Changing positions/levels of pages? Layering Pages?

[doane]

I have 7 pages on one main entry level so these seven are showing on the repeating menu on each of these pages. I created some new pages in the same style but I can't figure out how to make them nest below some of the main pages and I can't find it in the help files.

For example, one of these main pages on the top level is a "Gallery Page" with six linkable images that I want to link to six pages below the Gallery page on a second down level. So on this second down level the menu will show just the pages on that level and it must, of course, also show the Gallery page above it to go back up again. Also it would be nice to also have a link to the home page as well. I will probably end up with several of the main first level pages with 2-4 levels below each of them.

It's probably simple, but I can't figure out how to do this, please help.

[Boy]

You cannot nest the pages in the Page & Layer gallery but you can create sub-menus using the Navigation Bar Properties editor provided you have a fairly recent version of Web Designer. Of course you can also make your own sub-menus using pop-up layers.

[gwpriester]

In the Nav Bar Properties menu you can rearrange the pages on the nav bar by dragging and dropping the title bars into a new position. You can add pages and delete pages from the nav bar without actually deleting the pages from the document.

You can create sub menus, as Boy points out. In Nav Bar Properties, click the + next to the page you want to add a sub menu to. Then double click to add a new page.

Let's say you have 9 pages on your site but you only want 5 to appear on the nav bar and the other four to appear as a sub menu.

Delete the pages in the Nav Bar Properties menu.
Click the + next to the page you wish to add the sub menus to
Double click and select the page you want to add
Link the page title to the page

You can also change the wording on the Nav Bar buttons. So if the home page shows as index you can highlight index and change it to HOME.

[doane]

OK, have had a chance to try this on a test site and I put the store page and the contact page below the gallery page and I am not having any luck. If I add the URL page for the gallery page I get this error when I try to assign the URL page to it (image upper right) If I ignore that I can preview and see the gallery page and it shows the two pages below it as a drop down menu.

If I do not assign a URL page to the gallery page, I head the warning and "remove button links" (the gallery page URL), the gallery page does not show up when previewed and clicked on, just the pages below it as a drop down menu. (image left bottom)

Either way, this is what it does, it creates a drop down menu below the gallery menu listing on the main menu. (image left top)

I'm either doing something wrong or not understanding how this works... it's rather confusing to me.

[Boy]

As it so happens, another member has the same problem. Take a look at this post explaining the issue.

[Egg Bramhill]

Doane, basically if you have a menu button that triggers a sub menu, Xara is telling you the parent (in your case 'Gallery') button that invokes the sub menu should not have it's own url link, so as only to trigger the sub menu. This is important as on touch screens if the parent button has a link the sub menu will not be triggered.

Unfortunately in your example I would find it hard to believe that you would have 'Shop' & 'Contact' under a 'Gallery' button. It would be more meaningful if say your Gallery section became too large for one page and therefore the main navbar had a 'Gallery' titled button with NO url link and sub menus of 'Gallery 1', 'Gallery 2' & 'Gallery 3' sub menus buttons.

As a quick example change your 'Gallery' parent buttons name to 'More' and add a 'Gallery' sub menu here with the link along with your already generated 'Shop' & 'Contact' sub-menus.