editing page text saves a draft. An explicit SEO title can be different. |
| Page type or Post type | The catalog recipe used to create the draft and the allowed section choices. It is not the published page’s address. See the Collection index page type for its recipe and list controls. |
| Address | The page’s public path. Nested pages can have a parent path. Read the actual address shown for the page; a front page can be served at /. |
| Publication state | A draft is not public. A published page can also have unpublished changes. Editing that draft does not itself publish it. |
| Post excerpt | Available in the page text editing flow only for a post that already has an excerpt field. |
| Layout | Chooses Standard (default) or Article with an On this page rail for a page using the catalogue layout. A choice saves to the page draft. An imported page keeping its WordPress layout does not offer this choice. |
The Composer’s Settings, Appearance and Structure tabs describe the selection or page tree. They do not constitute one general site settings form. For every native section’s fields, see Section types.
Access
Section titled “Access”The Access control chooses who can read the page. Its choices are:
| Choice | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Public | Everyone can read it. A missing or blank access value is treated as public. |
| Members only | Readers without membership see only the free portion defined by the page’s members-only boundaries. Without a boundary, the whole page is withheld. |
| In a package (choose which) | Only readers who bought one of the page’s packages, or hold a membership tier that includes one, see past the boundary. On a page in no package, choosing it first opens the package chooser. |
A visibility change is saved as pending changes. On a published page, the live access remains as it was until publication. Placing a public page in a package does not itself restrict the page. Embedded files retain the access chosen for those files in the media library.
Page SEO
Section titled “Page SEO”Use Site → SEO to inspect the page’s search and sharing details and whether search engines may list it. These values are separate from its visible content:
| Value | Role |
|---|---|
| SEO title | An explicit title for search and browser details. It can override a site title template. |
| Meta description | The page’s own description. If absent, the configured site default can apply. |
| SEO image URL | The image used when the page is shared on social sites. If absent, the configured site default can apply. |
| Canonical URL | The preferred address supplied to search engines for that content. Check any address on another host before approving it. |
| Robots meta (this page) | Search crawler instructions, including whether to index the page. They are separate from access control. |
| Social sharing fields (og / twitter) | Explicit social title, description and other supported share fields. |
Indexing has its own control, Hide this page from search (sets the noindex directive), and changing it needs approval.
Drafting metadata proposes text. Applying metadata or changing indexing requires approval and can affect the public page head without republishing the content draft. An indexing instruction does not protect private content.
Scripts and publication
Section titled “Scripts and publication”Scripts opens Scripts & events. Page scripts have Name, Trigger, Target (CSS selector), Capture event to emit (optional) and JavaScript (optional). Scroll depth adds Scroll threshold %, and Hover adds Hover time (ms). Section bindings travel with their section. See Page scripts and events for the trigger rules and consent boundary.
A person’s own Publish click in EmDash’s editor publishes at once, as their explicit act. Anything the copilot publishes always pauses for the approval card. Editing scheduled content through the Composer or copilot cancels its approved schedule. The same cancellation has not been established for edits through EmDash’s own editor.
For pages and posts, scheduling runs the publish check and publication is checked again when due. If refused then, the draft or its changes stay unpublished and the schedule is removed. A check that cannot finish leaves the schedule waiting. See Pages, posts and media.
For shared values, use Site settings and Theme tokens and roles.
Your next step
Section titled “Your next step”Return to the page in the Composer. Review its draft and search settings before approving any public change.