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title: Managing content - The basics
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> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
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> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

In this section, you will learn the basics of editing web pages in Kentico.

> **Note:** Please make sure you have the sample **Corporate Site** installed before you continue.

To manage the content of websites, log in to the Kentico administration interface and open the **Pages** application. Here you can edit the site selected in the interface's main header.

![Overview of the Pages application](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k8tutorial/managing-content-the-basics/pages_application.png "Overview of the Pages application")

The **Pages** application consists of the following sections and features:

- **Content tree** that represents the site map of the website. Use the tree to organize the site's structure and select specific documents.
- Toolbar with **Content** **tree actions** that allow you to create, delete, copy and move documents.
- **View mode** selector where you can switch between edit, preview and listing modes.
- **Editing tabs** used to move between editing of page content, designing page templates (for developers), editing document fields, configuring document properties, and monitoring of page analytics.
- **Culture selector** that allows you to switch between different versions of multilingual websites.
- When editing documents, you can use the **Text editor** and **Document actions** to add and format page content (text, images, advanced dynamic content).

  - Available for **Editable regions** on the **Page** tab and when editing documents fields on the **Form** tab.

## On-site editing

In addition to the main administration interface, Kentico also provides a way to edit page content directly while browsing the live website. Authorized editors can access on-site editing mode by typing **/Admin** after the site's domain into the browser address bar, or by clicking the **Edit page** button in the corner of pages.

![Button used to open on-site editing mode and edit pages directly from the live site](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k8tutorial/managing-content-the-basics/on_site_editing_button.png "Button used to open on-site editing mode and edit pages directly from the live site")

All actions available in on-site editing mode can also be done through the **Pages** application. The on-site editing mode simply provides an alternative way to edit websites.

This tutorial demonstrates all operations in the Pages application — we recommend first becoming familiar with the **Pages** application and the general structure of website content before you use on-site editing.