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WordPress for Education

You're reading from   WordPress for Education Create interactive and engaging e-learning websites with WordPress book and ebook

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849518208
Length 144 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Adam Scott Adam Scott
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The WordPress menu feature allows us to create a custom navigation menu for our site. By default, WordPress creates navigation links for each new page, but we are able to create a custom menu that also includes post categories and links to other websites.

To create a menu, form the WordPress dashboard, hover over the Appearance tab in the left sidebar and choose the Menus tab. Enter a name for the menu and click on the blue Create Menu button.

Select the pages to add to the menu within the Pages box on the left side of the screen and click on the Add to Menu button. Because this menu will most likely be replacing the site's default navigation it is a good idea to select all of the pages.

To add a post category to the navigation menu, click on the appropriate checkbox within the Categories box and click on the Add to Menu button. In the case of our course site, adding the Assignment category will give our students quick access to all assignment posts on the site.

To add outside links...

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