Update navgation bars but dont move them around ?

[John Young]

I have a nvaigation bar that repeats accross the site which is great but if I move its position that also moves on other pages when I don't want it to. I know I can stop it repeating but that also stops the navigation bar updating as I add pages etc to the site. I have tried LOCK but that does not work.

Is there a way to do this or will I have to delete the navigation bar from the page I don't want it to move around on and cop & paste it from another page once the site is finished ?

[gwpriester]

I would just set the bar to stop updating for that page and add a note in the pasteboard area to the effect.

[John Young]

I would just set the bar to stop updating for that page and add a note in the pasteboard area to the effect.

Thank you - so copy and paste at the end then ?

Shame that was not a way to copy the contents of a navbar between pages but not its position - I thought LOCK would do it but no, not sure what lock is for. Is it just to stop an object being moved accidently ?

[Acorn]

... not sure what lock is for. Is it just to stop an object being moved accidently ?

John, Lock is to prevent the object being selected or copied & pasted accidentally, i.e., it becomes non-editable.
With the Page & Layer gallery open and the Locale button depressed, click on an object then right-click and pick Lock - the Layer view collapses, the object now shows a red lock icon.
Only clicking on this icon or right-click on the page and picking 'Unlock all on page', will allow the object to be edited.
Acorn

[John Young]

John, Lock is to prevent the object being selected or copied & pasted accidentally, i.e., it becomes non-editable.
With the Page & Layer gallery open and the Locale button depressed, click on an object then right-click and pick Lock - the Layer view collapses, the object now shows a red lock icon.
Only clicking on this icon or right-click on the page and picking 'Unlock all on page', will allow the object to be edited.
Acorn

Thanks Acorn

So as far as the Nav Bar goes I will do one on the main page and then sort the others out at the end or it will just get confusing and messy..

Shame it cannot be all done together but at least there is a way

[Egg Bramhill]

Hi John, another way is to create a site just containing your navbar (named menu.htm) and upload it to your server and then use a placeholder to position the navbar in the main site. That way you only need to edit the menu.web and republish.

EXAMPLE

[gwpriester]

That's kind of fun Egg. Just noticed the favicon.

[John Young]

Hi John, another way is to create a site just containing your navbar (named menu.htm) and upload it to your server and then use a placeholder to position the navbar in the main site. That way you only need to edit the menu.web and republish.

EXAMPLE

Thanks Egg good idea but my site is not ery big so I will do the one on my index page and get it right then copy and move it to the other pages as needed.

[gwpriester]

John - Unless you need a different nav bar for different pages or sections, once you check Site Navigation Bar repeats on all pages (or whatever the language) the bar appears and updates on all pages.

You can add 100 pages to your site and the will all appear on the navigation bar. But you can edit the nav bar in many ways. Page names can be changed, sub-menus created, colors changed and modified for the sub menus. And these changes will automatically update on all instances of the nav bar.

[Egg Bramhill]

John - Unless you need a different nav bar for different pages or sections, once you check Site Navigation Bar repeats on all pages (or whatever the language) the bar appears and updates on all pages.

But this is John's point Gary. If the menu is shared over all pages, repositioning it, repositions it on all pages.

Stop sharing breaks the link to a common navbar.