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Creating and Modifying Website Horizontal Navigation Menu Items

Creating and Modifying Website Horizontal Navigation Menu Items

Introduction

In this screen, you can add, configure, or delete a menu item for the header pane horizontal navigation menu where Use of Frame - Header in the web site configuration page is Default. Configured menu items are left intact for to be reused later when you change Use of Frame - Header to other types.

The horizontal (Use of Frame - Header is Default) and tabbed (Use of Frame - Header is Tab) navigation menu share some of the menu item information. Changes in one type of menu will have some impact on the other menu type.

Menu path

This screen is accessible only through the website configuration page (go to Documents/Setup/Maintenance/Web sites, and then click New or open an existing web site). If Use of Frame - Header in the web site configuration page is Default, you can access this screen by clicking Add or the links below the Sort by or Text columns of the Frame - Header: Menu section.

Roles & rights

To be able to view, create new menu items, edit existing menu items, and delete menu items, function right 268 - Maintain websites is required. By default, users with the Web administrator role have this right to configure the menu items for Frame - Header: Menu depending on the division of the web site and the level of the role.

For more details on what you can do with function rights or levels, go to System/Setup/Security/Function rights, select the required module, and then click on the relevant ID. To find out the functions you can perform with a particular role, go to System/Setup/Security/Roles, type in the description, click Refresh, and then click the required link under the Role column.

Button

Save

Click this to save changes you have made to the menu item.

Save + New

Click this to save the current menu item and create another new menu item. This button is not available while modifying existing menu item.

Delete

Click this to delete the menu item. The menu item and its settings will be deleted but linked documents, linked pictures, and the Sort order of other menu items are not affected. This button is available only while modifying existing menu item.

Close

Click this to exit.

Description

Menu button: Upper section

Sort order

Type a number from 1 to 15 to set the position of this item in the menu. Menu items are laid out in a three by five matrix as illustrated in the following table:

1

6

11

2

7

12

3

8

13

4

9

14

5

10

15

An unused Sort order number will leave that matrix cell blank. A Sort order number is automatically inserted in the box when you create a new menu item.

Note: If some of the menu items are not visible when you preview the web site, adjust the Height (Pixels) of Frame - Header.

Button/Link: Text

Type the text to be used as the hyperlink text of this menu item. If this field is blank, the menu item will show as a blank matrix cell.

Link: Type

Select the action of the menu item when clicked. The options available are:

  • ID - A document of this ID number is displayed in the content pane
  • Layout: News - A news page generated by this news layout is displayed in the content pane
  • Layout: List - A list generated by this list layout is displayed in the content pane
  • URL: Third party - A web resource at this address is opened in a new web browser window
  • URL: Internal file - A web resource at this address is displayed in the content pane

This selection determines which of the Document ID, News: Layout, Link: Layout, or URL field is relevant for you to configure. Whenever you save the menu item, the settings in the irrelevant fields are discarded.

Document ID

Type the ID number of the document to be displayed in the content pane when this menu item is clicked. Configure this field only if Link: Type is ID.

Note: In order to save this menu item, the document ID must be valid.

News: Layout

Select an available news layout to display a news page generated by this news layout in the content pane when the menu item is clicked. Configure this field only if Link: Type is Layout: News.

Link: Layout

Select an available list layout to display a list generated by this list layout in the content pane when the menu item is clicked. Configure this field only if Link: Type is Layout: List.

URL

Type the absolute or relative URL of the web resource to open in a new web browser window or display in the content pane when this menu item is clicked. Configure this field only if Link: Type is URL: Third party or URL: Internal file.

Note: For normal HTTP using an absolute URL, you can omit the URL scheme ("http://") if the URL authority begins with "www".

Related document

     
 Main Category: Support Product Know How  Document Type: Online help main
 Category: On-line help files  Security  level: All - 0
 Sub category: Details  Document ID: 15.229.917
 Assortment:  Date: 24-09-2010
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