Insert Navigation Bars

After creating site structure and applying theme to documents, you can insert navigation bar.

To insert a navigation bar:
1. Open a project and select a document to insert navigation bar in structure window of Site Manager. Then select open from shortcut menu.
2. Choose [Theme Components > Navigation Bar...] from the Insert menu.
3. Navigation Bar Properties dialog box appears. Specify the settings for a new dynamic navigation bar.
4. Click OK to insert a navigation bar to the current document.

The attributes of navigation bar are described below.

Navigation tree view
The large plane on the left side of the dialog box shows the tree of the current project, with icons representing the documents in the tree. The current page is shown with a red outline. When you select a different target group in the target list on the right, the documents that will be linked to in the are shown with a blue outline.

Selecting the target group

    First level
    Includes all documents at the first level of the navigation tree below the index page. This does not include the index page itself, which is at the top level.

    Parent level
    Includes the current document's parent and all other documents at the same level as the parent.

    Siblings
    Includes all "siblings" of the current document--that is all documents that have the same parent as the current document. Other documents that are at the same level as the current document, but have different parents, are not included.

    Children
    Includes all children of the current document.

    Path from home
    This selection creates a special kind of navigation bar that shows the "path" from the index page to the current document. This includes the current document, its parent, the parent's parent, and so on up to the index page. If text links are selected, the ">" character separates each link from the next.

    Previous/Next
    Includes the siblings to the immediate left and right of the current document, and its parent.

    Previous/Up/Next
    Includes the siblings to the immediate left and right of the current document, and its parent.

    Previous/Home/Next page
    Includes the siblings to the immediate left and right of the current document, and the index page.

    Parent page
    Includes only the current document's parent.

    Home
    Includes only the index page.

    [Banner]
    This selection creates a banner rather than a navigation bar. The banner shows the current document's navigation name (the name assigned to the document in the navigation tree). If the document's navigation name changes, the banner is automatically updated with the new name.

Include home page
Check this check box to include the index page in the navigation bar, regardless of the selected target group. (Does not apply if you select [Banner].)

Orientation
Select Horizontal or Vertical orientation for the navigation bar. Vertical orientation is not recommended for Path navigation bars.

Appearance

    Use text/Use button/Use icons
    Navigation Bars can be made of text links or two types of graphical links: button and image. Text and button links are available for all types of navigation bars, but image links are only available for navigation bars that have one of the following target groups: Previous/Next, Previous/Up/Next, Previous/Home/Next page, Parent page, and Home.

    Button links use small pictures that are part of the theme applied to the project or the document. You can change the pictures used in the button links by clicking Modify Navigation Bar..., then Modify Image Shape....

    Icon links use a special kind of icon composed of a small arrow or "home" icon plus the word "Back", "Next", "Up", or "Home". The shape of these icons depends on the theme applied to the project or the document. Unlike with button links, you cannot modify the icons used in image links except by applying a different theme to the project or the document.
     

New name
When you click on a document icon in the navigation tree, the document's navigation name appears in the New name text box under the navigation tree. you can assign a new navigation name to the document by typing it in the text box.
Note: the new name will take effect even if you close the dialog box by clicking Cancel.

Modify Navigation Bar button
Click this button to open the Navigation Bar Settings dialog box, where you can specify settings for text links or access the Smart Button Wizard to modify the appearance of button links.

 

Navigation Bar 1
Navigation Bar 2
Navigation Bar 3

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