Menus

Menus are the main navigation for your site.  They can contain multiple levels and are incorporated into the theme for your website.  Most sites will contain main and sub menus and often a footer menu.  If you have the exhibitor’s module then your Ezone menu will also appear here to edit.  You can change the order and nesting of the nav

Tips

• Remember that deleting a menu item does not delete the content it links to.
• Keep it snappy, short menu items will be easier for visitors to read. Long titles will also go over more than one line.
• Try not to be different for the sake of it. People will be used to looking for a page called "Contact us", stick to names that are familiar.
• Where possible, try to restrict menus to 2 levels. This will give your visitors a better user experience.
• If you run out of space to add another main menu item raise a Maintenance Ticket and our designers may be able to reduce the font size and spacing to fit more in.

Task

Create a main menu, a sub menu and link it to a page

1. In the CMS hover over “Menus” on the left and click “Main menu”
2. Click the button at the top “Add Menu Item”
3. In the popup window, give your menu a title, this is the text that will appear on the front of the site.
4. Choose “Page” as the type and then click “choose”
5. Select the page from the list by clicking “Choose”
6. Set the target and Click “Add Link”
7. Now we’ll add a sub menu.
   1. Next to the menu item you just added click the “Actions” drop down and choose “Add Sub Menu Item”
   2. In the popup window, give your menu a title, this is the text that will appear on the front of the site.
   3. Choose “Page” as the type and then click “choose”
   4. Select the page from the list by clicking “Choose”
   5. Set the target and Click “Add Link”
   6. You should now see your menu nested beneath the main menu you just added.
8. Your menu should be saved and active on the site. Verify this by clicking the “view website” icon in the left navigation bar.
9. We’ll now re-order some menus. To do this
   1. Use the drag / drop icon in the menu editor to rearrange the order of some of the main menus
   2. Once changed the order is automatically saved. Verify the new order by clicking the “view website” icon in the left navigation bar
10. We’ll now change the nesting of the menus. To do this
    1. Use the drag / drop icon in the menu editor to move one of the main menu’s to be a sub menu
    2. Once changed the nesting is automatically saved.  Verify the main menu has moved to be a sub menu by clicking the “view website” icon in the left navigation bar