Table of Contents
Overview
Creating and Editing Navigations
Available Navigational Elements
Adding New Elements to Your Navigation
Editing Navigational Elements
Publishing Pages
Having Navigation Appear in Your Catalog
Website Settings Navigation Color
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Overview
You can create two types of navigations in Contemporary Catalog: Global Nav Bar (also known as a "topbar") and Site Nav Bar. The only difference between a Global Nav Bar and a Site Nav Bar (the secondary navigation under the topbar) is that the Site Nav Bar can have groups that contain multiple pages, while a Global Nav Bar can only link to specific pages.
Global Nav Bar – Navigation at the top of your catalog.
Site Nav Bar – A secondary navigation under the Global Nav Bar.
Creating and Editing Navigations
Admin View
Step One: Click on the Navigation menu item on the sidebar. This brings you to a list of navigations that you can edit and assign to a catalog.
Step Two: Click ‘New Navigation List’ to make a new nav or select one of the navigations in the list to make changes.
This takes you to a page where you can customize the navigation panel that will appear in the public catalog.
Each navigation must be assigned a "Catalog Scope" that indicates the catalog from which pages should be linked.
Even if two catalogs contain identical pages, it is necessary to specify a different catalog scope for each of their associated navigations. If the "2020 catalog" is associated with a navigation that has an assigned scope of "2019 catalog" then edits made on the 2019 catalog's pages will appear on the 2020 catalog's website, but changes to the 2020 catalog pages will not.
Below you’ll see an example of a navigation editor for a Site Nav Bar. This looks almost identical to that of a Global Nav Bar, except a Global Nav Bar won’t show "New Group" under "New Links".
Available Navigational Elements
There are multiple different elements that you can include in your navigation.
New Links
New Group – A dropdown that contains other links or groups.
New Internal Link – Links directly to one of the pages built in Coursedog’s Catalog Page Editor.
New External Link – Links directly to a defined url.
Pre-built Links
Home – Your designated home page.
Courses – If you are also using Coursedog’s Curriculum tool, this will be an interactive page allowing users to easily find the courses your institution offers.
Departments – If you are also using Coursedog’s Curriculum tool, this will be an interactive page allowing users to easily navigate your institution’s departments.
Programs – If you are also using Coursedog’s Curriculum tool, this will be an interactive page allowing users to easily navigate your institution’s programs.
Adding New Elements to Your Navigation
To add a new link or group, simply select an element from the right side under ‘New Links’ or ‘Pre-Built Links’ and drag it into the navigation.
Editing Navigational Elements
Follow the below steps to edit an item that currently exists in the navigation panel:
Step One: Click on the “edit” button on the right of each item to open the following modal:
Step Two: Within this modal, you can change the below elements as needed.
Label – This is the label of the navigation element.
Page – This is the page that the user is sent to once they click on the navigation element.
Slug – This is the ending of the URL for the page. You can modify the slug to be anything you want, as long as it is unique. The slug can only consist of lowercase letters, numbers, and dashes in between. Capital letters cannot be used.
Note: If you are trying to select a page but it is showing up gray (shown below), it has not been published.
Publishing Pages
To publish the page, navigate to the pages tab, search for the page, click on it and then hit the “publish” button on the right-hand side. This process is thoroughly detailed in the article on editing pages.
Having Navigation Appear in Your Catalog
PATH: Settings > Catalogs
In order to have your navigation appear in the public catalog, you need to assign it to your catalog. Simply select the catalog you want to assign the navigation to and select your navigation under either “Catalog Navbar Navigation” or “Catalog Topbar Navigation.”
Website Settings Navigation Color
This feature isn’t available for Contemporary Catalog. If you would like to change color, please log a ticket here.
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