Manage Web Menus

Manage Web Menus

Overview

A web menu defines the primary navigation routes within your website.

A menu item may be defined as a parent/top menu item and may contain sub-menu items/child items.

When defining menu items, keep in mind you want to minimize how many times an end-user has to click to get to where they need to be. A general rule of thumb in web design is that it should take no more than 3 clicks to get to a menu destination.

How to Edit a Web Menu?

  1. Click Dashboard
  2. Click Website Management in left side menu
  3. Click Menu in the horizontal menu
  4. Select Update button beside the menu item you wish to edit
  5. Make your revisions, click Update Menu button to apply changes

How to Add a Web Menu?

  1. Click Dashboard
  2. Click Website Management in left side menu
  3. Click Menu in the horizontal menu
  4. Click Add New Menu Item button
    • Menu Title - Provide the text for the menu item name
    • Published - Yes / No to show or hide the menu item
    • Display Only To - Shows menu item to a member(s) of selected group(s) that is logged in to your site
    • Internal Link - Select the Page to be displayed
      • NOTE: if your web page does not exist yet, you need to create a web page for it before you can link to it. 
    • External Link - Define an external URL to be displayed
      • Note: this can be another URL address such as a link to a file or another web site; if linking to an uploaded file within your x-cd site, you will need the URL for the file.
    • Target Window - Check the box if you want this menu item to open in its own window tab
    • Parent Item - Define if this is a Top menu Item or a submenu item to another page
  5. Click Add Menu button

How to Change the Order of the Web Menus?

  1. Click Dashboard
  2. Click Website Management in left side menu
  3. Click Menu in the horizontal menu
  4. Click and drag the icon resembling 3 horizontal bars (located on the far left side) for the menu item you want to move and drag it to its new order placement.

How to Unpublish (Hide) vs Publish (Show) a Web Menu?

  1. Click Dashboard
  2. Click Website Management in left side menu
  3. Select your website from the dropdown list
  4. Click Menu in the horizontal menu
  5. Click Update button beside the specific menu item
    • Note: to Unpublish your entire site, select the Home menu item
  6. Change the Published field to 'No' (to unpublish/hide) / to 'Yes' (to publish/show)
  7. Click Update Menu button

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