Sharepoint 2007 : Modify the Top or Left Navigation Bar & Create a Site Column

Add a Link to the Top or Left Navigation Bar

To add a link to either navigation bar, click the Global Navigation (for the top navigation bar) or Current Navigation node in the Navigation Editing and Sorting box, and then click the Add Link option in the menu. This selection opens a dialog allowing you to specify the link to be added (see Figure 1).

Figure 1. Adding a link to the navigation.

You can specify what text the link will display to the user in the Title box, and either type in a link or browse to a page in the site using the Browse button. You can also specify whether the link will be opened in a new window when clicked.

Edit a Link in the Top or Left Navigation Bar

To edit a link from either bar, click the link in the Navigation Editing and Sorting box, and then click the Edit button on the toolbar. The dialog for the link’s setting opens, allowing you to specify how this link should behave .

Remove a Link from the Top or Left Navigation Bar

To remove a link from either bar, click the link in the Navigation Editing and Sorting box, and then click the Delete button on the toolbar.

Create a Site Column

Solution: To create a site column, open the site’s settings page, and then click Site Columns under the Galleries section of the page. This selection opens the Site Column Gallery page, which enables you to create new site columns or edit or remove the existing ones (see Figure 2).

Figure 2. The Site Column Gallery page.

To create a new column, click the Create button on the toolbar. This selection opens a page that enables you to define the column’s name and type (see Figure 3), as well as additional settings—just like creating a list column . The one difference from creating a list or library column in this page is that site columns can be added to a group to make finding the columns from the list of site columns easier.

Figure 3. Adding a new site column.

The Group option enables you to either add the column to an existing group or create a new group by typing that group’s name. By default, the columns you create are added to the Custom Columns group.