¶ Customizing Navigation
Navigation might be the most important part of your wiki because if users can't find the facts, they can't use them.
Good navigation needs more than a menu down the left side of the page. It relies on landing or section pages that help users get around a topic. As you develop these, they should become the primary links on your menu.
¶ Two Styles of Navigation
Site Tree navigation is built automatically from the folder structure you establish when creating pages.
Static navigation is designed and updated by you.
¶ Choosing a Navigation Style
In the Navigation Mode column, you can choose Site Tree, Static Navigation, or Custom Navigation.
¶ Automatic Navigation
Automatic or Site Tree navigation builds a menu from the folders and pages you create when you add them. You cannot create menu items in advance and then use the menu to navigate to them and write their contents.
¶ Example
¶ Outline Navigation
Outline or Static Navigation lets you design an outline for your wiki and update it: before you write, while you write, and after you write. You can add links to your outline and then fill them out later.
We recommend
Static Navigationbecause it gives you more control and helps prevent users from getting lost in folders and pages.
¶ Example
¶ User-Controlled Navigation
User-controlled or Custom Navigation lets users switch between the automatic Site Tree and your Static Navigation using buttons at the top of the menu.
We don't recommend the
Custom Navigationoption because users can become confused about how to navigate if they accidentally switch the style.
¶ Adding Menu Items
¶ Adding Headers
- Use headers to organize your navigation into outline form.
- You can limit the visibilty of headers or links to certain groups.
- New headers appear at the bottom of the list. Drag to a different position in the menu if desired.
¶ Adding Links
- Name your link and choose an icon from one of the linked libraries.
¶ Linking to Wiki Pages
¶ Navigating to Pages That Already Exist
- To link to a page that already exists, navigate to it using the
foldersandpagesdialog.
¶ Outlining Navigation in Advance
- To create navigation for a page you haven't written, type the new folder and page name in the box.
- When you click the new navigation link in your menu, you'll have the opportunity to create the page.
- If you refer to an existing folder, the page will go in it.
- If you invent a new folder, it will be created.
- Good folder and page names can help you find things later when linking to them from inside your pages.
We recommend using all lowercase folder and page names. Use the shortest name that helps you find the page. Instead of spaces, use a
-character.
¶ Reorganizing Pages
You can reorganize or rename menu items anytime without changing page names or folder locations.
If you change the name or folder location of page, you must manually update any corresponding navigation or links.
¶ Move or Rename a Page
- Write a new title or description if desired.
- Write a new folder and file path in the
Pathbox to change its location.
¶ Linking to Websites & Documents
- You can use local file links or network links for internal documents as well as outside web links.
- New links appear at the bottom of the list.
- Drag them under the desired header.
