This section is to guide system administrators when creating and managing the navigation element.
Turn on global navigation
Open System admin from your profile icon:
Click the Global navigation drop-down menu and select On:
Click Save to save your changes.
Add menu items and links
Navigate to your profile > System admin:
The System admin screen is displayed:
Click Navigation. The Navigation screen is displayed:
Within this screen, you can either create, edit or add new menu items.
Add menu item
To add a menu item, navigate to Add menu > Menu item:
The Add menu item is displayed:
There are a number of ways you can add a menu item:
List tab
From this screen, you can create a navigation menu. Within the List tab, you must enter a Title, List Type and the No. of columns that the list will display in.
List Type relates to the list of Modules, e.g. Publications Modules, Comparison Toolkit Modules etc. This will display any active modules of this type.
Browse tab
Within the browse tab, you can select the module name to insert the link. Additionally, you can select what to link the menu item to change the source you want to link to:
For example, if you selected module, you can then select a module from the second drop down menu:
External tab
To add an external menu item, you must supply a Title, a URL to the content and you need to select how you want the external link to open, (new window, pop up window or the same window).
Custom tab
To add a custom menu item, you need to select a Container from the drop down menu:
A container is only a 'title' and there is no content that sits behind it. It simply enables you to sub-categorise some of the menu items etc.
Give the menu item a Title and enter some HTML code into the free text box.
Search tab
You can use the search tab to search for and filter content.
Edit menu item
To edit a menu item, navigate to that menu item and then click More actions > Edit details. The <Menu item name> screen is displayed:
Edit the details of the menu item and click Done once you are done.
Click Save to save all of your changes:
