In-Page navigation
The in-page navigation menu appears on most of the page templates. Depending on your template, navigation can either be the full-width of your page or housed in a second column of your intro section. Many templates have the choice between the two for maximum flexibility. By default, all templates are designed to collapse the navigation on page load, but this can be changed inside Properties > Parameters. If you have an extra long navigation menu, you might consider keeping it collapsed. While not typically recommended, you have the ability to turn navigation on or off on a page-by-page basis inside Properties > Parameters. The _nav.ounav file in each folder of your CMS site is what controls the navigation of all the adjacent pages in that same folder. For added usability, we have created a Main Page link in the top right of your navigation menu that will allow users to return to the main homepage of your website. This will always link to the main index page of your site's directory regardless of which page you are on.
Breadcrumb navigation
Breadcrumb Navigation, or breadcrumbs, are a type of secondary navigation on a website that helps users understand their location within the site's hierarchy. All pages have a breadcrumb and this can't be turned off. The breadcrumbs are displayed as a horizontal list of links above your page title. Breadcrumb navigation is designed so that a user can return to previous pages as they click into deeper parts of your website. It also serves an important purpose to let the user know what page they are currently on and where that page resides within your site’s directory. This is a critical part of the user’s experience, especially if your key audience is researching information about a program at the university.
Since not all our current templates contain editable breadcrumb fields inside Page Parameters, pages will use the Page Heading field as a default if a breadcrumb is not present. This can be changed at any time.
- Page-Level Breadcrumbs show a visitor which page they are currently visiting. For non-index pages, it is controlled through Properties > Parameters. If this is left blank, your breadcrumb will take on the Page Heading's value instead. Index pages will always use the folder's breadcrumb name and cannot be customized through Page Parameters. A page-level breadcrumb is not clickable because it indicates to a user the page they are currently visiting.
- Folder-Level Breadcrumbs show a clickable path of folders in your site, letting users easily go back to previous levels. Clicking back in the breadcrumbs, a visitor will always be taken to the index page of the folder. An index.pcf page must exist inside all your folders and sub-folders, otherwise the folder's breadcrumb link will be broken. To change the name of folder breadcrumbs, you must put in a CMS Request Help ticket to request a folder name change.
