Users with the roles of "Administrator" or "Superuser" can use the entry “” in the “” menu to define the navigation structure of the frontend of a ConPresso project.
The view “Edit navigation” lists the elements of the naviation structure of a ConPresso project.
The column “Navigation” shows the elements of the project's navigation structure. Click on
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Use the buttons of the column “Manage” to perform the following actions:
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The column “Rubric/URL” displays the target address of the navigation element. As this target address can be a rubric or a URL this column can contain either. |
The following sections will deal with aspects of the navigation structure in the ConPresso backend exclusively. For information on how to customize the navigation on the frontend of your ConPresso project, please refer to Section 2.3, “Frontend Navigation”.
To edit an existing navigation element open the view “Edit navigation” and click on the button Edit navigation element in the column “Manage” and the row of the element.
ConPresso will open the view “Edit navigation element” where you can edit these properties of the navigation element: “Description”, “Rubric assignment”, “External URL” and “External URL target”.
Please enter the name of the navigation element into the field “Description”, this name will be displayed in the navigation structure. | |
If you like, enter the rubric you want this navigation element to link to into this field. | |
Alternatively you can link the navigation element to any other location instead of to a rubric. Please enter the location you want to link to in this format: "http://www.example.com/". | |
You can define the target attribute of the external location in the field “External URL target”. This setting is required if your project uses frames, for example, because it ensures that the content of the external location will be displayed in the correct frame. Your target might be one of the default HTML targets like "_top", "_blank" or "_self", but you might as well use an individual target like "my_content_section", for instance. |
Once you have entered the desired settings, please click on the button “”. ConPresso will generate the navigation element and change back to the view “Edit navigation”.
Use the buttons in the column “Manage” of the view “Edit navigation” to insert new navigation elements into the navigation structure. by Click on “” in the menu “” to open the view “Edit navigation”.
You can insert new navigation elements on the same level as existing navigation elements or you can insert them as subelements of existing navigation elements.
| Use this button to insert a new navigation element above an existing element. The view “Edit navigation element” will be displayed for the new element. For more information on this view and its fields please refer to Section 5.1, “Edit Navigation Element”. |
| Use this button to insert a new navigation element below an existing element. The view “Edit navigation element” will be displayed for the new element. For more information on this view and its fields please refer to Section 5.1, “Edit Navigation Element”. |
| Use this button to add a new subelement to the navigation. Like in the other cases this will open the view “Edit navigation element” where you can enter details for the new subelement. For more information on this view and its fields please refer to Section 5.1, “Edit Navigation Element”. |
ConPresso provides the facility to "rearrange" navigation elements. This makes managing the navigation structure easier as you do not have to delete an element and then create and insert it again.
| To move a navigation element and, if applicable, its subelements, please select this element by clicking on the button Select navigation element and subelements first. ConPresso will then change into selection mode. Subsequently, you can insert the selected navigation element at the new position. |
| Click on the button Insert selected navigation element above this entry to insert the navigation element you have selected above this entry. |
| Click on the button Insert selected navigation element below this entry to insert the navigation element you have selected below this entry. |
| Click on the button Insert selected navigation element as new subelement to insert the navigation element and, if applicable, its subelements, as the new subelement of an existing navigation element. |
Deactivate the selection mode by clicking on “revert” in the message displayed above the list of navigation elements.
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The buttons Insert selected navigation element above this entry, Insert selected navigation element below this entry and Insert selected navigation element as new subelement are not accessible as long as you have not activated the selection mode by clicking on the button Select navigation element and subelements. |
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