Navigation Items

Navigation elements are used to create sections on the site that let your customers move between page groups with ease. Navigation blocks are typically created for placement in specific areas of your site, such as the header and footer of your site, or in content groups such as a customer service pages or "My Account".

Each Navigation Block can have any number of elements as well as contain sub navigation elements. This allows for a virtually infinite flexibility in breadth and depth of your navigation elements.

In addition, each link can be a simple "static" link that points to another url, a simple image, or a dynamic link that is tied to a content group such as a product category. Linked elements will hide and show based on the status of the element that they are linked to, which can significantly reduce the amount of maintenance you must do to your site when seasonal categories or promotions end. It also allows for the creation of flash-sale content that can appear and disappear for short periods of time.

Attributes

The navigation element contains all of the elements that needed to display a shared across the various size and color variations. These attributes are as follows:

Property Description
Link Name The type of link that will be created. This can be one of the following
  • Direct Link - a simple url to another page. Can be an absolute or relative link.
  • Product Category - a dynamic link to an existing product category.
  • Store Category - a dynamic link to an existing store category.
  • Careers Category - a dynamic link to an existing careers category.
  • Contest Category - a dynamic link to an existing contest category.
Link Url The url for static links. For dynamic linkes, this will be generated automatically based on the underlying referenced content.
Decscription Optional text description made available to the navigation block for the element. Could be alternate or tooltip text for an image or HTML
Visibility Start The date and time that the item will first appear
Visibility End The date and time that the item will shoudl disappear
Segment The User segment that should see this element, if available (Default: all visitors)
Image Optional image to be used in the display of the navigation element

Browsing Navigation Blocks

Each Navigation block has an top leve entry in the left panel of the tool. By clickng on the arrow beside the desired block name, you can expand the block to see its entries. Each sub-entry will also have an expansion arrow allowing you to drill down to the level you wish to edit.

To view details of all of the entries in a navigation block level, click the text of the link. The child entries of the block will appear in the main window along with relevant infromation about each. You may also use this detail view to sort the order in which the entries appear.

To edit the link, click the pen icon. A window will open with the various attributes that can be altered.

To delete the entry, click the trash can icon. The block and all child navigation elements will be deleted.

Details

To Create a new navigation entry, use the drill down tool to reach the level of navigation where the new entry should appear. Using the "Add" block, enter the link name and click Add. The new entry wil appear at the end of the list of other sibling entries. Once added, use the Pen icon to edit the values of the entry.

Adding a navigation entry

To edit a navigation entry, use the pen icon next to its name in the drill-down tool. Alternatively you can edit an entry by clicking on the parent name in the drilldown tool to list all of the elements of the group. Then you can click each element's row to edit the details.

Editing a navigation entry

Once all of your revisions have been made, click "Save All Changes" to commit them to the site.

Change History

The change history tab shows all of the changes that were made to this content and by whom. It is useful for diagnosing unexpected results on your site.