Dynamic Page

[TracyIsland]

Please be kind.  This may be a very simple (stupid) question for something that most would see as all but obvious.  

Is the Pages application a type of 'dynamic page?'  As I prepare for our 4.7 upgrade, I was searching for a solution to display past newsletters.  A Google Search brought up a Reddit thread that talked about using a WIX Dynamic Page.  As I read through the thread, it sounded like essentially the style and presentation of IPS, both throughout the platform but also, perhaps, with the Pages application.

A further search of a WIX Dynamic Page presented this explanation: https://support.wix.com/en/article/cms-about-dynamic-pages  The link talks about dynamic list pages and dynamic item pages.  

If my assumption is correct, and all of my old newsletters are in separate .pdf files, how would you go about importing each .pdf file into a Pages newsletter application?

Thanks for your thoughts.

[Jim M]

They are both CMS'es so can do similar items. In a sense, what we call a Pages Database is essentially a collection of "records." What those records are and how you wish to display those records in a listing and individually are up to you. WIX has a bit more of a visual customizer whereas, right now, Pages is a little more technical that if you want something super custom, you would need to know PHTML and CSS.

If you have a need to upload past newsletters that are in a PDF, a Pages Database record can indeed have a field be an upload file which then can be downloaded. Alternatively, the Pages record by default has a the editor on it as a description field which you can upload the PDF file and then put it in the description like you do with a forum post.

This is all theoretical at the moment and it may make more sense to just see something in action. The tutorial here in our Guides to build a recipe database will be helpful with that: 

 Just keep in mind that a Pages Database can be a collection of anything: a blog, recipes, documentation, bugs, etc... Seen people use it for anything. I've used it to build a link tree like interface for one of my own communities to have on social media: https://foreverpontiac.com/social/ . Possibilities are endless.