**Summary**
In this Notion fundamentals lesson, Thomas Frank explains that a Notion page is a flexible canvas that can hold any content and also serves as the navigation structure of your workspace. He walks through creating a page from scratch, adding an icon and cover, adjusting font and width, and using comments and backlinks. The video shows how pages can exist at the top level, inside other pages, or within databases, and demonstrates hierarchical nesting with breadcrumbs to track location. By the end, viewers have built a simple example page and learned the basics needed to progress to more complex layouts and databases in later lessons. The lesson also points to the course hub for templates, written guides, and email updates.
1. Notion’s page feature is a basic, foundational element of the workspace.
2. A page in Notion functions as a canvas where you can place any content.
3. Pages also serve as the navigation structure within your Notion workspace.
4. Pages can exist as top‑level items, inside other pages, or inside databases.
5. A page inside a database displays database properties (e.g., tags).
6. To create a new page, you can click “New page,” use templates, import content, or start with an empty page.
7. Adding an icon to a page places it at the top, in the breadcrumbs, and in the navigation sidebar.
8. Adding a cover works similarly to icons; you can choose default options, Unsplash photos, or upload your own.
9. Font and font size can be changed via the three‑dot menu (serif, monospaced, default, small).
10. The full‑width toggle makes the page content stretch to the window width, useful for multi‑column layouts.
11. Page comments can be added to the whole page, individual blocks, or text selections and can be expanded or turned off.
12. Backlinks are created when you link to a page from elsewhere; they appear in a backlinks section that can be customized.
13. Pages can be nested indefinitely, creating hierarchical structures visible via breadcrumbs.
14. When inside a database, pages created there are not listed in the sidebar; you must open the database to see them.
15. The sidebar shows database views, not the individual pages contained within the database.
16. The example page built in the lesson starts as a blank page, then gains an icon, cover, text, and basic formatting.
17. The lesson’s example template is available for download at thomasjfrank.com/fundamentals.
18. Future lessons will cover databases, text formatting, and more complex layouts building on this page foundation.
19. The video encourages viewers to duplicate the example templates into their own workspace for practice.
20. Signing up for the Notion tips email list provides updates and additional tips related to the course.