Page and story content types

Drupal comes with two preconfigured content types enabled by default, "Page" and "Story". In previous versions of Drupal these were actually separate modules, currently they are merely starting content types with different names and default configurations. The can be renamed or deleted. By default:

As they are processed as two different node types, they can have different editing permissions and even be themed differently. These defaults serve as preconfigured examples and can be changed. To see these settings look in the Content Management section of the Administer page.

The description for Content types is “Manage posts by content type, including default status, front page promotion, etc.” Click on Content types

On the Content types page you will find a listing of the available content types for your site. This list depends on what modules you have enabled and if you have created any additional content types. For now click on the edit link in the Operations column for Page content type.

There are three areas on this page. Identification, Submission form and Workflow.

For now scroll down to the bottom. In a new Drupal install you will have Default options, default comment settings and attachments. These settings control the default behavior of the content type for users without special permission.

Default options:

Default comment settings control whether you allow comments on a given content type. Requires that the comment module be enabled.

Various contributed modules can add other options here.