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Overview

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Your BPD website features two types of menus:

  • the navigation menu - for products and categories
, and
  • the section menu - for content

Whilst a standard website will generally only ever have one main product menu, you might have several content menus appearing in various places.

 

Your site's footer probably has at least one section menu on it

, but you may also have others in use elsewhere across your website. 

already.

 

Our newly-updated We've recently updated our Section Menu Editor in the CMS makes , so creating and editing your content menus just became much simpler. 

 

Create a New Menu 

  1. In the CMS, select Navigation → Section Menu Editor.

  2. Click Create New Menu.

  3. Give your menu a description / label.
  4. Save.

  5. Add Item to Menu.
  6. Give the new item a label and select the type of menu item you wish to add - page, product, category or link.

  7. The dropdown list will change depending on the menu type you choose - you can lookup products/ categories, existing pages, or input a completet URL for a link. 
    • Valid URLs must start with either http:// or https:// 
    • Javascript code must start with javascript:

  8. You can select additional options for Pages: 
    • Include in Site Map
    • Open in New Window (this option is also available for Links)
    • Hidden


  9. Next, you can configure who can access this menu. Select Options → Associated Roles
    • By default, each item you add to a section menu will inherit the role permissions of the parent. However, you can configure access to individual menu items if required.
  10. By default, new section menus are linked to ALL menu codes. You can toggle off the ones you don't want right here.


  11. Click Confirm, then repeat Step 5 onward to build out your section menu. You can even drag and drop the menu items to re-order them.  

  12. Save your new menu.

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Custom Pages - adding a page to a menu

...

Custom pages must be added to at least one menu when you create them. The steps below will outline how to add a page to a menu, whether it's brand new or you're editing an existing one. 

 

 

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  1. Navigate to Content → Page Templates → Custom Pages.

  2. Edit the page you require. 

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  1. Options → Page Properties.
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  2. Scroll to the Add to a Menu section. You'll see the menus this page is currently accessible on, as well as an Add Menu option.

  3. Select the menu you'd like to add the page to. You can filter the dropdown options by choosing either Section menu or Navigation menu types. 
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  4. You have the option of adding the page to a menu but keeping it hidden, via the Hidden toggle. 

  5. Click Add Menu.

  6. Save & Exit.

    Tip

    Depending on the menu's location on your site, you may need to refresh the cache in order to see your page appear on the web.

 

 

Additional Information

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Section Menu Editor

Minimum Version Requirements

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4.06.00

Prerequisites

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Self Configurable

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No

Business Function

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Marketing

BPD Only?

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Yes

B2B/B2C/Both

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Both

Ballpark Hours From CV (if opting for CV to complete self config component)

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Contact CV Support

Ballpark Hours From CV (in addition to any self config required)

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Contact CV Support

Third Party Costs

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n/a

CMS Category

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 Navigation