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At the most basic level, a WordPress menu is a collection or list of links. The most common placement of a menu is in the site navigation area or navigation bar and is referred to as a navigation menu. Each link in a menu is called a menu item.
On a website, a navigation menu is an organized list of links to other web pages, usually internal pages. Navigation menus appear most commonly in page headers or sidebars across a website, allowing visitors to quickly access the most useful pages. Now, it would be easy to leave it there and call it a day.
There are several types of menus you will be called upon to create in HTML, as you work on different web sites. Most of these can be created with lists, although sometimes interface restrictions force you to use something different (more on that later). The list-based menus you will be likely to create are as follows:
How does the Mega Menu work on a website?
On complex sites with tons of pages, you’ll sometimes see a “mega menu” which is a drop-down menu triggered by hovering over a link in the main navigation. The drop-down mega menu then shows you many links organized into categories and sub-categories, kind of like a sitemap.
How are navigation menus used in HTML5?
HTML5 defines a menu, which is to be used to contain the primary navigation of a web site, be it a list of links or a form element such as a search box. This is a good idea, as previous to this we would contain the navigation block inside something like .
Is there a glossary for parts of a website?
If so, here’s a handy glossary (all in plain English) that’ll quickly get you up to speed and demystify the language of web technology. Once you understand basic website jargon, you’ll never get intimidated or befuddled the next time a web designer or developer spews techno-babble. Let’s start by defining the various parts of a website.