The Network navigation is located on the right, below the top bar. It offers a practical way to display particularly important content clearly and make it easily accessible for users.
Add link #
Click on ‘Add link’ to create a new item in the network navigation. A small box appears in which the options for the new link can be configured. The corresponding setting options are located to the right of the box.
Link target (URL) #
The target for the link is defined here. First select the desired content type in the upper selection.
Page #
You can also select a previously created page. Please note that all users can see the link in the network navigation. Access permission for pages is still restricted to the context in which they were created. A page that was created in a group can thus only be opened by members of this group. We therefore recommend linking pages in the network navigation that were also created at network level.
As soon as you select ‘Page’ from the upper menu, the network pages that you can choose from are shown in the dropdown below.
App #
A previously created app can be selected in the same way as described above. Please note that, as with Pages, all users can see the link in the network navigation. Access permission for apps is still restricted to the context in which the respective app was created. An app that was created in a group can thus only be opened by members of this group. We therefore recommend linking apps in the network navigation that were also created at network level.
Once ‘App’ has been selected from the upper selection, the network apps that you can choose from are shown in the dropdown below.
Standard pages #
Popular links can be found under ‘Standard pages’. These include the home page, the group directory and the user directory.
Link text #
In this field, you can specify the text to be displayed in the network navigation for this menu item.
New window #
By default, all links to pages within the network open in the same tab. Links to external pages are automatically opened in a new tab. By selecting this setting, links within the network are also opened in a separate tab.
Publicly accessible #
If this box is ticked, the menu items are displayed on the login page. This allows certain content to be made accessible to people who are not logged in. In addition to external links, this is possible for the following types of content:
Pages #
A page can be publicly linked by a network admin if this was enabled when the page was created. Otherwise, the page is only accessible to logged-in users with the appropriate permission.
Feeds #
The feed of a group can be publicly linked by a network admin. This must be specifically activated for the respective group. Only the post content is displayed, not the comments or attachments.
Feed while logged in
Feed while not logged in
Add sub-link #
Click on the ‘+’ icon on the menu item to add a new item below it. This item is indented to be one level down in the menu. Users will see items added in this way as a dropdown indicated by a small arrow next to the higher-level menu item.
Delete menu item #
The bin icon 
can be used to remove menu items or sub-items. Alert: Removing a menu item at the top level also removes the associated sub-links.
Change order #
By clicking and holding a menu item on the three lines on the left, you can change its position using drag & drop. Network admins can simply drag the menu item to the desired location and drop it there.
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