How to make a new page on magento?

Question

i know that this may be a stupid question, i've done reading MagentoDesignGuide.pdf and knows how to edit block, how the XML layout works, and template files works. Since magento documentation is not much i need a lot of question on the development (i'm new to magento Environment and framework)

what i get is 1 page of magento is made from lots of block, layout and modules. either way i want one of my link in my homepage goes to my custom page (a page which i want to made on my own). is there anyway to do it?

Answer 1

Let's say, you created a CMS page, with URL Key = introduction

You can add link of this page (on your CMS homepage) by :

<a href="{{store url="introduction"}}">Introduction</a>

For template files (.phtml), use:

<a href="<?php echo $this->getUrl('introduction'); ?>">Introduction</a>