{"id":46,"date":"2015-09-24T17:29:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T17:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2018-09-28T12:28:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T16:28:18","slug":"menus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/menus\/","title":{"rendered":"Menus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Creating\/Editing Menus<\/h2>\n<p>To create a new menu (or edit an existing one), go to Appearance &gt; Menus using the admin left navigation. From here, you will be prompted to give your menu an identifiable name (ex: Main Nav). Next, you can select content from the site, such as Pages, Events, or Category archives of posts. You can also add a Custom Link should you want to add a menu link to an external URL.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve created your menu, or finished your edits, click Save.<\/p>\n<h2>Setting Menu Locations<\/h2>\n<p>On the parent site (http:\/\/umaine.edu), the global navigation is set via three menu options: the Primary Navigation, Quicklinks, and Footer Navigation. This configures the displayed menus across the entire network of sites. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-121 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/global-nav.png\" alt=\"global-nav\" width=\"573\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/global-nav.png 573w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/global-nav-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/global-nav-105x51.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/global-nav-210x102.png 210w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/global-nav-317x154.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/global-nav-423x206.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,573px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Subsites have two menu options: Secondary Navigation and Social links. These menu setting only apply to the subsite which you are editing.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-126\" src=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/subsite-nav.png\" alt=\"subsite-nav\" width=\"756\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/subsite-nav.png 756w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/subsite-nav-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/subsite-nav-105x40.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/subsite-nav-210x80.png 210w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/subsite-nav-317x120.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/subsite-nav-634x241.png 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/subsite-nav-423x161.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,756px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Both site types set menus by selecting saved menus from the dropdowns pictured above. Just choose the right menu and click Save Changes to apply to your site.<\/p>\n<h2>Adding menus to page sidebars<\/h2>\n<p>Before a menu can appear on a page, you must first change the page template from Default to Page with sidebar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-727 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2018\/09\/Turning-on-Sidebar.png\" alt=\"Turning on Sidebar\" width=\"372\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2018\/09\/Turning-on-Sidebar.png 566w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2018\/09\/Turning-on-Sidebar-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2018\/09\/Turning-on-Sidebar-105x69.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2018\/09\/Turning-on-Sidebar-317x208.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2018\/09\/Turning-on-Sidebar-423x278.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,372px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To show sidebar menus only on certain pages &#8211; Go to Appearance &gt; Menus. Create a new menu for the custom sidebar and save. Next go to Widgets, also under the Appearance tab and drag and drop the Navigation Menu widget under the page sidebar. Next, select that navigation menu and click on Visibility. Select \u201cShow\u201d if \u201cPage\u201d is\u2026select the page you want the custom sidebar to appear on. Click Save.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-261 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/menu-1024x368.png\" alt=\"Menu for creating custom menus\" width=\"1024\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/menu-1024x368.png 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/menu-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/menu-105x38.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/menu-210x75.png 210w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/menu-317x114.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/menu-634x228.png 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/menu-423x152.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/menu-846x304.png 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/menu-1268x456.png 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/menu-951x342.png 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2015\/09\/menu.png 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-729 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2018\/09\/creating-custom-side-bar-menus-widget.png\" alt=\"creating custom side bar menus widget\" width=\"422\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2018\/09\/creating-custom-side-bar-menus-widget.png 422w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2018\/09\/creating-custom-side-bar-menus-widget-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2018\/09\/creating-custom-side-bar-menus-widget-105x115.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/userguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2018\/09\/creating-custom-side-bar-menus-widget-317x348.png 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,422px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sorry. 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