Build navigation menus

Menus are the navigation your storefront shows to shoppers — the header links across the top of your store and the footer links at the bottom. The Menus builder lets you decide exactly what appears, in what order, and how items nest.

Open Menus

In the sidebar, find the Content section and select Menus.

Two tabs sit at the top:

• Header menu — the primary navigation across the top of your store.
• Footer menu — the links in your storefront footer.

Each menu shows its links in order, with a count (for example 4 links). Every row carries a drag handle, the link’s label, a type badge showing what it points to, and controls to nest, edit or delete it.

Note

The builder notes that when a menu is empty, your storefront shows its default navigation — so a menu you haven’t set up won’t leave your store without links.

Reorder and nest links

Drag to reorder links using the handle on the left of each row, and drag a link beneath another to nest it as a sub-item. In the header example, a Sneakers link sits nested under Shop, which shows a chevron to expand its children — that’s how you build dropdown-style navigation.

Add a link

Select Add link to open the link dialog.

Fill in the link:

1. Label — the text shoppers see in the menu, such as “New arrivals”.
2. Link type — choose what kind of destination the link points to. The menu list shows links pointing to a Product, a Category, a Page, and a custom Link (a URL such as /blog), so you can send a menu item to any of these.
3. Links to — once you’ve picked a type, select the specific destination — for a product link, for example, you choose it from the Select a product list.
4. Open in new tab — turn this on for links that should open in a separate tab, such as an external URL.

Select Add link to add it to the menu.

Save your menu

Changes aren’t live until you save them. The bar at the bottom shows whether your work is saved — it reads All changes saved when everything’s committed, and offers Discard and Save menu while you have unsaved edits. Select Save menu to publish your navigation to the storefront.

Tip

Keep your header lean — a handful of clear top-level links plus a nested group or two reads far better than a crowded bar. Push secondary links like policies and About into the footer menu.