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Making a navigation bar

Published on December 17, 2013 in Microsoft SharePoint Designer

To make a navigation bar

  1. Make a blank page and name the page Header
  2. Insert a table that is 1 Row x 1 Colum at the top of your selected page. For help with inserting tables see this Knowledge Base article http://itkb.sjy.org/?p=1518
    insert interactive buttons 
  3. Click Insert > Interactive Buttons
  4. Scroll through the list to find a button style that you like.
    New Picture

    • In the text box you can name the button
    • In the link box you can paste the site you wish to link. However , If you want to link a page from your personal /classroom website,Click Browse and choose the page you want to link.
  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have made your navigation bar.
  6. Save your page with a title you can remember such as “Header”.

To add your bar to the top of all your pages

Go to each page of your web site and follow these steps:

  1.  Click Insert > Web Component
    save as header1
  2. Select Included Content in the first column and Page in the second column Click Finish
    save as header2
  3. A pop up window will appear.  You will have to click on Browse and navigate to where you saved the file with your navigation bar (suggested title was “Header”).
  4. Click OK

 

 

 

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