The Three Page Types
Most sites only need to understand three kinds of pages:
| Page type | Best used for | Typical examples |
|---|---|---|
| Regular page | Fixed URLs you control directly | Home, About, Contact, News hub, landing pages |
| Dynamic template | Reusable layouts for sports entities | Match, Team, League, Player |
| Article page | Shared layout for all news posts | Individual article pages under your news section |
The main question is simple:
- If you want one fixed URL, create a regular page.
- If you want one layout reused across many sports entities, create a dynamic template.
- If you want to control how news posts look, create an article page.
Regular Pages
Regular pages are the easiest starting point.
Use them for content that does not change its identity from URL to URL:
- homepage
- about
- contact
- news index
- campaign or SEO landing pages
You choose the title, the slug, the modules, and the sidebars.
Dynamic Templates
Dynamic templates are where Scorecenter becomes powerful. You build the layout once and the platform reuses it for every entity of that type.
Examples:
- one Match template for all match pages
- one Team template for all team pages
- one League template for all league pages
- one Player template for all player pages
Most sports modules detect the current page context automatically, so the same module can show the right data on every page of that template.
If a template is missing, the site can still open many sports routes with a basic fallback page. That helps during setup, but custom templates are the recommended way to launch because they give you much better control over layout, wrappers, and SEO.
Article Pages
An article page is the shared layout for every news post.
This is where you decide what surrounds the article body, for example:
- breadcrumb
- share buttons
- related or contextual modules
- sidebar blocks
- comments area, if enabled for the site
It is different from the article body itself. Editors can still insert modules directly into the story text from the rich editor.
Where Modules Can Appear
Modules are not limited to one place. In practice, you will use them in four areas:
| Area | What it is |
|---|---|
| Main content | The primary region of a page or template |
| Sidebars | Supporting content around the main area |
| Global layout | Site-wide slots configured in Settings -> Global regions |
| Inside article text | Modules inserted in news posts through shortcodes from the editor |
That means the same site can use modules:
- on the homepage
- on match, team, league, and player templates
- in the header/footer shell
- directly inside a news article
See Using Modules for the full guide.
How a Page Is Usually Built
For most editors, the workflow is:
- Create or open a page in Pages.
- Decide whether it is a regular page, dynamic template, or article page.
- Choose the base slug and page title.
- Add modules to the main area and, if needed, sidebars.
- Adjust wrapper options such as title, subtitle, card style, spacing, or device visibility.
- Save and review on the public site.
A Practical Rule
Use this rule if you are unsure where something belongs:
- Put it on a regular page when it is editorial or brand content.
- Put it on a dynamic template when it should follow the visitor across many teams, matches, or leagues.
- Put it on the article page when it should appear around every news story.
- Put it inside the article body when it should appear only in one specific story.