Adding new item to navigation bar

The navigation bar of Developer Portal includes links to the API gallery and API packages pages by default.

About this task

You can customize the navigation bar to
  • Add an item to the navigation bar
  • Edit the details of existing items
  • Modify the order of items
  • Remove an item from the navigation bar

In this example, you add the link to the Dashboard page in the navigation page for the theme, Theme1.

Procedure

  1. From the Themes page, click the customize icon Customize icon next to Theme1.
  2. Select Components and click Top navigation.
  3. Click Add navigation.
  4. Select Text from the Is display string a property key or plain text field and provide API analytics.
  5. Select Internal and provide the page link in the Enter the target field. 
    analytics/user
  6. Click Ok and click Save.
    Your changes are saved and the new item appears in the navigation bar.
  7. Click the activate icon Activate icon next to the theme in the Themes page to activate the changes.

What to do next

  • Select one of the following options based on the type of text to be displayed for the link from the Is display string a property key or plain text field.
    • Text. To display plain text, and provide the text to be displayed.
    • Key. To display a UI label, and provide the key.
  • Provide an internal or external link from the Enter the target field. The internal link must be given in the following format.

    Internal pages 

    /page name
    for example, 
    /apis
    For custom pages, provide a link in the following format: 
    /pages/{page_name}