Page Settings / Menu Settings

Page Settings / Menu Settings

Each webpage has it's own settings area to configure the page's behavior, design, and how it displays in menus. The page settings are displayed as the first step when adding a new page. To change an existing page's settings, click the gear icon next to any page in the page tree and choose Settings from the menu. For most pages, the default settings outside of the page name/title files can be left alone, however, additional settings are available in the various expandable settings areas. 

Any changes to page settings require the page to be published before they go in effect publicly. Clicking save will close the settings page and return the user to the page tree. Then the page can be published to complete any changes to settings. 

Common Settings

The Common Settings fields relate to the pages name, title, and URL. For most pages, these fields will contain the same information/text. After adding a Menu Name for a new page, the entered text will auto-populate the other fields after clicking elsewhere on the screen or hitting the tab button. See the below definitions to determine if making specific fields unique is applicable. 
  1. Menu Name - How the page displays in website menus.
  2. Page Title - Becomes the Heading 1 for the page and is the text displayed on web browser tabs when viewing the page. 
  3. Internal Title - How the page is named within the internal page tree. Does not affect public display. 
  4. Path - The URL segment for the page. Only lower case and certain characters are allowed. Spaces are not allowed. The system will provide notice if non-supported characters are added. Once a new page is saved, the path can't be updated via the settings, only through the Change Page URL function. 

Layout Settings

Layout settings affect the structure and design of the page. For most pages and users, these settings don't need to be changed. 
  1. Theme - Themes are variations of a website design that can apply unique colors and elements related to the theme. Primarily used for districts that have unique branding for different buildings that use the same design as the district but with the building colors. Districts without themes won't see options in the theme menu. New pages will automatically inherit the theme added to their parent page, though existing pages will not automatically change themes if the theme is selected for the parent page after they exist. 
  2. Page Layout - Layout options vary depending on a website's design. The layout affects the structure and sections available for page content. The default layout is chosen based on the location of the page within the page tree, however a different layout may be selected within the page settings. 
  3. Skin - Design elements and customization are contained within a website's skin. Most sites only have one skin that controls the look and feel of the website and will have no other skin options. Some websites contain multiple designs (skins) within one implementation, whether for a unique program or for the appearance of a separate website maintained within the same system. If a website contains multiple unique designs, there may be multiple options within the skin menu.  
  4. Is Subsite - Subsites will have their full navigation reset at the subsited page, effectively making it behave more like a homepage for the section. Some districts subsite school or program pages so they have their own navigation instead of the district navigation. 

Redirect Settings

Redirect settings allow creating a page in the menu that points to/redirects to a different location. Pages set to redirect do not contain their own content as they point directly to a different website, page, or file. 
Occasionally, redirects are created to provide shorter 'vanity' URLs pointing to pages deeper in the page tree, but not otherwise displayed on the website. For these situations, a better solution for vanity URLs is the URL Redirect option in the configuration menu (available for web administrators only).
  1. Redirect Page - Turns redirect behavior on/off for the page
  2. Destination - the destination URL the redirect will resolve to.
    1. External Redirect - to point to a 3rd party website, paste the full 3rd party website URL.
    2. Internal Redirect - to redirect to another page within the site, click the site tree icon next to the destination field to open a selector to pick the destination page. It is not recommended to paste in the fully qualified internal page URL when linking to a page within the same website.
    3. Redirect to File - Pages can redirect directly to an uploaded file. To choose a file for the destination, click the site tree icon next to the destination field to open the page selector, then choose the View Files button to select an uploaded file. If the file hasn't been uploaded, it will need to be uploaded to the files area before it can be selected as a redirect. 
  3. Open in New Window - Determines if the redirect will open a new window for the visitor. It is recommended to open internal page redirects within the same window (no setting) while opening external 3rd party websites or uploaded file redirects in a new window so that visitors don't fully navigate away from the website when clicking the redirect page.  

Menu Settings

Page's menu settings affects where pages will show in menus used for website navigation. Menu settings are complex and can impact other areas of the website. If unsure about what changes to make in a page's menu settings, please contact Foxbright Support for clarification. Certain menu options do not apply to every website design or configuration, and the names for these menus may vary slightly from the examples below depending on the website configuration. 
For most pages, the default menu settings shouldn't be changed! Depending on the type of menu, the default behavior is to show or not show (aka hide). The menus pages will show in is determined by their location in the page tree. 


  1. Main Level - Affects how pages display in menus on the full desktop view of the website. 
  2. Sub Levels - Affects how pages display in mobile menus IE the hamburger-style navigation that appears when visiting a website via mobile or other small devices. Sub level settings are rarely changed unless the goal is to remove them from mobile navigation. 
  3. Root - Rooting a menu will reset the menu navigation at the page being rooted. This option is specifically used for the Side Menu only. The default behavior for side menus is to display the current page and subpages, along with it's sibling pages, with the parent page at the top. If the current page has its own subpages and several sibling pages, then the side menu can get long. Setting the side menu to root, will display only the current page and it's subpages in the side menu. 
  4. Base URL - Selecting Base URL is the equivalent to rooting a menu, except it is used only for Main Menu rooting. This option will reset the main menu navigation at the page being set as the Base URL. Similar to making a page a subsite, however only impacts the main navigation menu instead of multiple menus like a full subsite does. 

