How to create multiple variants of a page in page manager

Question

I'm attempting to create multiple pages that use panels within a page in page manager.

For example I'm trying to create the path

127.0.0.1/brands

And have multiple pages that follow that same path like the following

127.0.0.1/brands/brand1
127.0.0.1/brands/brand2
127.0.0.1/brands/brand3

I created multiple variants for each brand in the brands page manager. I had a feeling that I could create the various subpages by using the 'Request Path' selection condition. But I've attempted the following

/brands/brand1
/brand1

and all of these lead to a 'page requested not found' when visiting 127.0.0.1/brands/brand1

Is there a way to create a sub page of a page using page manager, without creating a whole new page?

Answer 1

Create a page with the url /brands and add your variants. Use the "String: URL Path" selection rule to manage each one.

How to:

Under selection rules for the main (panel) page add the "String: URL Path" rule with a single line "/brands"

Do the same with the variants but: Under the first variant use /brands/brand1 Under the second variant use /brands/brand2 ... ...