Adding a Page to the Navigation

Goal¶

Add a page to the navigation. For example, the About page.

Prerequisite knowledge¶

• Concept: Menu
• Editing a Content Item

Site prerequisites¶

The About page content item must exist. See Creating a Content Item.

Steps¶

1. In the Manage administrative menu, navigate to Content (admin/content).
2. Find the About page, and click Edit in that row. The content editing form appears.
3. Click Menu settings on the right to expand it.
4. Check Provide a menu link for the menu options to appear.

5. Enter values from the table below:

   Field name	Explanation	Example value
   Menu link title	Title that will be displayed in the menu	About
   Description	Text that will be displayed when a visitor hovers over the link	History of the market
   Parent link	Location of the page in the menu hierarchy. For example, if you choose <Main navigation>, the page will appear in the highest level of the navigation. By choosing another menu link as parent, you can create a menu hierarchy of multiple levels.	<Main navigation>	Weight	The order in which the page should appear in the menu (lower-weighted

   

6. Click Save to save the changes. Click Home or Return to site in the navigation bar to see the result, which could look like the picture below.

Expand your understanding¶

Changing the Order of Navigation

Videos¶

Additional resources¶

Drupal.org community documentation page "Adding a link to a menu"

Attributions

Adapted by Boris Doesborg from "Adding a link to a menu", copyright 2000-2026 by the individual contributors to the Drupal Community Documentation; edited by Jack Haas.