Difference between page and story

Many people ask what the difference is between the "page" node type and the "story" node type. In terms of basic functionality, there is no difference. However, as they are processed within Drupal as two different node types, one can theme them differently, so that page nodes and story nodes have differing looks. You can also make a distinction when using various node access modules.

Note that as of Drupal 5.x a few default differences have been introduced:

• A page doesn't post author information, timestamps or comments by default.
• A story does post author information, timestamps or comments by default.

It is still possible to configure a story and a page to be exactly the same. Drupal core now also allows administrators to edit the names of page and story to anything you want and create your own different types of content that suit the needs of a specific site.

Changing the default

In Drupal 5, you can change the options for displaying author/timestamp information in /admin/build/themes/settings.

Also, comments can be enabled or disabled in /admin/content/types/page and /admin/content/types/story.