Showing or Hiding a Section on the Web Site

Each section in the site hierarchy displays as a link in the navigation menus on your Web site, unless you specifically choose not to include it. Here are some reasons why you may not want a section to appear in your site navigation:

• Introducing new content: When introducing a section or page template to the Web site, you may want to prevent it from being viewed publicly until it has been edited and tested. One way to do this is to not include it in the site navigation.

  Another way to hide content is to make the section viewable only in contribution mode (see Designating a Section as Contributor-Only), or use workflow.

• Search results page: When using search functionality on a Site Studio Web site, the designer designates a section where the search results page is displayed. This section, however, is not intended for viewing out of the context of a search and therefore should be hidden from the site navigation.

• Custom error page: In order to use a custom error feature in Site Studio, the designer designates a section where the custom error page is displayed. This section, however, is not intended for viewing out of the context of receiving an error message and therefore should be hidden from the site navigation. See Designating a Section as an Error Handler for further details.

By default, sections that you create are not included in the site navigation, and are therefore not automatically added as links to the Web site. You must specifically mark them for inclusion in the site navigation. The visibility status of a section in the site hierarchy is indicated by its icon (Figure).

Show and Hide Section Icons

To show or hide a section on the Web site, perform these steps:

1. Launch the Site Manager Application (see Launching Site Manager).

2. Select the section in the site hierarchy to show or hide, and do either of the following:

   • With the mouse cursor on the selected section in the site hierarchy, right-click and select or clear the Include section in navigation check box.

   • On the Section tab, select or clear the Include in Navigation check box.

After a short delay, the section icon in the site hierarchy is updated to reflect its visibility status (Figure).