Create a new navigation menu
Once you click on Add New Menu from the Manage Navigation Menus page, you will see a screen that allows you to create your menu and add items to it. Just follow these steps.
In the Menu Name field, give your menu a name.
This will
not be displayed on the front end of the site, but rather it allows you
to identify the menu.
HINT: Give each menu the same name as the navigation button
it will be attached to. This
will make it easier to assign your menus to buttons later.
Click the
button on the left to
add a new link to this menu.
Under the Label Name field, type in the name of the first link you would like in the navigation menu. For example, if you are creating a navigation menu for your About Us button, and you want the first link to go to your History subpage, you can type "History" as the Label Name for this first link.
Under the URL field, type in or paste in the link
you wish this item to go to. For
example, to link this menu item to a subpage, paste in the subpage link
("displaycommon..."). You
may want to open a second browser window to find the link URL for a subpage
or form without leaving your navigation menu admin page.
You can also put a link to a different website if you wish - for example,
http://www.yahoo.com. Make
sure that, if you do link to an external page like this, you include the
"http://" at the beginning.
The Target field on the right can be left blank for links to pages within your site. If you are making an http:// link to a page outside your site, you will probably want to type _blank in the Target window. That will make the link open up in a new window when someone clicks it from your navigation menu.
To add another link, you can click the
button on the bottom left. You
can also click the
link next to any of your existing links
to insert a new menu item above it.
To remove one of your menu items, click
to the right of the item.
When you are finished creating all the menu items and links, click Save Menu at the bottom. Do not forget this step! Your options do not automatically save, so you must click the button to avoid losing your work.