Header and Expandable Menu

You can add an expandable menu on your desktop and tablet sites, making it easy to create modern sites that have great design flexibility. Choose from several expandable menu s, and customize them as you like, adding s, rows, and columns.

The expandable menu for mobile offers more customizations and a way to display s in the header and a menu that is always visible.

You can change the of the header to a predefined that includes buttons, click to call, store cart, social icons, and more. You can add any to the expandable menu from the s panel.

Desktop and Tablet

Select the Expandable Menu Layout

To select an expandable menu layout for your site:

1. In the left panel, click Design.
2. Click Site Layout.
3. In the Desktop , select Expandable menu .
4. In the Tablet , select the with the expandable menu.

Desktop and Tablet Header

After selecting the expandable menu layout, a hamburger icon displays in your site header. Click the hamburger  icon to see the expandable menu.

To edit location of the expandable menu in the header:

1. Hover over the header, click Header, and then select Edit Design.
2. In the , click Left or Right.

Desktop and Tablet Expandable Menu

To configure the expandable menu:

1. Click the hamburger  icon to open the Menu Design editor.
2. On the tab, click the existing to select a menu .
3. On the Style tab, you have the following options:
   • Enter from. Select Top or Side.
   • Entrance effect. Select Cover or Push.
   • Width. Move the slider to set the width of the expandable menu when expanded. The width of the menu is defined in percentages to fit all screen sizes.
   • Background. Configure the background color or image.
   • Close icon color. Select a color for the close icon, and close icon background color.
4. On the tab, change the .

The expandable menu can have up to 3 rows, and each one is fully customized.

If you do not see the header features mentioned above, you may be using the old header. To update to the new header, click the header in desktop and tablet view. An automatic backup is created when you update the header.

Mobile Header

To edit the mobile header:

1. Hover over the header, click the Header label, and then select Edit Design.
2. On the tab, click the existing to select a menu . The mobile header offers s that display s such as social links, phone numbers, and more. The header s are fixed, so you cannot add new s, but you can edit or remove them.
   When you add a store or use the multi-language feature, more options are available that include the icons for the store shipping cart and the multi-language feature. If you do not have the store or multi-language enabled, these s do not appear.
3. Click Left or Right for the Menu icon position.

Mobile Navigation

To edit the expandable menu, open the menu in mobile view. The menu editor automatically opens for you to edit.

1. On the tab, click the existing to select a menu . The expandable menu offers multiple layouts that can display the social links, contact information and more. You can add any to the expandable menu, add columns, sort the columns to be next to each other or on top of each other. However, when you switch from one to another, it deletes all content that you added into the menu, taking only the s in the chosen .
2. On the Style tab, you have the following options:
   • Enter from. Select Top or Side. When Top is selected, move the height slider. When Side is selected, move the width slider.
   • Entrance effect. Select Cover or Push.

Updates to Mobile Layouts

On September 8th, 2019 three mobile layouts were removed as they were not used very often. The two remaining layouts are more up to date and useful.

If you already have a site with one of the layouts that was removed and you select another layout, the layouts that have been removed will disappear, but you will be able to restore them from site backup.

To update the new mobile view header, click the header in mobile view. An automatic backup is created when you update the header.