Add a link to the Footer links or Helpful links menu

Modified on Wed, 18 Jan, 2023 at 4:37 PM

Add a link to the Footer links or Helpful links menu (written instructions)

Ensure that you are logged into your website. The black admin toolbar should be visible at the top of the screen.

The Home page of a GPsurgery.net website, with the admin toolbar visible at the top of the screen.

Hover your mouse over the name of your website in the admin toolbar. Select Menus from the drop-down menu that appears.

The website name drop-down menu on the admin toolbar, with Menus selected.

From the Select a menu to edit drop-down, choose the menu to which you would like to add the link. For this example we are using the Footer links menu.

The Select a menu to edit drop-down menu, with Footer links selected.

Click the Select button to ensure that you are going to be working on the correct menu.

The Select button.

From the Add menu items column, select Custom Links to expand this option.

The Add menu items column, with Custom Links selected.

In the Custom Links box, paste your chosen link into the URL box.

The Custom Links box

In the Link Text box, type the item name as you would like it to display on the menu.

The Link Text box, with 'NHS Website' typed

Once you are happy with your menu item, click the Add to Menu button.

The Add to Menu button in the Custom Links box.

You should now see your new menu item in the list of menu items. You can drag and drop these items into the order you would like them to appear.

The new menu item in the list of menu items.

Once you are happy with the order of your menu items, click the Save Menu button. You must do this, even if you have not changed the order in which they appear, otherwise your changes to the menu will not be saved!

The Save Menu button.

Your new menu item will now display in the menu you chose.

The Footer links (Further info) menu with the new item highlighted

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