Settings & SEO
Page settings
Give each page a name, a clean URL, a description, and a homepage flag — and preview how it appears in Google as you type.
Last updated 2026-06-29
Every page has its own settings: its name, the address (URL) it lives at, its search description, and whether it's the homepage. You manage these from the Pages tab — right-click a page (or use its settings button) and choose Page settings.
The settings
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Name | The page's display name, used as its title in browser tabs and search results. |
| Slug | The URL path — about-us makes the page live at /about-us. It's auto-created from the name but you can edit it. |
| Description | The short summary search engines show under your title. Aim for one or two clear sentences. |
| Set as home page | Makes this the homepage, served at /. Exactly one page is the homepage. |
Slugs explained
A slug is the last part of a page's web address. For a page called "About Us":
- the homepage is always
/, - other pages get a tidy slug like
/about-us.
Keep slugs short, lowercase, and hyphenated. Webpress generates a sensible one from the page name automatically, so you only need to touch it if you want something different. When a page is set as the homepage, its slug is fixed to /.
The live Google preview
As you type the name and description, a Google preview shows how the page will look in search results — the blue title, the green address, and the grey snippet. Character counters turn amber when your title goes past ~60 characters or your description past ~155, which is roughly where Google trims them. It's a handy way to write titles and descriptions that won't get cut off.
Social sharing and indexing
The page settings also include:
- Social image / title / description — how the page looks when shared on social media or in chat apps,
- Discourage search engines — a toggle that hides this specific page from search results (useful for thank-you or internal pages).
The SEO basics guide explains these in depth.
The SEO checklist
A small checklist gives you live feedback as you fill things in — for example, confirming your title length is good, your description is present and well-sized, and you've set a social image. Green checks across the board means the page is search-ready.
Where to go next
- SEO basics — what these fields do for your search ranking.
- Managing pages — adding and organizing pages.