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Next to the Drupal default menus, Sector ships with additional preconfigured menus and menu blocks to make it as easy as possible to get started.
A menu is a hierarchical list of menu items used to navigate a website. The Basic Page Management section in the Drupal User Guide explains the concept and main use cases for both sitebuilders and editorial teams.
Sector menus
/admin/structure/menu
Menu | Sector 9.x | Sector 10 | Use case |
---|---|---|---|
Administration | x | x | Part of Drupal Core. Administrative task in the Admin theme. |
Footer | x | x | Part of Drupal core. Used by Sector for site information links on the public theme. |
Main menu (Sector) | x | x | Sector custom menu replacing the Drupal core Main Navigation menu to allow more control. |
Main navigation |
x |
x | Part of Drupal core. |
User account menu | x | x | Part of Drupal core. Links to the user account pages. |
Tools | x | x | Part of Drupal core. User tool links, often added to by modules. |
Sector menu blocks (Sector starter theme)
In Drupal 8+, menu blocks are part of core and can be easily placed and configured via the block management.
<your-domain>/admin/structure/block (Block category menu)
Menu block | Use case |
---|---|
Main menu | Main site sections in level 1 placed in header region. |
Sidebar menu block (In this section) | Main site sections in level 2 placed in the sidebar region via term conditions on standard pages and section entry pages. |
Footer menu | Secondary - site information - links in level 1 placed in the footer. |