Create a navigation menu
Menus are the groups of links at the top and bottom of your store. They help customers find collections, policy pages or posts. Each item in a menu can point to a product, a collection, a content page, a post, a blog category, or any URL.
A new store comes with three menus. Usually you only need to edit these three and don't need to create a new menu.
Add an item to an existing menu
- Go to Content › Menu.
- Click the name of a menu, for example Menu chính.
- In the Menu structure card, click Add item. An item called New item is added at the end.
- Replace the text New item with the name customers will see, for example Contact.
- In the link type field, choose a type, for example Content page.
- Click the Search by name field next to it.
- Choose the page to link to.
- Click Save.
On a phone, open Content from the menu at the top left to see Menu. The link type field and the page field sit on two separate lines.
The link types:
- Product, Collection, Content page, Blog post, Blog category: choose an existing item in the Search by name field.
- Home, Search, Orders, Account: nothing more to choose.
- Custom URL: enter a path inside your store, for example /collections/all, or a full address that starts with https://.
Reorder and nest items
- Open the menu.
- Hold the six-dot icon at the start of an item and drag it up or down to change the order.
- To make an item a sub-item, drag it onto the item above it that should be its parent.
- Click Save.
To add a sub-item directly, click the folder icon with a plus sign at the end of the parent item. The new sub-item shows right below it, and you fill it in like any other item.
Delete an item
- Open the menu.
- Click the trash icon at the end of the item.
- Confirm in the box that appears.
- Click Save.
Deleting an item also deletes its sub-items. The item is only really deleted when you click Save. If you haven’t saved yet, click Discard on the save bar to get it back.
Create a new menu
- Go to Content › Menu.
- Click Create menu.
- Enter the Name, for example Sale menu.
- Enter the Handle, for example sale-menu. Use lowercase letters without accents, and hyphens.
- Add items as in the section above.
- Click Save.
A new menu doesn’t show anywhere until you choose it in the theme customizer:
- Go to Online Store.
- On the theme you use, click Customize.
- Open the Đầu trang (Header) or Chân trang (Footer) group.
- Choose the new menu in the menu field you want to replace, for example Menu chính.
- Click Save and apply now. On a phone this button reads Save.
The names of the footer menu fields differ between themes. In the default theme, the headings of the two footer columns are always Hỗ trợ khách hàng and Về chúng tôi, whichever menu you choose.
Delete a menu
- Go to Content › Menu.
- On the row of the menu you want to delete, click the trash icon.
- Confirm the delete.
Frequently asked questions
Where do the three built-in menus show?
In the default theme, the main menu (Menu chính) shows at the top of your store. Hỗ trợ khách hàng (customer support) and Về chúng tôi (about us) are the two columns at the bottom of your store.
If I change a page's title, does the menu item's name change?
No. The item name is the text you entered in the menu. The link follows the page, so if you change the page's URL handle, the menu item still opens the right page.
Do sub-items show at the bottom of my store?
No. The columns at the bottom of your store only show top-level items. Sub-items only show in the header menu, as a dropdown list.
What is the handle for?
The theme finds a menu by its handle. The three built-in menus have the handles main-menu, customer-support-menu and about-us-menu. You can't change the handle after you create the menu.
Can a menu item open in a new tab?
Not yet. Every item opens in the same tab.
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