Navigator elements
Navigator elements display metadata and content from a predefined section of a site framework (sites, site areas and content items), usually in the form of links. To use a navigator element create a navigator component. We cannot add a navigator element to an authoring template, site, site area or content item.
Navigators are not menus. Menus are a list of hyperlinks that take you to specific pages. Navigators can also be hyperlinks that can take one to specific pages but navigators are organized differently. Navigators present the logical arrangement of a web site whereas menus are a list of related web pages in the site.
The navigator element is configured by selecting a start area and determining a child depth, a parent level, and a sibling value relative to the start area. Possible start areas are sites, site areas, or content items. The selected start area must be in the same site that the navigator element will be used in.
There are also options to determine if the start area is to be displayed, if content items are to be displayed, and if the hierarchy from the start area to the current site area should be expanded.
A set of element designs is used to format the information for each branch of a navigator.
Navigators display links to different site areas in a site. As such, each site area in a site should have a default content item. Otherwise, some links in a navigator will not work.
- Use a navigator element
Create a navigator element to display a list of links based on a section of the site framework of a site.
- Navigator type examples
We can use navigator elements to display different sections of a site framework in different ways.
- Navigator formatting examples
Use HTML to format the layout of a navigator.
Parent Topic
Create links