Menus

Menus

Select the CMS tab on the back end of your website and then click the “Menus” sub-item to begin. Here you will be able to modify the primary navigation of your site, as well as any desired navigation in the header and footer of all pages. You can also create custom sidebar menus for use on any page you want. If you are signed up for Town Pages, you can also create a special global navigation menu for your Town Pages which will appear just above the footer on all pages of your website.

To Add Items to a Menu

1. Choose your menu: Primary Navigation, Header Navigation, Footer Navigation, Town Pages, or any custom menus that you have created
2. Click “Menu Items” to the right of the menu name in the Menus table
3. Click “Create New” in the upper right hand corner of the displayed menu items
4. Enter a title for the menu item, and either select the page you want to link to from the dropdown list, or enter an external URL in the External Link field
5. Select a parent if you wish for the menu item to be a sub-item of an existing menu item
6. Click “Create” and your new menu item will be added to the selected menu

Tip: Click “Edit” next to any menu description to change the description only; click “Show” to see vital stats about the menu including the list of items contained in the menu

To Edit a Menu Item

1. Choose your menu: Primary Navigation, Header Navigation, Footer Navigation, Town Pages, or any custom menu that you have created
2. Click “Menu Items” to the right of the menu name in the Menus table
3. Click “Edit” next to the menu item you wish to modify
4. Make your changes, then click “Update”. Your changes will go into effect immediately.

To Delete a Menu Items

1. Choose your menu: Primary Navigation, Header Navigation, Footer Navigation, Town Pages, or any custom menu that you have created
2. Click on “Menu Items” to the right of the menu name in the Menus table
3. Click “Delete” to the right of the menu item title

To Create a Sidebar Menu

1. Select the CMS tab on the back end of your website, then click the “Menus” sub-item
2. Click “Create New” in the upper right of the Menus editor
3. Give you new custom menu a name and description
4. Click “Create” to save your changes
5. Add any desired menu items using the same process as described in the “To Add Items To A Menu” section of this guide

To Add a Sidebar Menu to a Page

1. Select the CMS tab on the back end of your website; the “Pages” sub-item opens by default
2. Choose which page you wish to add a menu to and click “Edit” in the editing menu to the right of the page name on the table shown
3. Choose which of your sidebar menus you wish to add to the page by using the “Sidebar Menu” dropdown located just above the “Meta-Data” section of the page editor
4. Click “Update” to save your changes

**Note: A sidebar menu can be applied to as many pages as you want. Only one sidebar menu can be applied to each page.
Tip: You can create navigation links to any page, from any page, using the CMS. For example, if you have a number of pages related to one concept – such as town or neighborhood pages – you can create a text or image link on each item’s page that returns the user to the main page you have created for the category.