Edit a Primary Landing Page
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Overview
A Primary Landing Page is a template in Cascade CMS used for most homepages on a website. It is typically already set up when a site is initially delivered, but you may need to edit it over time.
Primary landing pages act as top-level entry points and allow for structured control of visual elements and content presentation on a single page.
Important: Edits made to a Primary Landing Page only impact that specific page, not sitewide elements.
Before You Begin
Some common updates that site managers attempt on a Primary Landing Page are not controlled at the page level.
The following elements are managed at the site level, not within a landing page:
Main navigation and dropdown menus
Site logo / signature
Global styles or colors
Search functionality
“More Sites” dropdown
Shared header/footer components
If your goal involves any of the above, you should update site-level assets instead of the landing page.
Features of a Primary Landing Page
Confirming the Page Type Your Are Editing
If you are unsure whether the page is a Primary Landing Page:
Navigate to the page
Click Edit
Select the Configure tab
Review the Content Type field
This will confirm whether the page is using the Primary Landing Page template.
Finding the Primary Landing Page
All Primary and Complementary Master Brand websites use the Primary Landing Page as the site's homepage.
In the Site Content menu, locate the site root
Find the homepage (typically the only index page)
2. Click the page asset, you will see it load in the Cascade Workspace.
3. Browse to the Content Area of the page.
The Content Area of a Landing Page allows you to add, remove, or change the order of Visual Elements. Each "Visual Element" has unique options and purposes.
💡 Primary and Secondary Landing Pages share many components, but Primary Landing Pages allow additional flexibility for homepage-specific design elements.
Primary Visual Element
The topmost element in the Content Area of a landing page is the Primary Visual Element.
To edit the current Primary Visual Element, incuding hiding, editing, or choosing another type of element, start by expanding the Primary Visual Element section to see what details are currently set.
Choosing Type allows you change the Primary Visual Element to one of the following options:
To hide the Primary Visual Element section altogether, uncheck Display Primary Visual Element.
Secondary Visual Elements
Just below the Primary Visual Element section, you will see one or more Secondary Visual Element sections. You'll notice that you can expand and collapse each section. You can also move sections up or down (with the arrows), and/or remove a section (with the X).
Each visual element represents a type of content on your landing page, and each can be set with unique options and styles. Browse the following types of Secondary Visual Elements and how to manage each.
Types of Secondary Visual Elements
Related Content
The Related Content section allows you to add content tags to a specific page and on interior pages, to display the Related Content Widget. Adding content tags to a landing page allows it to be clustered with other pages elsewhere that contain the same tag.
How It Works
Add Content Tags to a landing page
Tags can be used elsewhere to dynamically display related pages
Example
If a page is tagged “of-interest-to-parents”, it can appear on another page that displays content with that same tag.
Using the Related Content controls found elsewhere, pages can be created that will display the pages that match that tag. In our example, perhaps there is an interior page somewhere called "Pages at the School of Music for Parents of Current Students." That page could present a link to the homepage we tagged because we added a matching tag on the "Content Tags" section of our Related Content component.
Best Practices
Use only approved visual element types
Maintain consistent hierarchy and layout
Validate content before publishing
Avoid unnecessary changes to high-visibility sections
Coordinate major homepage updates with stakeholders