Auxiliary Menus

Pages never show in auxiliary menus by default. Only pages specifically set to 'Show' in these menus will display in the relevant menu, thus choosing 'Hide' will have no effect. Choosing Root/Base URL for these menus will have no effect. Not all website designs include all of these menus. If a design includes one of these menus but hasn't been styled for use, it may not display nicely. Generally, users other than Web Administrators should not assign their pages to auxiliary menus as they will be displayed across the entire website. Auxiliary menus have limited space for items and should be reserved for the most important district pages.
  1. Head Menu aka Header Menu - Items typically shown at the very top of the website header, sometimes within a unique color bar at the top depending on design. 'District Home' and 'Enrollment' are header menu items in the image above. 
  2. Footer Menu - a menu located in the footer of most website designs. 
  3. Focus Menu - Additional menu located elsewhere in the header area of a site. 'Staff Directory' and 'Educational Foundation' are focus menu items in the image above. 
  4. Schools Menu - Most designs do not use the Schools Menu. This menu is typically reserved for districts using subsites for their building pages. Typically displayed as part of the main menu navigation, either on the far right or left of the menu, the schools menu is ignored by subsiting and allows retaining the schools dropdown for pages that are otherwise subsited. The text used for the schools menu can be customized, like the 'Our Schools' menu shown in the image above. 
  5. Quicklinks Menu - Items in a quicklinks menu form an additional dropdown menu within the header area. If no pages have been assigned, the menu will not show. The traditional behavior requires assigning specific items to the quicklinks menu for use, while some websites have an entire section of the page tree automatically show as a quicklinks menu. When sites are configured for a more automatic quicklinks menu, pages do not need to be assigned to that menu unless outside of the designated section of the page tree. The quicklinks menu text can be customized as shown by the 'Staff' menu dropdown in the image above.

Standard Menus

The Standard menus in a site display pages automatically based on where the page exists in the page tree. The default behavior for these menus is 'Show', thus for these menus the only change used is to hide them if the page shouldn't display in a respective menu. The primary reason to hide a page from one of these menus is if a link to the page is displayed elsewhere and to keep the menus from getting too long. Or if a page shouldn't be easy for visitors to find, but still publicly available for visitors with a direct link to the page. 
Setting pages to show in some of these menus will force a page into a menu where it otherwise wouldn't display by default. The need to show pages in these menus is rare and should generally be avoided. For example, setting an inside page to 'Show' in the main or side menus will force that page to show in the top-level of the main or side menus across the entire website, not just in the location it would display based on page tree location. Never set pages to show in standard menus unless that specific behavior is desired. 
  1. Main Menu - The top-level navigation of a site, typically across the top of the website. Some designs have the main menu within a hamburger menu or vertically on the side as a design approach (not to be confused with side menus). By default, pages in the top level of the page tree will show in the main menu, while their subpages display in drop menus for websites with drop menus. Hiding a page from the main menu will prevent it from showing in the top-level menu or drop menus. Designs accommodate a limited number of items in the main menu and should be reserved for the most important pages.
  2. Side Menu - The menu generated on the side of inside pages for layouts that contain a sidebar. Pages will always show in their parent and sibling page side menus by default. Occasionally users hide a page from a side menu if there are links to the page elsewhere on the page. Selecting 'Root' for the side menu will reset the side menu at the page being rooted. 
  3. Side Menu (Profiles) - Functions the same as the side menu but specifically for staff profile pages. If a page within a profile should be hidden from the side menu, the user would hide the page via the Side Menu (Profiles) row. Showing a page in this setting will force it onto all staff profile pages. 
  4. Breadcrumb Menu - Displays a list of parent pages that come before the current page being viewed, often reserved for layouts without a side menu. Not all designs have a visible breadcrumb menu unless specifically requested, in which case changing breadcrumb settings will have no visual effect. 
  5. Subpages Menu -  A special menu used only for certain designs. Generally should not be changed. 
Example of Human Resources page with rooted side menu (left) and non-rooted. Rooting side menu will hide the rooted page's siblings from the side menu when viewing the rooted page and only show the current page and its subpages.

  • After changing menu settings, a page needs to be published before a menu settings change will display on the live site.
  • Use the 'Preview' function to verify menu changes are having the desired effect.
  • Menu Settings are a more advanced feature that should be left in their defaults for most pages.
  • When unsure, please contact Foxbright Support or a Web Administrator prior to making changes in the menu settings.

Password Protected Page Settings

Only websites using the Password Protected Pages feature will see these settings. Password protection is an advanced feature that relies on permission to the Protected Pages feature to configure. Learn more at the Password Protected Pages section of the helpdesk. 

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