Website menus & link lists

Link lists are the menus on your website that are controlled by you through your ShopWired account. They are different from your website's category menu(s) - which are automatically created from the categories in your ShopWired account.

Link lists are assigned to a specific theme installed in your ShopWired account and cannot be assigned to a different theme.

A theme's link lists are determined by the theme; not all themes have the same link lists.

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Link lists are assigned to a specific theme installed in your ShopWired account.

On the link lists page of your ShopWired account, link lists are organised into the theme(s) that they are assigned to. You cannot assign a link list to a different theme.

If you delete a theme from your ShopWired account, any link lists assigned to the theme are not deleted and are instead displayed at the bottom of the link lists page in the Other link lists section.

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Your website's theme code:

• Defines the link lists that are created when you install a theme
• Defines the individual default links within each link list (used when you first install a theme)
• Some link lists are created without any links, as a reserve in case you want to add links later
• Defines the menu areas on your theme that can display a link list

Within your theme's settings, customised using the theme editor, you can specify which link list is assigned to each menu area in your theme.

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You can manage the links within a link list menu in one of two ways:

• Within the theme editor
• Within your ShopWired account (by navigating to Website > Menus)

Refer to the help guide on customising your theme for guidance on how to manage menu links for link lists within the theme editor.

1. Navigate to Website > Menus
2. Locate the theme that contains the link list you want to manage the links for
3. Locate and select the link list
4. The Link list ID setting displays the unique ID of the link list; this is used for theme coding only and can be ignored (the link list ID cannot be edited)
5. The Link list position setting provides information about where the link list is displayed on your website's theme
   • The position is for information only purposes; it does not determine the link list's position
6. The Link list title setting is used for menus that display a title on your website's theme (not all link lists display a title)
   • For example, link lists in your theme's footer will often display a title
7. Use the Configure the link list menu links section to add and edit links within the link list
   • You can use the compass icon to drag and drop a link into a new position
8. To add a new link, select add another and configure the details for the link
   • The Link name is the menu link displayed on your website
   • The Link type is the type of page you want to link to
   • Home page is your website's home page
   • Ecommerce page is one of your website's predefined website pages such as the account login page
   • Category is one of your categories
   • Product is one of your products
   • Page is one of your website's text pages
   • Custom is a custom URL that you enter
   • Blog is one of your blog posts or blog home page
   • Contact us is your website's contact us page

When using the custom option:

• When linking to a page on your website, do not enter your domain name and enter a relative path only, using / at the start
• When linking to another website, enter the full URL including https://

When creating a link to an ecommerce page, ShopWired automatically:

• Hides a link to account login if the visitor is already logged into an account
• Hides a link to create account or trade application if the visitor is already logged into an account
• Hides a link to forgotten password if the visitor is already logged into an account
• Hides a link to account logout if the visitor is not logged into an account
• Automatically redirects the visitor to the account login page if the configured link is to a page within a customer account and the visitor is not logged in

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To create a new link list, select the create new link list option on the link lists page and enter the details for the link list and configure its links following the above instructions for the settings.

When you create a new link list, it will not be automatically displayed on your website. Changes to your website's theme code need to be made to display it:

• A new menu area needs to be defined in the theme's settings.json file
• Code needs to be added to the website's theme file where the menu will display
• The link list needs to be selected for the menu area (by using the theme editor)

For assistance in displaying a new link list on your website's theme, contact theme support.

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ShopWired does not provide built-in support for multi-level links within website menus, e.g.

Link → Link → Link

However, multi-level menus can be configured on your website's theme by adjusting your theme's code. Different options are available for this depending on your use case and requirements. For assistance in adding multi-level links to your website's theme, contact theme support.