Configuring the Navigation Menu
The new and improved Navigation Menu is now available in our FREE intranet app Cosmos.
As we strive for progress and innovation, we have decided to discontinue updates and enhancements for the Content Viz Navigation Menu and move them to Cosmos.
However, rest assured that your customized changes will remain intact, and you will still be able to create new Navigation Menus. Additionally, you'll still have the option to edit and configure your current entries.
We invite you to experience the enhanced features of Cosmos and look forward to having you join us!
The navigation menu offers your users an easy and comprehensive way of navigating through your Confluence site.
Accessing the Content Viz configuration hub
The Content Viz configuration can be accessed by Confluence administrators through the Confluence navigation at the top. Go to Apps > Content Viz.
Confluence administrators can grant access to the configuration hub to non-admin users as well.
Navigation editor
Editing navigation (parent) entries
We’ll begin by adding an entry.
Editing our first entry’s icon, name and description.
While selecting an icon, options are given to choose from different categories containing icons specific to their brands.
If no icon is selected in the entry, a random icon will be loaded.
Editing menu (child) entries
Once that is done, we can move onto editing the menu (child) entries, three are given by default and attached to our previously created navigation (parent) entry. Whenever something is modified in our Navigation, the Preview section showcases its final appearance within the scaffold of your space, as shown below.
Clicking on a specific child entry within our parent entry dropdown enables us to modify its content. This includes changing the icon, title, description and link of each menu card. Additional parent entries can be created by clicking the + Add entry button, while new child entries are made by clicking the + prompt beneath the list of already existing child entries (if any).
Applying links
The next step in the editing process could be applying links to menu entries, enabling us to jump to other pieces of content by clicking on them. Links can be applied via the navigation editor’s sidebar.
To find pages, we are able to filter through any or all spaces, which consist of pages. This counts for any spaces linked to our user account. Once a link option is applied, clicking on a menu entry leads to its corresponding space, website, or E-mail address.
Sorting entry hierarchy
It is possible to customize the position of each menu entry by dragging it beneath or above another menu entry. This will translate onto the navigation bar’s entry hierarchy once published.
Settings
When we are done editing everything, opening the Settings sidebar enables us to toggle Navigation’s visibility on the face of our page, as well as control which groups and/or people are able to modify it.
Confluence space
Finishing up
Finally, by clicking on the Publish button we deploy our navigation bar on the space currently being used.