 creating a content item goal create and publish a content item see managing content for more about content types and content items who can create content  users with the access the content overview page permission can visit the content page as described in this topic each content type has its own create permissions for example to create content of type article a user would need the article create new content permission in addition users with the bypass content access control or administer content permission can create content items of all types some contributed modules change the permission structure for creating content steps in the manage administrative menu navigate to content  click add content  if there is more than one content type defined on your site that you have permission to create click the name of the type of content you want to create on the content edit form enter the title of your content which will show as the page title when the content item is displayed on a page and also as the label for the content item in administration screens fill in the other fields shown on the edit form for this specific content type leave the published field checked to publish the content immediately or uncheck it to make it unpublished unpublished content is generally not shown to nonadministrative site users optionally click preview to preview the content click save  you will see the content displayed on a page additional resources basic page management drupal user guide  creating a content item drupal user guide  