Building the Navigation

Up to three levels of nested navigation are currently allowed. In the example above, "About UNC School of Medicine" is the first level of navigation. Once the user clicks on "About UNC School of Medicine," the second level will appear. If the user clicks on one of the second navigation links, a third level will appear.

Level 1

For a first-level menu item to be "expandable", containing further levels, it must be a folder. When you add a folder to the "Home" directory of your site and publish such folder, it automatically appears in the first level of your navigation and is clickable, unless you choose to exclude the folder from navigation.

Other content types (pages, links, etc.) can be added to the Home directory, and they will automatically appear in your navigation as well. But, they're not folders, so clicking only takes you to the item named.

Level 2

A second-level item is anything that's placed within a first-level folder. For a second-level navigation item to be expandable, it must be a folder as well. Just like the first level, any content type can live here—it's just not expandable (making a new level) unless it's a folder. 

Level 3

The third level is not expandable in the navigation. If a folder is placed at this level and a user clicks it, the folder's contents are revealed in the main content area (second column) of the site. Otherwise, clicking a third-level item takes the user to whichever content item is listed—a page, for instance.

Reordering Items In the Navigation

To change the order of your navigational menu items, click the arrows in the "order" column, visible when looking at the contents of any level.

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