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The Site Builder lets you shape your site’s content and structure, which is also reflected in the site’s navigation menu.

To add content to your site, click :

  1. Go to the Site structure tab.

  2. Click the + Add New button

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  2. Choose spaces and projects from your linked Confluence/JSM instance.

The content you add will automatically appear in your site’s drop-down navigation menu. You can drag and drop items, nesting them into a hierarchy (see below) that maps to the drop-downs. You can also organize items into folders, and add links to other sites as menu items. You can even exclude certain items from the navigation menu if you want.

Read on to learn about all the ways you can shape your site’s structure and menu.

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Need detailed instructions? Read the full Site Builder site structure documentation

Examples

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titleIntranet example

Create four menu folders which will be the main navigation menu items on your intranet: Teams, Projects, Resources and HR. Everything you group underneath these folders in the Site Builder structure tab appears in dropdown lists in the site’s navigation menu.

Menu folder

Can contain

Teams

Two more menu folders (Product and Commercial), to create two columns in the dropdown list:

  • The Product folder contains Confluence spaces about the Marketing team and Sales team.

  • The Commercial folder contains Confluence spaces about the Design team, the Developers team and the Test and Support team.

Projects

Confluence spaces used for documentation and collaboration.

Resources

Confluence spaces with information about company strategies, processes and goals.

HR

Confluence spaces with onboarding guides and employee handbooks.

A HR service desk (JSM project) to make it easy for employees to contact HR.

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Want to see a fully functional demo site? Go to the Alto intranet

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titleDocumentation site and knowledge base example

Create three menu folders which will be the main navigation menu items on your site: technical guides, product integrations and user resources. Everything you group underneath these folders in the Site Builder structure tab appears in drop-downs in the site’s navigation menu.

Menu folder

Can contain

Technical guides

Confluence spaces containing information about how to get started, administration, and security.

Product integrations

Confluence spaces used for documentation and collaboration.

User resources

Confluence spaces with information about company strategies, processes and goals.

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Want to this example as fully functional demo site? Go to the Alto documentation site

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titleHelp & support site example

Create four menu folders which will be the main navigation menu items on your intranet: Cloud, Data Center, Migration, and Get Support. Everything you group underneath these folders in the Site Builder structure tab appears in dropdown lists in the site’s navigation menu.

Menu folder

Can contain

Cloud

Confluence spaces for each of your Cloud services.

Data Center

Confluence spaces for each of your Cloud services.

Migration

Confluence spaces for each of your migration paths.

Get Support

JSM projects for each type of service desk.

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These instructions are based on how we built help.refined.com. Want to draw inspiration from another example? Go to the Octo help center demo site.

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