Video instructions
Overview
Your Site Menu is the page navigation that appears on your site. Depending on the theme that you have chosen, the Site Menu can appear at the top or bottom of the page, on the side, or it could be a corner (hamburger style icon) link as well.
On narrower displays (mobile devices) the text menu will appear as a corner hamburger style icon that needs to be clicked to activate.
Navigate to Portfolio > Pages
From the left sidebar under Portfolio, click the 'Pages' button
The 'IN MENU' area lists all pages visible in your site navigation menu
The
HOMEshows which page will be seen first when visiting your websiteThe 'Options' link provides more options (Remove From Menu, Set as Homepage).
The 'NOT IN MENU' area lists all pages that will not appear in the Site Menu
Preview with hamburger icon Site Menu (click to activate)
Page Types in more detail
Collection Page: links to one or more pages within your site and displays a Cover Image and/or text link with Page Title. See our Collection Page guide
Submenu Item: folder-style open for adding pages, that will appear in a dropdown menu when activated. See our Creating a Submenu guide
Gallery Page: inside the Submenu Item folder. See our Gallery Page guide
Custom Page: See our Custom Page guides
Blog: see our Blog guides for more information
Store: see our Store guides for more information
Client Gallery: see our Workflow guides for more information
Closing a Submenu Item folder
Hover over, and click next to the Page Title to close the Submenu Item folder, this makes the list of pages shorter, and easier to move around
Dragging Pages In Menu or Not in Menu
Click and drag any page into the IN MENU or NOT IN MENU sections
The Site Menu will update in real-time without having to Save Changes.
Changing Page Order
Click and drag any page into the IN MENU or NOT IN MENU sections
The Site Menu will update in real-time without having to Save Changes.
IN MENU: The top-most page will appear first in your Site Menu, the second page, second, the bottom page, last.
Set as Homepage
For your live Format website to appear, there must be one page set as the 'Homepage'.
Click on the '…' icon to activate the dropdown menu
Click 'Set as Homepage'
You can’t set a Submenu Item folder as the Homepage, but you can set a page inside to be the Homepage.
Deleting a Homepage
If you delete a page that was set as the Homepage, the topmost page left IN MENU will be designated as the new Homepage. You can change this at any time.
Homepage Not in Menu
If you are using a Title Page you may not want this to appear in the Site Menu.
You can position the page NOT IN MENU and have it set as the Homepage and it will display first. If the Website Logo Text or Logo Graphic is clicked, this will take viewers back to seeing the Title Page again without cluttering the Site Menu.
Click on the '…' icon to activate the dropdown menu
Click 'Set as Homepage'
This will now remove the '
HOME' indicator from the previous Homepage
Remove From Menu
Click on the '…' icon to activate the dropdown menu
Click 'Remove From Menu'
Pages removed will appear at the top of the NOT IN MENU area
Add to Menu
Click on the '…' icon to activate contextual menu
Click 'Add to Menu'
Pages added will appear at the top of the IN MENU area
Site Menu Design Options
Navigate to the Portfolio > Design panel and select 'Theme'
Under Theme Options > Site Menu click 'View All'
Every Theme has different design options, what you see in these screenshots (from Sierra theme) may not match your themes options.
Theme specific settings
Colors
Typography
Close (and 'Save Changes')
Make changes here and view with the in-app preview or test on your live site.
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