Navigation: Main Menus

Site navigation is a key factor in effective web design. The core site navigation, which comes standard with your UTMB Sitefinity site, is automatically generated by the pages of the site. Page settings can affect whether or not the page displays in the navigation. The institutional menu can easily be added or removed for the site as well.

Learn how to do it:

  • Access to site settings

    Click the Administration navigation menu item and then select UTMB Site Settings. If you are a content author, you will not have access to the site settings.
    screenshot of site settings in the navigation

  • Site Navigation Menus

    Use the Navigation Menus tab to edit the Navigate / Site Menu:

    • Use Navigate Menu?: Check or uncheck to display the navigation for your site.
    • Navigate Menu Theme: Depending on whether your site is Modern or Classic design mode, you will be able to adjust the menu theme templates.
    • Menu Levels / Tiers: This displays the levels of pages that are nested under parent pages. There is a maximum of 5 tiers.
      screenshot of site navigation settings
Screenshot showing a sites main navigation

Institutional Navigation

Learn how to do it:

  • Access to site settings

    Click the Administration navigation menu item and then select UTMB Site Settings. If you are a content author, you will not have access to the site settings.
    screenshot of site settings in the navigation

  • Explore / Institutional Menu

    Use the Navigation Menus tab to edit the Explore / Institutional Menu:

    • Use Explore Menu?: Check or uncheck to display the institutional navigation.
    • Explore Menu Theme
      screenshot of site navigation settings
Screenshot showing a site with the institutional navigation displayed

Training

Site Settings

  • Access to site settings

    Click the Administration navigation menu item and then select UTMB Site Settings. If you are a content author, you will not have access to the site settings.
    screenshot of site settings in the navigation

  • Site Details

    Use the Site Details tab to edit the following:

    • Site title
    • Header title: this will display in the upper-left-hand corner of the site
    • Header subtitle: this will display directly to the right of the header title
    • Site ownership contact information
      screenshot of site details
  • Site Layout / Design

    Use the Layout / Design tab to edit the following:

    • Design mode
      • Modern: this allows you to use the full width of the screen as a canvas for design and the main navigation will display on the top of the page linear to the UTMB logo. Only the pages or templates that are based on the "_UTMBWeb_4x_Hybrid" template will be displayed in modern design mode. Please email UTMBSitefinityManagement@UTMB.EDU to request for the 4x template to be added to your site to use this design mode. 
        example of modern layout navigation
      • Classic: this reduces the width of the content area to 1400px and the main navigation will display on the left side of the page under the UTMB logo.
    • Theme
      • UTMB light header: the header will have a white background
        example of light header
      • UTMB dark header: the header will have a dark gray background
        screenshot of the dark header

      • screenshot of layout / design tab
  • Site Navigation Menus

    Use the Navigation Menus tab to edit the Navigate / Site Menu:

    • Use Navigate Menu?: Check or uncheck to display the navigation for your site.
    • Navigate Menu Theme: Depending on whether your site is Modern or Classic design mode, you will be able to adjust the menu theme templates.
    • Menu Levels / Tiers: This displays the levels of pages that are nested under parent pages. There is a maximum of 5 tiers.
      screenshot of site navigation settings
  • Explore / Institutional Menu

    Use the Navigation Menus tab to edit the Explore / Institutional Menu:

    • Use Explore Menu?: Check or uncheck to display the institutional navigation.
    • Explore Menu Theme
      screenshot of site navigation settings
  • Mobile Menu

    Use the Navigation Menus tab to edit the Mobile Menu:

    • Use Mobile Menu?: Check or uncheck to display the mobile menu when the site is accessed on a small screen.
      screenshot of site navigation settings

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