{"id":53,"date":"2016-09-13T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2016-10-28T10:57:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T14:57:19","slug":"updating-your-site-navigation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/updating-your-site-navigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating your site navigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This theme uses BU Navigation to manage where pages live on the site, and whether or not they display in the navigation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/comm\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/page-navigation\/\">Learn how to use the BU Navigation Plugin on TechWeb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you update your navigation, pay special attention to how many top navigation items you have. Remember that each navigation item is a choice for users. Keep those choices logical, with clear and concise labeling that tells users what to expect when they click to that page.\u00a0<strong>This theme supports\u00a0two navigation layouts: Default, and Condensed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do not, under any circumstances, enter all uppercase or all lowercase labels in the navigation label, unless it is an editorial requirement, such as an acronym. Themes automatically handle\u00a0uppercase\/lowercase text for styling purposes as needed.<\/span> Entering uppercase or lowercase navigation labels to try and affect styling can and will have unintended consequences.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The default navigation layout<\/h2>\n<p>The default navigation will support as many top-level navigation items as you have\u00a0allowed in Appearance &gt; Primary Navigation. More information on editing the\u00a0main navigation in this layout option can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/updating-your-site-navigation\/edit-the-full-menu\/\">edit the full menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The condensed navigation layout<\/h2>\n<p>The condensed navigation layout supports a short menu (items which appear before the\u00a0&#8220;Menu&#8221; icon) and a display of up to 5 main navigation items and their children when &#8220;Menu&#8221; is clicked &#8211; the &#8220;full&#8221; menu. The articles below will show you how you can edit these areas.<\/p>\n\t<ul class=\"bu-list-child-pages\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/updating-your-site-navigation\/edit-the-short-menu\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Edit the Short Menu<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/updating-your-site-navigation\/edit-the-full-menu\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Edit the Full Menu<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n<h2>Changing your navigation layout<\/h2>\n<p>Navigation layout options are available under Appearance &gt; Customize, in the Layout section. In most cases, you should use the default layout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This theme uses BU Navigation to manage where pages live on the site, and whether or not they display in the navigation. Learn how to use the BU Navigation Plugin on TechWeb As you update your navigation, pay special attention to how many top navigation items you have. Remember that each navigation item is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7267,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/research-sister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}