Mega Nav

Use this guide to add, edit, move or remove links from the Mega Nav.

The Mega Nav is the main menu on your website above the banner. 

Features

• There can be up to 8 Mega Nav links. All 8 links need to be child pages of Homepage. You cannot place any external link on Mega Nav. 
• The first 3 links listed in Global Navigation are mandatory. You can change the page titles but you can't remove the link or change their order of appearance. These 3 links are;
  • About our school 
  • Supporting our students
  • Learning at our school
• In addition, you can place up to 5 links to the Mega Nav. 
• The pages you choose must be children of the Homepage. Any other levels other than this, cannot be linked. 
• If you select any page on the Mega Nav such as 'About our school' you will see the pages that sit underneath this top level tier page.
• It is possible to optionally disable the Mega Nav drop down. This will mean the links on the Mega Nav will go directly to the relevant page.
  

Example Mega Nav:

Example of child pages under Homepage:

Before you start

• Make sure you create a page under Home to link to the Mega nav. 
• Please note: Your child page should be under Home level and not beyond that as Mega nav will not detect the page. 

Step 1: Navigate to the homepage

• Log in to Adobe Experience Manager and select Sites.

• Your school's home page will already be selected.
• Select the icon to the left of Home. The tick will appear and your selection will turn blue.
• Select Edit in the menu bar that appears across the top of the screen. 

Step 2: Open the properties of the homepage

• Look to the dark grey bar across the top of your page.
• Select the slider icon in the top left corner. This is the Page Information button.
• Select Open Properties from the drop-down. 

Step 3: Add, update, remove links from the Mega Nav

• Select the Mega Nav tab to add, update or remove links from the Mega Nav on your website. 
• You can't edit, reorder or delete the Global Navigation links. You can change their Link Name if needed.
• Under Local Navigation Links select the Add button to add a link of your own.

•  Three new fields will appear and the Add button will move down the page.

Step 4: Add a link to the Mega Nav

• Add a name to the Link Name field
• Add a Link Description if the link is vague and doesn't meet accessibility requirements for links. A Link Description will be visible to all users in Mega Nav drop downs.
• In the Link Url field, select the tick icon to choose the page you would like to link to. 

Step 5: Navigate to the page

• Navigate to the page you would like to link to.
• Select the icon to the left of the page name. The tick will appear and your selection will turn blue.
• Select the Select button in the top right of the pop-up.
• You can only select pages that sit directly below Home. 

Step 6: Remove or add another link to the Mega Nav

• Select the Bin icon to delete an existing link.
• Select the Add button and repeat steps 4 - 5 to add another link.

Step 7: Re-order links in the Mega Nav

• Click and drag the Move icon to re-order the links.
• Top to bottom becomes left to right in the Mega Nav on the website.
• Select Save & Close to save and view your changes.

Updated Mega Nav

• The Mega Nav will now display the new links.
• When you select a link you will see a drop-down with the Link Name, Link Description and any child pages.

Mega Nav dropdown - optional

• Select the tick on Go directly to page (no dropdown), if you do not wish to display the dropdown showing child pages. You will go directly to the parent page linked on the mega nav.

Include home page link - optional

• NEW: Select the tick on Include 'Home' page link if you want to include a link to your home page on the mega-nav in addition to the link already on the logo.
  

Step 8: Publish the homepage

• For changes to be updated on your live school website you will need to publish the page.
• Select the slider icon in the top left corner. This is the Page Information button.
• Select Publish Page from the drop-down. 
• If you don't see Publish Page you are an Author and will need to select Start Workflow instead. Go to Author publish a page for more information.

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