Navigation Menus
Your site's navigation is generated automatically from your Pages setup — there's no separate menu builder to manage. The page order, parent-child relationships, and menu settings you configure in Pages are what visitors see in the header menu and sidebar.
How navigation works
Five page settings work together to control what appears in navigation:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Include in Menu | Controls whether the page appears in navigation at all |
| Parent | Creates nested structure (dropdowns in the main menu, hierarchy in the sidebar) |
| Page order | The order pages appear in the Pages list becomes the menu order |
| Permissions | Controls who can see each menu item — visitors only see pages they have access to |
| Template | Default pages include sidebar navigation; Landing pages do not |
Setting up a page for navigation
- Go to Pages.
- Create a new page or open an existing one.
- Set the Menu Title — this is the text visitors see in the menu. Use something shorter than the full page title if needed.
- Set the Parent if this page should appear nested under another page.
- Turn on Include in Menu.
- Make sure the page is Active.
- Save, then check the live site.
If you want a menu item that redirects somewhere else (another page, an external site), use Redirect URL. Turn on External Link if it should open in a new tab.
Primary navigation (header menu)
The main header menu is built from your top-level pages. Child pages create dropdown structure under their parent.
A top-level page that has children acts as a dropdown trigger in the header — clicking it opens the dropdown rather than navigating to that page directly.
Page order in the Pages list controls the order of both top-level items and their children.
Secondary navigation (sidebar)
On pages using the Default template, sidebar navigation shows the current section's pages grouped with their related children. The active page is highlighted in the sidebar so visitors can orient themselves within a section.
Pages using the Landing template don't have sidebar navigation.
If navigation doesn't look right
- Is the page Active?
- Is Include in Menu turned on?
- Do the page's permissions allow the audience you're testing with to see it?
- Is the Parent setting correct?
- Is the page in the right position in the Pages list?
- If you expected sidebar navigation, is the page using the Default template?
- If you're using a Redirect URL, does it point where you intended?
Related topics
- Pages - Manage page content, permissions, and structure.
- Permissions and Access Control - How permissions affect menu visibility.