Hello Everyone,
I have a website in which I want to give a non-technical user access to editing the site navigation, without having to know MT or HTML.
Does anyone know of a plugin where the user can manage the navigation, have the ability to sort how the navigation links will be in order on the bar?
Or does this require for me to manually create a plugin to do this?
Thanks
V
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Could you be more specific?
Hi Mike,
I want to have end users of a blog or site to have the ability to update the site navigation without having to them knowing HTML.
For example, they may create a page in which the link needs to be part of the navigation.
I want them to be able to do it without having to know HTML or understanding how MT works.
Is there some sort of plugin that will allow them to update the navigation bar without having to change the code directly?
I was thinking of a plugin where they can pick and choose what goes into the navigation bar without changing the code directly.
Would that result in a plugin or something that I would have to create?
Please let me know if I'm still not explaining this properly.
As always, I appreciate your help.
V
You could just set this up for them in the template. They already have all of the control they would need with the folder management for pages. If they want to reorganize their pages, all they have to do is move them. It's up to you, then, to make sure that their templates have the right markup to show some of the appropriate navigation.
Hi V,
I get around this by outputting the top level folders as the top navigation, and the folder pages as the side nav. Then clients can change the nav by either editing folders, or creating/editing/deleting/moving pages.
On ordering navigation:
It's a little hacky, but it is possible:
Folder: Preface the folder label with a number (i.e. 1. About) and use the folder desciption for the name you want displayed on your site.
Page: Adjust the publish date (I just change the year), and the pages will display in descending date order.
It's not perfect, and I'd love a more elegant solution, but it works.