On ScaleGrowth, you can design and customize the Navigation Menu for your users exactly the way you want them to experience. This guide shows you how to set up Menu Section Headers, Folders, Spaces to create your own custom Information Architecture.
To start, login in as an Admin:
- Enter Admin if you aren't already
- Navigate to Settings > Advanced Config & Permission
- Find sections "Spaces", "Folders & Custom Menu Items", and "Navigation & Information Architecture"
How these Settings sections work:
- Spaces – here you can add and enable new Space and designate a building block (Forum, Events, Resource Library, or Marketplace) for that Space
- Folder & Custom Menu Items – here you can create new Folders and Menu Section Headers to design your own custom top-level menu items. Once you have a Folder, you can then nest Spaces under Folders.
- Navigation & Information Architecture – here you can drag and drop Section Headers, Folders, Spaces in your desired order, and nest Spaces under Folders.
Follow these steps and guides to create your custom Navigation Menu:
Spaces:
Follow this guide to create a new Space and designate a building block (Forum, Events, Resource Library, or Marketplace) for that Space. You can also assign access permissions on "Who can see" vs "Who can click" for the content in that Space.
Folder & Custom Menu Items:
1) Enter the Folder Name under "Name"
2) Turn "Folder" Switch ON to make this item a Folder; otherwise, the item will be a custom link item.
3) Under "Mode" dropdown, you can three options:
- Section – instead of folder, this menu item will be displayed as a Navigation Section Header
- Nested Menu – anything placed under this folder will show up as nested menu items on the left navigation
- Tab – anything placed under this folder will show up as horizontal tabs on the main view panel
4) Icon dropdown allow you to either "Use Emoji" or select one our default Icons.
5) If you selected "Use Emoji", you can paste your desired Emoji in Emoji designated box.
Navigation & Information Architecture
You can drag and drop each items, or a group of items to achieve a desired custom navigation menu experience. Once you save the new order, the navigation section will reflect the the order, headers, folders and nested menu items.
Please check our these Quick Guides that covers each of them:
