Common requests for new users of Community Server are "how do I edit the navigation bar?", "how do I add a second level of navigation items?", and "how do I add drop-down menus to the navigation items?" In all of these cases, changes are required to a few config files, some additional javascript needs to be added, and, even then, the items are only editable by modifying the theme files. To make these changes/scenarios easier, I've implemented a new add-on for Community Server 2007 and 2008: Dynamic Navigation Support.
This add-on extends the dynamic theme configuration support included in CS2007 and CS2008 to add support for editing the navigation items through the control panel. It supports the following scenarios:
- A single row of navigation items
- Multiple rows of navigation items
- One or more rows of navigation items and drop-down sub-navigation items
Another related request is "how do I add new content pages to Communtiy Server?" With this add-on installed, new site articles can be created and added to the navigation bar via this add-on -- all without any additional editing of theme files!
If you've wanted to implement any of these scenarios, this add-on makes it very simple (after a few setup steps... instructions are included in the download). Give it a shot and let me know what you think in the comments.
Note that this is not an official Telligent product and is provided as-is. Questions should be directed to me directly on this site.