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.
Navigate (Site) Menu
Learn how to do it:
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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.
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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.
Institutional Navigation
Learn how to do it:
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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.
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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
Training
Site Settings
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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.
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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
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Theme
- UTMB light header: the header will have a white background
- UTMB dark header: the header will have a dark gray background
- UTMB light header: the header will have a white background
- Design mode
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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.
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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
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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.
- Use Mobile Menu?: Check or uncheck to display the mobile menu when the site is accessed on a small screen.