{"id":89752,"date":"2025-06-06T12:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T11:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/what-is-navigation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:51:27","password":"","slug":"what-is-navigation","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/navigation-website-en\/what-is-navigation\/","title":{"rendered":"What is navigation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your website&#8217;s navigation consists of <em>navigation elements<\/em> or <em>pages<\/em> that allow visitors to your website to quickly and easily navigate to the content. You can use the selected entries to guide them. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pure <em>navigation elements<\/em> are not pages; rather, they form, for example, a dropdown menu or provide links to internal or external content.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Pages<\/em> are the actual content of your website that you offer directly in the navigation menu.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the <em>header<\/em>, the light-colored elements and pages shown in the screenshot make up the main navigation. The logo, which is also displayed in the header, is not part of your website&#8217;s navigation.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can configure the <em>logo<\/em> and <em>buttons<\/em> \u2014which are additional header elements\u2014in the <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/website-and-finder\/seiteneinstellungen\/wie-passe-ich-die-kopfzeile-meiner-website-an\/\"><em>settings<\/em> under<\/a>&#8221;  <em>Header<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CleanShot-2025-06-06-at-12.55.39-2.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1133\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CleanShot-2025-06-06-at-12.55.39-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CleanShot-2025-06-06-at-12.55.39-2.png 1133w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CleanShot-2025-06-06-at-12.55.39-2-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CleanShot-2025-06-06-at-12.55.39-2-1024x338.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CleanShot-2025-06-06-at-12.55.39-2-768x254.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CleanShot-2025-06-06-at-12.55.39-2-360x119.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1133px) 100vw, 1133px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the <em>footer<\/em>, the light-colored elements and pages shown on the right side of this screenshot are part of the navigation. Depending on <em>the<\/em> footer <em>layout<\/em> you choose, the links may be located elsewhere.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The additional information displayed here is not part of your website&#8217;s navigation. You can configure it in the <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/website-and-finder\/seiteneinstellungen\/wie-passe-ich-die-fusszeile-meiner-website-an\/\"><em>settings<\/em> under<\/a>&#8221;  <em>Footer<\/em>.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CleanShot-2025-06-06-at-13.02.06.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CleanShot-2025-06-06-at-13.02.06.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CleanShot-2025-06-06-at-13.02.06.png 759w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CleanShot-2025-06-06-at-13.02.06-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CleanShot-2025-06-06-at-13.02.06-360x101.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-79a8db7e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/navigation-website-en\/14-what-is-the-navigation-menu\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7502\">How do I edit the navigation?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/website-und-finder\/seiten-website\/8-wie-erstelle-und-bearbeite-ich-eine-seite\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7512\">How to create and edit a page?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your website&#8217;s navigation consists of navigation elements or pages that allow visitors to your website to quickly and easily navigate to the content. 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