Wiki source code of Page Titles and Page Names

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Eleni Cojocariu 1.1 1 Pages have both names and titles.
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3 == Page Titles ==
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Eleni Cojocariu 9.9 5 Page titles are used to display in the interface a user-friendly description of the Page. They are usually, short and meaningful. You can set the title when [[creating a Page>>documentation.xs.user.base.page.create.WebHome]]. If you don't set it, it will automatically use the Page name as a Page title. You can change the title later, when editing with the Page with the [[In-place WYSIWYG editor>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.edit.WebHome]], [[Standalone WYSIWYG editor>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.edit.edit-standalone-wysiwyg-editor.WebHome]], or with the [[Wiki editor>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.edit.edit-wiki-editor.WebHome]].
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Eleni Cojocariu 8.32 8 [[image:create-page-title.png||alt="The page creation wizard with the title field highlighted"]]
9 [[image:edit-page-title.png||alt="The page opened with an editor with the title field highlighted"]]
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Eleni Cojocariu 3.2 12 The administrator can also [[configure the title behavior>>xwiki:Documentation.AdminGuide.Configuration.WebHome||anchor="HTitlebehavior"]].
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Eleni Cojocariu 1.1 14 == Page Names ==
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Eleni Cojocariu 8.37 16 Page names are used to build the URL of the Page and must be unique within a wiki. Page names are also used in the [[page reference>>doc:documentation.xs.user.base.page.linking-references.WebHome||anchor="HPageReferences"]]. Page names are suggested based on the page title and onthe [[Model Validation Strategy>>extensions:Extension.Model.Validation.Default.WebHome]] chosen for the wiki.
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Eleni Cojocariu 6.2 18 {{image reference="create-page-name.png" size="extra" alt="The creation page wizard with the Page Name field highlighted"/}}

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