{"id":360,"date":"2023-09-16T09:28:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T09:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/?p=360"},"modified":"2023-12-24T17:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T17:56:43","slug":"change-the-menu-on-your-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/change-the-menu-on-your-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Change the menu on your site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With most&nbsp;themes, you can create custom menus on your site. &nbsp;Custom menus give you the option of modifying how viewers access the particular content on your site. &nbsp;For example, custom menus allow you to change where your page links appear on your site, they allow you to add drop-down menus, add links to external sites, and\/or create category archives on your site (i.e., pages that aggregate all posts into a particular category).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch the following short screencast from <a href=\"http:\/\/openlab.citytech.cuny.edu\/\">City Tech&#8217;s OpenLab<\/a> on how to edit your site\u2019s menu, and find step-by-step instructions below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Editing Menus on Your Site\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JG9mfelqxXA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating Your Menu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1. To add a custom menu to your site, go to your site Dashboard and click&nbsp;<strong>Appearance &gt; Menus<\/strong>&nbsp;in the left-hand menu.&nbsp; By default, there will already be a menu started for you called \u201cMenu 1,\u201d which will include all the pages you currently have created on your site.&nbsp; Click&nbsp;<strong>Create Menu<\/strong>&nbsp;to save this as your menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_1-1024x352.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_1-1024x352.png 1024w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_1-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_1-768x264.png 768w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding Content to Your Menu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1. There are three options for adding content to your menu: Pages, Links, and Categories. &nbsp;The&nbsp;\u201cPages\u201d box lets you select the pages from your site that you would like to add to your menu.&nbsp; Your default menu will already contain pages, but if you need to add additional ones, you can do so here.&nbsp; To do this, check the box next to the page (or pages) that you would like to add and click&nbsp;<strong>Add to Menu<\/strong>. Anytime you add something new or make a change to your menu, it\u2019s always a good idea to click&nbsp;<strong>Save Menu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_3.png 825w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_3-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_3-768x220.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. The&nbsp;\u201cLinks\u201d box lets you add links to external sites in your new menu. &nbsp;To add a link, type or cut-and-paste the web address of the site into the text box. &nbsp;Choose the label for your link and click&nbsp;<strong>Add to Menu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_4.png 774w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_4-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_4-768x334.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. The \u201cCategories\u201d box lets you create a link in your menu to a category archive page, i.e., it aggregates all posts in a particular category onto to one page. &nbsp;To add a category to your menu, check the box next to the category that you would like to add and click<strong>&nbsp;Add to Menu<\/strong>.&nbsp; If you don\u2019t see all your categories listed, click the \u201c<strong>View All<\/strong>\u201d tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_5.png 775w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_5-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_5-768x393.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. You can create pages and sub-pages on your menu by dragging and dropping the menu items in the order that you would like, and indenting any menu items that you would like appear in a drop-down menu. &nbsp;See example below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_7.png 1008w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_7-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_7-768x306.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Under&nbsp;<strong>Menu Settings<\/strong>, be sure to click the&nbsp;<strong>Primary Navigation<\/strong>&nbsp;checkbox so that your menu appears on your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. When you have finished arranging your custom menu, remember to click&nbsp;<strong>Save Menu<\/strong>&nbsp;in the top right-hand corner of your screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_8.png 959w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_8-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_8-768x430.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manage Locations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1. If you don\u2019t click the Primary Navigation checkbox, your menu will not appear properly.&nbsp;You can also select where your menu should appear by clicking on the&nbsp;<strong>Manage Locations<\/strong>&nbsp;tab at the top of the Edit Menus page.&nbsp; Choose your menu from the&nbsp;<strong>Primary Navigation<\/strong> dropdown and click&nbsp;<strong>Save Changes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_9.png 790w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_9-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2023\/08\/Menus_9-768x249.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This article is adapted from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.citytech.cuny.edu\/blog\/help\/openlab-help\/\">City Tech OpenLab Help<\/a>, under a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA license<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With most&nbsp;themes, you can create custom menus on your site. &nbsp;Custom menus give you the option of modifying how viewers access the particular content on your site. &nbsp;For example, custom menus allow you to change where your page links appear on your site, they allow you to add drop-down menus, add links to external sites, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-build-a-site","tag-creating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":572,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}