How to change top-level navigation
How to change the primary folder names in the navigation bar and tabs (for site managers only, but also applicable to any Plone site)
To change (or add) a major “tab” section of the website, there are two things you need to do. One action changes the tab across the top bar, the other changes the folder name in the navigation box on the left. We’ll start there since it’s more straightforward.
To change the navigation box link:
- Log in to the site as a manager
- Go to the home page
- Click
contentsat the top of the edit window to view a list of folders - Click the name of the folder you want to change
- Click
propertiesto view the properties of the folder you want to change - Make desired changes to the Title field – but do not change the Short Name, or any existing links to the folder or its children will be made invalid
- Click the
Savebutton to save your changes
And you’ll see the change you’ve made reflected in both the navigation box and the path name in the breadcrumbs as you navigate into the folder you’ve changed.
Changing the tabs is a bit more involved, requiring you to use Zope.
- Log in as a manager (if you haven’t already done so)
- Click
plone setupin the blue bar at the top of the page - On the Plone Setup page, click
Zope Management Interfacein the plone setup box on the left or in the main page body (nb: you can also arrive at the ZMI directly by going to http://www.camdencyclists.org/ccc/manage. - Scroll down the daunting list of items and click
portal actionsand scroll down until you find the items of category portal_tabs - the one you want to change should be among them - Make the change desired to the Name field, again making sure not to change any of the other fields
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click
Save - Navigate back to the site using your browser’s Back button, history, or by entering an appropriate URL (you should be logged in unless you’ve gone back to a pre-authenticated state)
- Try looking at How to change tabs
Last modified 04-Dec-2006 11:20