Drupal: Managing Site Structure
Drupal: Managing Site Structure
Menus
There are three menus available on your site by default (main navigation, site quick links and college quick links). An overview of each default menu is listed below:
The main navigation menu serves as your site’s primary menu. This is the main menu that end users will use to navigate your site.
Adding Menu Items to the Main Navigation
Follow the steps below to add a new menu item to the main navigation:
- Click Structure in the admin toolbar.
- Click Menus.
- Click the List links operation for the main navigation menu.
- Click the + Add link button.
- Enter the name of the menu item in the “Menu link title” field.
- Enter the relative URL of the page you want to link to in the “Link” field.
- Click the Save button.
The site quick links menu serves as a quick links menu that is specific to your site. This menu is optional and empty by default. If you decide to add items to this menu, it will be visible in the Resources pop out (right lateral navigation pane) of your site.
Adding Menu Items to the Site Quick Links Menu
Follow the steps below to add a new menu item to the site quick links:
- Click Structure in the admin toolbar.
- Click Menus.
- Click the List links operation for the site quick links menu.
- Click the + Add link button.
- Enter the name of the menu item in the “Menu link title” field.
- Enter the relative URL of the page you want to link to in the “Link” field.
- Optional: If the menu item should appear as a subitem of another menu item, select the necessary parent item from the drop-down list for the “Parent link” field.
- Click the Save button.
The college quick links menu serves as a quick links menu that is specific to the college. This menu is a requirement and is prepopulated with a couple of important college-level links. This menu is visible in the Resources pop out (right lateral navigation pane) of your site.
As a site administrator, you don’t have the permissions necessary to modify the college quick links menu.
Taxonomies
In Drupal, taxonomies are used to classify content. An example of this is how tags are associated with news articles. By default, we set up multiple taxonomies (or vocabularies) that are used with the default content types outlined previously. An overview of each default vocabulary is listed below:
|
Vocabulary |
Relevant Content Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
Position Type |
Person |
Use the position type vocabulary to define classifications of people within your unit, department or program. This taxonomy has default terms available (though you can expand the term set if needed). Example terms include: Leadership, Faculty, Staff, Students, etc. This term can be used for filtering persons on the Directory page of your site. |
|
Job Title |
Person |
Use the job title vocabulary to define available job titles of persons within your unit, department or program. This taxonomy is empty by default. Before you can add persons to your site, you must add terms to this vocabulary. Example terms include: Dean, Professor, Associate Professor, Department Chair, etc. |
|
CAFE Mission |
Person |
Use the CAFE mission vocabulary to define key mission areas. By default, the three key areas of CAFE’s mission are added as terms (teaching, research and extension). It is not recommended to expand this term set. This term can be used for filtering persons on the Directory page of your site. |
|
Area of Focus |
Person |
Use the area of focus vocabulary to define areas of focus within your unit, department or program. This taxonomy is empty by default. When adding person profiles, it is not necessary that profiles be assigned an area of focus. Example terms can vary from research areas to differing groups/sections within a department, unit or program. This term can be used for filtering persons on the Directory page of your site. |
|
Event Category |
Event |
Use the event category vocabulary to define types of events that are held within your unit, department or program. This taxonomy is empty by default. When adding an upcoming event, it is not necessary that events be assigned a category. This term can be used for filtering events on the Upcoming Events page of your site. |
|
Tags |
None |
The tags vocabulary is bundled with Drupal and is not used in our web platform. You can ignore this vocabulary and its respective term set. |
Follow the steps below to add a new term to an existing vocabulary:
- Click Structure in the admin toolbar.
- Click Taxonomy.
- Click the List terms operation for the vocabulary you want to expand.
- Click the + Add term button.
- In the name field, enter the name of the term you want to add. For example, if you want to add a new job title to the Job Title vocabulary, you will enter the respective job title in the name field (e.g., Associate Professor).
- Click the Save button.
Note: A description is not necessary for the new term. Simply ignore this field. Additionally, the URL alias will be automatically created based on a consistent pattern we’ve configured. Ignore this field as well.
