What is a navigation bar?

Navigation bars are components that you create to enable users to quickly locate the Web content that they need. A typical navigation bar might contain a list of commonly accessed URLs, a basic content area search function, and a list of all of the available categories of information in a particular content area. Not every item on the navigation bar, however, needs to be an interface element. You can also include links to anything (external Web sites), static images (such as a logo), and static text.

Once you have created a navigation bar, you can associate it with folders and pages, which means that users will use your navigation bar whenever they display those folders and pages.

In the Content Area Navigator, you can create and delete navigation bars. With the Navigation Bar Manager, you can set the navigation bar properties, including whether other users can use the navigation bar. You can also add, delete, and rearrange elements from the Navigation Bar Manager.

Note

Any authorized user who owns at least one folder in the content area can create a navigation bar. Navigation bar creators can edit and delete any navigation bar they create.
If a navigation bar is made public, other folder owners can add the navigation bar to their folders in the content area. To make your navigation bar public, you must have Make Public or Administer access to the content area owning the navigation bar (or Make Public privileges on any content area).
Page creators can only add navigation bars to their pages as portlets. Therefore, your navigation bar can only appear on pages if you have published it to the portal through the Navigation Bar Manager. To publish your navigation bar to the portal, you must be a portlet publisher or Portal administrator.

Related topics
Accessing the Navigation Bar Manager Assigning a navigation bar to a root folder Assigning a navigation bar to a folder Choosing a style for a navigation bar Removing the content area navigation bar Creating navigation bars	Deleting navigation bars Editing navigation bars How do I make my objects available for other users? How do I publish my objects as portlets?