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The primary navigation (located at /_site/primary-nav) contains links and dropdown menus that allow visitors to browse through the main sections of your site.
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Although the existence of the primary-nav asset in Cascade is required, displaying a primary nav on your site is optional. For small, simple sites, a primary navigation may be unnecessary. |
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Changes made to the primary navigation can be made live by simply publishing the primary-nav asset. No need to republish your entire site. |
Nav items
Each link or dropdown toggle that appears in the primary navigation is a Nav item.
Displaying nav items
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Yes | A primary navigation will be displayed on your site. | Causes the Nav item Data Definition group to display. |
No | A primary navigation will not be used on your site | N/A |
Choosing nav item type
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Selection | What this means | What this triggers |
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Link | A link will be added to the primary navigation. | Causes the Link Data Definition group to display. |
Dropdown menu | A dropdown menu will be added to the primary navigation. | Causes the Dropdown menu Data Definition group to display. |
Links
Links are defined using the Text link pattern.
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You can add as many link groups as you need. → Details: Proliferating Data Definition items |
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Be mindful of limited horizontal screen real estate when adding link groups. |
Adding a link group heading
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Selection | What this means | What this triggers |
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Yes | A heading will be displayed above the link group. | Causes the Heading Data Definition group to display. |
No | A heading will not be displayed above the link group. | N/A |
Heading > Text
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Only displayed if Add a heading is set to ‘Yes’ |
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Enter the text for the group heading in the Text Data Definition field.
Adding links
Links are defined by the Text link pattern.
→ Details: Text link pattern
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You can add as many links as you need. → Details: Proliferating Data Definition items |