Navigation Menus

Use Pages to shape the navigation visitors see on your site.

In Clubistry, the main website navigation is generated from page setup rather than managed as a separate public menu builder.

How navigation is built

Your page settings work together to control navigation:

Include in Menu decides whether a page should appear in generated navigation
Parent creates nested page structure
page order in Pages controls menu order
page permissions control who can see each menu item
the page Template affects whether sidebar navigation is available

Set up a page for navigation

Go to Pages in the Club Management Portal.
Create a new page or open an existing one.
Review Menu Title, Parent, Include in Menu, and Active.
If the menu item should point somewhere else, review Redirect URL and External Link.
Save the page.
Review the live site navigation.

Fields that affect navigation

Menu Title

Use Menu Title for the text visitors should see in navigation.

Helpful detail:

this can be shorter than the full page title if you need a cleaner menu label

Include in Menu

Use Include in Menu when a page should appear in generated navigation.

Parent

Use Parent to place a page underneath another page in the navigation structure.

Helpful detail:

parent and child relationships drive both dropdowns in the main menu and the nested structure used for sidebar navigation

Active

Use Active as the main on/off switch for the page itself.

Helpful detail:

if a page is inactive, it is not available on the website and should usually not be left in the menu

Template

Use Template to choose the page layout.

Helpful detail:

the Default template can show sidebar navigation
the Landing template does not include sidebar navigation

Redirect URL and External Link

Use Redirect URL when a navigation item should send people to another page or site instead of the page's normal location.

Use External Link when that redirect should open in a new tab or window.

Slug

Use Slug for the page's normal web address when the page is serving its own content.

Page permissions

The same permissions that control access to a page also control whether that page appears in navigation for a given visitor.

Primary and secondary navigation

Primary navigation

The main header navigation is built from top-level pages that are available to the current visitor.

Helpful details:

child pages create dropdown structure in the main menu
page order in Pages controls the order of top-level items and child items
a top-level item with child pages acts as a dropdown trigger in the main navigation rather than a normal direct link from that top-level click

Secondary navigation

Sidebar navigation is based on the current page's place in the page hierarchy.

Helpful details:

this is part of the normal Default page layout
the current section stays grouped with its related child pages
active/open styling follows the current page path

Ordering and structure

Use the Pages list to control the order of pages in navigation.

Helpful details:

Clubistry shows page nesting in the list so you can see the current structure
dragging pages changes their order
if you need to move a page under a different parent, update the Parent setting first, then place it in the right order

If navigation is not showing what you expect

Check these items first:

the page is marked Active
Include in Menu is turned on
the page permissions allow the audience you are testing with to see it
the Parent setting is correct
the page order in Pages is where you expect it to be
if you expect sidebar navigation, the page is using the Default template rather than Landing
if you are using Redirect URL, it points to the location you intend