Update your Website’s Navigation – Here’s Why

There are many reasons why you would need to change your websites navigation – and here’s how you can do it yourself.

Sometimes, you may need to remove a page or add an external link to your website. Or perhaps you’ve had customers struggle to find a very business critical page and you need it linking more prominently. Whichever it is, having the tools and knowledge to make these changes yourself is important – especially if the change is time sensitive.

Some common scenarios:

• Unpublish or delete pages.
• Add new pages.
• Improve ease of use.
• Add an external link.
• A legal requirement needs a new ink.

With a simple task like a website menu change, you can feel like a superhero in one small step and open the door for your next project – like creating a new page.

For WordPress, here’s how:

Option 1: Mega Menu

If your website has been built with a mega menu technology, you can easily manage it in one convenient place.

1. Login to your website dashboard.
2. Visit the home page (frontend).
3. Go to “Customise” found in the top toolbar.
4. Then, click “Menus” and browse to the menu you wish to edit.
5. From here, you can add, remove and alter links around by drag-and-drop.
6. You can add links as sub-items to provide a secondary link list.

Option 2: Simple Menus

Sometimes, simple menus are used throughout your website. Usually this is for a fixed layout structure or for policy / legal links within the footer.

1. Login to your website dashboard.
2. Visit the home page (frontend).
3. Go to “Customise” found in the top toolbar.
4. Then, click “Menus” and browse to the menu you wish to edit.
5. From here, you can add, remove and alter links around by drag-and-drop.

For other websites, here’s how:

Many websites, including basic ones with a few pages, have a content management system (CMS) built behind it. In some cases, you’ll have the option to edit your website navigation.

Have a click around your dashboard area and see if you can locate a button called “customise” or “menus”. It may be worth checking out the official documentation for your CMS (if known)

Need Help? We’re here

Whether you’re on our lowest tier of monthly StudioSupport for a website we’ve created for you, or a bespoke plan tailored for all of your websites, we can change menus for you with ease. Contact one of our designers via email or phone and we’ll sort out the rest.

PS – we might be able to change your website navigation even if we haven’t built your website, usually without too much time too 😉