Allow you to add a block of additional helpful links to your Layout Builder page with the choice to display links in lists up to 4 columns.
On most of our websites the College of Fine Arts web team has styled the Variation options to:
- mimic the Main Navigation – Secondary Menu Block and
- to provide a table of contents jump link menu option.
The Content Editor Guide on your website should demonstrate this functionality if it is available for your website. As with all way-finding information architecture on a website, it is best practice to remain consistent and use the same conventions and design patterns throughout the site. If you would like to change something about the way your site manages the menu options, please contact the COFA Web team by emailing us at cofawebmaster@austin.utexas.edu.
Variation 1
Variation 1 is styled like the Main Navigation – Secondary Menu Block that you should be using to add secondary menus to your pages. However, you can manually populate the items in the menu. Use cases are mostly edge cases, such as for sub-sites within a site or temporary promotions. Use this option with caution because the items will not automatically change if pages are deleted or removed.
It is also important to note that it does not disappear on mobile.
Variation 2
Intended to be used as a table of contents jump link menu on long scroll pages. Please read about linking to another spot on the page.
Back to the Table of Contents on Mobile
On your specific site, your Block should have specific text entered into the Title in order to use the convention of including a back to top link below each section to help visitors quickly find what they need and skip what they don’t. Please see your Content Editor Guide.
Your site will include a Reusable Content Block that you can place below each section. As long as you use the agreed upon convention for your site and put the correct text into the Title field, it will jump to the Title of the Quick Links block your using for the table of contents. This will be a much better experience for visitors on mobile than if they click the back to top link. Since the table of contents may be much lower on the screen than the top of the page.
