So, I am coming from another small cms with a completely different paradigm, but I am making some progress getting things sorted.

One thing that I am trying to figure out is setting specific blocks on certain page types.

For example, when I am adding a sub-page for a staff listing, I want the block to already be there. However, if I add it through the page type, it is empty, and editing it says it will disconnect it from the page type as it is aliases.

I know there are custom attributes, and it would be cool to use those at page creation time to fill in some of the variables, but it seems like I would be duplicating things throughout the system and making it harder than it needs to be.

Having a single page is an option I guess, but sub pages seems to make more sense for the sitemap.

I know this is a basic concept, but if someone could illuminate me as to the best practice for dealing with pre-populating info in page types, I would be ever so grateful.