Appears at the top of all cnu.edu pages. It includes the top navigation with the audience listing and calls to action and the main navigation that includes the six main sections of the website and the search bar.
Create a _navigation block
Click +Add Content
Click Section navigation
The XHTML/Data Definition Block Name must always be _navigation:
Click Placement Folder and browse to the parent folder where the _navigation block should reside
Enter the Link text
Click Link and locate the page to link to
To add another link, click the green + in the Section nav link header
Adding sublinks
The Add sublinks? prompt is set to No by default. Selecting Yes will create a dropdown menu of sublinks under the main section nav link.
Note: because of the dropdown, the main section nav link will not be “active”, meaning it will not link anywhere. If you use sublinks, the first one you create will need to the main page that houses the sublinks.
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The blocks for the site wide navigation are located in the /_source-data folder: https://cascade.cnu.edu/entity/open.act?id=78f2cc330a02005e5c8fe233ea79009b&type=folder
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Do not rename or move them – it will break the navigation!
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The site wide navigation blocks follow a similar structure to the section navigation blocks with options for main links and sublinks. The site wide navigation blocks have already been created, but you are able to edit them and update the Link text and Link. You can also rearrange the link order using the arrows in the header for each Main nav link and Sublink.
Block name | Purpose |
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the default main navigation for cnu.edu | |
main navigation for all pages that fall under the Academics section | |
main navigation for all pages that fall under the Admission section | |
main navigation for all pages that fall under the Student Life section | |
main navigation for all pages that fall under the Who We Are section |
When you create a page, the default navigation block will be assigned to it. If you create an _Academics, _Admission, _Student Life, or _Who We Are page, the coinciding navigation block will be assigned based on page type.
Publishing the navigation
If you edit a link or change the navigation order, the navigation _include file must be published or else your edits will not appear on the live cnu.edu site.
Go to the _includes folder: https://cascade.cnu.edu/entity/open.act?id=78f2c7d60a02005e5c8fe233ec21ebf8&type=folder
Locate the navigation file you need to publish:
navigation: linked to the navigation block
navigation-academics: linked to the navigation - academicsblock
navigation-admission: linked to the navigation - admission block
navigation-student-life: linked to the navigation - student life block
navigation-who-we-are: linked to the navigation - who we are block
Click Publish at the top right
Select the destination(s) where you need the file to publish
Click the big blue Publish button