Setting auto-nav to JUST show subpages?
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Hi all!
Been searching the forums and haven't found an answer to this yet.
Most of our client websites have a fixed top-level navigation which they cannot control, as we integrate the links into the design of the site and there's no way to CMS-ify them in a way that fits perfectly in their look and feel. But clients are able to make subpages.
What we need then is an autonav which eliminates the top level navigation, and ONLY shows a group of subpage navigation. For example, take this hypothetical example with a simple sitemap:
Home
About the Attorneys
Areas of Practice
- Bankruptcy
- DUI
- Estates
Contact
On the practice pages, we'd like a navigation on the sidebar showing just:
Bankruptcy
DUI
Estates
Including the top level navigation is redundant and messy, as top navigation is always along the top of the page anyway. But we don't want to hard-code the subpage links either, because the client might want to change "DUI" to "DUI/OWI", or add a new page called "Criminal Defense", without having to change all the other subs.
Any ideas?
Been searching the forums and haven't found an answer to this yet.
Most of our client websites have a fixed top-level navigation which they cannot control, as we integrate the links into the design of the site and there's no way to CMS-ify them in a way that fits perfectly in their look and feel. But clients are able to make subpages.
What we need then is an autonav which eliminates the top level navigation, and ONLY shows a group of subpage navigation. For example, take this hypothetical example with a simple sitemap:
Home
About the Attorneys
Areas of Practice
- Bankruptcy
- DUI
- Estates
Contact
On the practice pages, we'd like a navigation on the sidebar showing just:
Bankruptcy
DUI
Estates
Including the top level navigation is redundant and messy, as top navigation is always along the top of the page anyway. But we don't want to hard-code the subpage links either, because the client might want to change "DUI" to "DUI/OWI", or add a new page called "Criminal Defense", without having to change all the other subs.
Any ideas?
p.s. -- We do it all the time with ExpressionEngine, but we're starting to port some of these sites to concrete5 instead (since EE still hasn't gotten their act together concerning versioning) and are trying to find equivalent processes. Thanks!
You should be able to do this very easily, by adjusting the settings for your auto-nav block. With the page in edit mode, click the block and choose Edit.
For the parent page (Areas of Practice), you might set the auto-nav to Display Pages > At the level below. On the sub-pages themselves, you'd select Display Pages > At the current level.
I think that should do what you're looking for. Try it out and let me know.
For the parent page (Areas of Practice), you might set the auto-nav to Display Pages > At the level below. On the sub-pages themselves, you'd select Display Pages > At the current level.
I think that should do what you're looking for. Try it out and let me know.
Weird! I swear that wasn't working earlier. :) But I followed your steps and it seems fine now. Thank you!!
