A page is the smallest unit of Confluence. When you create a guide for the Knowledge Base, you're assembling a series of pages. We've developed page types (categories or taxonomies of pages) to help organize guidestarget specific user needs. Each page type plays a unique role in helping users learn our applications.
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Check out our content model guide to get a better idea of see how these page types work together. The links in the first column above provide more in-depth information on about each page type.