Last Updated: June 5, 2024, as of MereChurch 1.5.
To manage your menus, navigate to your website Studio, then click 'Structure.' From the left-hand menu, click 'Settings' and then 'Navigation:' All of your website menus can be managed here:
- Your website main menu
- Your website footer menu
- Your social media networks
Main and Footer Menus
To add a menu item, click "+ Add Item:"
Once you add a menu item, there are a few fields to define:
The Label is the text that will show up on the navigation menu item. Choose 'Page,' 'URL,' or 'File' to choose which type of link you will add. Page will let you choose between various pages that exist on your website, File lets you upload a direct link to a file (such as a PDF file or similar), and the 'URL' field can accommodate any link from the web.
From here you can also add child nav items that will pop up in a submenu:
The interface for adding and editing child nav items is exactly the same as a regular nav item. Note that the footer menu has no sub-menus available.
Social Media Icons
From this settings page you can also add or edit your church's social media networks. As of MereChurch 1.5, all themes display this menu only in the site footer. Want to add Social Media Icons in the header? Vote for this idea.
Click '+ Add item' to add a new social media link to your menu.
Your links can go to any external website URL —use this to set your particular church Facebook page or social network profile page.
You can also set your chosen icon for this menu item. There are currently 16 available icons as of MereChurch 1.5, listed below:
- Generic
- General
- Giving
- iTunes
- Mastodon
- Podcast
- Planning Center
- RSS
- Spotify
- Threads
- Tithely
- Vimeo
- X/Twitter
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