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<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nThe top navigation does not update automatically when pages are added or removed \u2014 changes must be made manually<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Only editors assigned the Administrator<\/strong> role can manage the top navigation. If you don\u2019t have this role, contact your site administrator for assistance.<\/p>\n Your site\u2019s top navigation should be simple, scannable, and focused on helping visitors quickly identify the major areas of your website (About Us, Our Faculty, Education, etc.). Too many menu items make navigation harder to use.<\/p>\n Effective site structure relies on grouping related content logically. The top navigation should provide a high-level overview of the primary sections of the site, while the left-hand navigation is used to display supporting and secondary content within each section.<\/p>\n From the Dashboard, go to Appearance \u2192 Menus<\/strong>. You must be assigned the Administrator<\/strong> role to see this.<\/p>\n At the top of the screen, select Primary Navigation<\/strong> from the menu dropdown, then click Select<\/strong>.\u00a0Sites can have more than one menu, but the one assigned as Primary Navigation<\/strong><\/em> controls what appears at the top of the site.<\/p>\n The Menus screen is divided into two areas:<\/p>\n Most menu items link to Pages<\/strong>, with the occasional Custom Link<\/strong> (external link).<\/p>\n Pages<\/strong> are the most common items added to the top navigation.<\/p>\n Use a custom link<\/strong> when you need to include a link to an external resource.<\/p>\n The sequence in which menu items are listed is the order in which they will display in the navigation. Drag and drop menu items to change their order. Keep the menu items left-aligned (no indentation).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The primary navigation is the main menu that appears across the top of your website. It helps visitors understand the main sections of your site and provides consistent access to important pages. The top navigation does not update automatically when pages are added or removed \u2014 changes must be made manually. Only editors assigned the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3206,"featured_media":0,"parent":2239,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-15158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15158"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15215,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15158\/revisions\/15215"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nHow to Edit the Primary Navigation<\/h2>\n
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\nAdd Items to the Top Navigation<\/h2>\n
Add a Page to the Top Navigation<\/h3>\n
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\nReordering Items<\/h2>\n
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