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All menus on SDP sites are built manually so when you archive a page or change it’s URL or name, you need to update any menus that it’s included in as well. Please note: if you’re creating a new menu or adding a new page to a menu, the menu or new page will need to be published to display. Any new menus or new pages will not display in preview. |
Editing menus
Our recommended process for updating menus
Uncheck the Enabled option as you’re adding links to your menu.
Go back to view the menu as a whole and drag-and-drop your links into the right positions.
Tick all the checkboxes in the Enabled column.
Click the save button at the bottom of the page and preview your menu on a published page.
Step by step guide for populating menus
To add, remove or reorder items, go to the menus landing page (Structure > Menus).
Find the menu with the name of your site or site section (e.g. http://vic.gov.au - <site section name>).
Click on the Edit menu button on the right side of the screen.
Add items one by one by clicking the + Add link button.
In the Add menu link screen, start with the 2nd field (“Link”) first – start typing the page title and choose the correct page from the list of published pages that appears in the dropdown.
You then need to add the Menu link title. You should generally use the full page title here; in certain circumstances it’s fine to use a shortened version, such as “About us”.
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Changes made to menus appear on the live website immediately, so while you're working on a menu and not ready for the updates to go live yet you should make sure to uncheck the Enabled checkbox. This means your menu additions will be saved in the CMS, but not live on the website yet. |
Reordering new items in a menu
Once you’ve added all the menu items you want to include, go back to view the menu page and drag and drop your items into order using the grabber tool.
You can also drag to ‘indent’ the items to push them to level 2 or 3. Our side menus only display down to level 3.
Click Save when you’re done.
Top menu (primary navigation)
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The menu will be created by an SDP team member initially, and then should be maintained and updated by editors and approvers.
Editing a site-section navigation menu
To add, remove or reorder items, go to the menus landing page (Structure > Menus).
Find the menu with the name of your site section (e.g. vic.gov.au - <site section name>).
Click on the Edit menu button on the right side of the screen.
Add items one by one by clicking the + Add link button.
In the Add menu link screen, start with the 2nd field (“Link”) first – start typing the page title and choose the correct page from the list of published pages that appears in the dropdown.
You then need to add the Menu link title. You should generally use the full page title here; in certain circumstances it’s fine to use a shortened version, such as “About us”.
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Changes made to menus appear on the live website immediately, so while you're working on a menu and not ready for the updates to go live yet you should make sure to uncheck the Enabled option. This means your menu additions will be saved in the CMS, but not live on the website yet.
Reordering new items in a site section menu
Once you’ve added all the menu items you want to include, go back to view the menu page and drag and drop your items into order using the grabber tool.
You can also drag to ‘indent’ the items to push them to level 2 or 3. Our side menus only display down to level 3.
Click Save when you’re done.
Our recommended process for updating menus
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Uncheck the Enabled option as you’re adding links to your menu.
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Go back to view the menu as a whole and drag-and-drop your links into the right positions.
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Tick all the checkboxes in the Enabled column.
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Displaying the site-section navigation menu on a page
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