Organizing your Site Menu

How the Pages area works for moving pages around and their appearance on your website.

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.

Video instructions

Navigate to Portfolio > Pages

1. From the left sidebar under Portfolio, click the 'Pages' button

2. The 'IN MENU' area lists all pages visible in your site navigation menu

3. The HOME shows which page will be seen first when visiting your website

4. The 'Options' link provides more options (Remove From Menu, Set as Homepage).

5. The 'NOT IN MENU' area lists all pages that will not appear in the Site Menu

6. Preview with hamburger icon Site Menu (click to activate)

Page Types in more detail

1. 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

2. Submenu Item: folder-style open for adding pages, that will appear in a dropdown menu when activated. See our Creating a Submenu guide

3. Gallery Page: inside the Submenu Item folder. See our Gallery Page guide

4. Custom Page: See our Custom Page guides

5. Blog: see our Blog guides for more information

6. Store: see our Store guides for more information

7. Client Gallery: see our Workflow guides for more information

Closing a Submenu Item folder

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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'.

1. Click on the '…' icon to activate the dropdown menu

2. Click 'Set as 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.

1. Click on the '…' icon to activate the dropdown menu

2. Click 'Set as Homepage'

3. This will now remove the 'HOME' indicator from the previous Homepage

Remove From Menu

1. Click on the '…' icon to activate the dropdown menu

2. Click 'Remove From Menu'

Pages removed will appear at the top of the NOT IN MENU area

Add to Menu

1. Click on the '…' icon to activate contextual menu

2. Click 'Add to Menu'

Pages added will appear at the top of the IN MENU area

Site Menu Design Options

1. Navigate to the Portfolio > Design panel and select 'Theme'

2. Under Theme Options > Site Menu click 'View All'

1. Theme specific settings

2. Colors

3. Typography

4. Close (and 'Save Changes')

Make changes here and view with the in-app preview or test on your live site.

Also see Managing your pages and Tips on setting your Site Menu and page navigation

Reach us online at our live chat or via our email info@format.com if you have any more questions. We’re happy to help!