“Edit Page” vs “Page > Edit”?

Question

What is the difference between my editing a page via the two methods:

• Selecting "Edit Page" from the Site Actions menu
• Selecting "Edit" from the "Page" tab of the ribbon

Are they simply two ways to identical operations? Does either have side effects the other does not?

Answer 1

Yes, they are identical.

You use "Edit Page" from the Site Actions menu" when the page resides on a Publishing site, and you use "Edit" from the "Page" tab of the ribbon when the page resides on a non-publishing site or is already in the Checked out state.