Step 5: Set up navigation

This page applies to Apigee and Apigee hybrid.

View Apigee Edge documentation.

Next, you'll update the top (header) and bottom (footer) navigation bars to include the Get Started page.

To set up navigation:

Cloud Console UI (Preview)

  1. Click Menus on the portals details page.
    First you'll update the top (header) navigation bar to add Get Started as a menu item. Notice that Header is selected by default in the menu drop-down.
  2. Click + Menu Items.
  3. In the navigation menu dialog, enter the following details:
    Field Value
    Name Get Started
    Page Path or URL Click in the text field and then click Get Started (/get-started) in the list. (You may need to scroll.)
  4. Click Create.
  5. Rearrange the Get Started menu item.
    1. Click the Up arrow on the Get started row to move it up.
    2. Click it repeatedly until Get started is after Home and before APIs.
  6. Click Footer in the menu drop-down to update the bottom (footer) navigation bar.
  7. Repeat steps 2 through 5 to add Get Started as a menu item in the bottom (footer) navigation bar.
  8. Click Publish menu to publish your changes to the live portal.
  9. Click Live Portal to open the live portal in a new browser tab (or refresh the tab in which it is already open).
  10. Click Get Started in the top navigation bar to display the Get Started page.

Classic UI

  1. Select Menus in the portal drop-down to open the Menus page.

    First you'll update the top (header) navigation bar to add Get Started as a menu item. Notice that Header is selected by default in the menu drop-down.

  2. Click + Menu Item.
  3. In the navigation menu dialog, enter the following details:
    Field Value
    Name Get Started
    Page Path or URL Click ... and select Get Started (get-started) in the list. (You may need to scroll.)
    Create get-started menu item
  4. Click Create.
  5. Rearrange the Get Started menu item:
    1. Position your cursor over the Get Started menu item to display the actions.
    2. Click and hold the mouse button over the handle () that appears to the left of the menu item name.
    3. Drag the menu item to position it before APIs and release the mouse button.
  6. Select Footer in the menu drop-down to update the bottom (footer) navigation bar.
  7. Repeat steps 2 through 5 to add Get Started as a menu item in the bottom (footer) navigation bar.
  8. Click Publish to publish your changes to the live portal. Confirm the operation when prompted.
  9. Click Live Portal to open the live portal in a new browser tab (or refresh the tab in which it is already open).
  10. Click Get Started in the top navigation bar to display the Get Started page.

Next, you'll publish an API to the portal.

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