hugo-theme-relearn/exampleSite/content/configuration/sidebar/shortcutmenu/_index.en.md

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The sidebar contains the navigation menu of your content files but you can also add additional menu entries or shortcuts below the navigation menu.

You can read more about Hugo's menu configuration in its documenation.

Title

By default, the shortcut menu is preceded by a title. This title can be disabled by setting params.disableShortcutsTitle=true. However, if you want to keep the title but change its value, it can be overridden by changing your local i18n translation string configuration.

For example, in your local i18n/en.toml file, add the following content

[Shortcuts-Title]
other = "Other Great Stuff"

Single Language Example

Edit the hugo.toml and add a [[menu.shortcuts]] entry for each link your want to add.

{{< multiconfig file=hugo >}} menu.shortcuts name = " GitHub repo" identifier = "ds" url = "https://github.com/McShelby/hugo-theme-relearn" weight = 10

menu.shortcuts name = " Showcases" url = "showcase/" weight = 11

menu.shortcuts name = " Hugo Documentation" identifier = "hugodoc" url = "https://gohugo.io/" weight = 20

menu.shortcuts name = " Credits" url = "more/credits/" weight = 30

menu.shortcuts name = " Tags" url = "tags/" weight = 40 {{< /multiconfig >}}

Multilingual Example

When using a multilingual website, you can set different menus for each language. In the hugo.toml file, prefix your menu configuration by Languages.<language-id>.

{{< multiconfig file=hugo >}} [languages] [languages.en] title = "Hugo Relearn Theme" weight = 1 languageName = "English" [languages.en.params] landingPageName = " Home"

languages.en.menu.shortcuts name = " GitHub repo" identifier = "ds" url = "https://github.com/McShelby/hugo-theme-relearn" weight = 10

languages.en.menu.shortcuts name = " Showcases" pageRef = "showcase/" weight = 11

languages.en.menu.shortcuts name = " Hugo Documentation" identifier = "hugodoc" url = "https://gohugo.io/" weight = 20

languages.en.menu.shortcuts name = " Credits" pageRef = "more/credits/" weight = 30

languages.en.menu.shortcuts name = " Tags" pageRef = "tags/" weight = 40

[languages.pir] title = "Cap'n Hugo Relearrrn Theme" weight = 1 languageName = "Arrr! Pirrratish" [languages.pir.params] landingPageName = " Arrr! Home"

languages.pir.menu.shortcuts name = " GitHub repo" identifier = "ds" url = "https://github.com/McShelby/hugo-theme-relearn" weight = 10

languages.pir.menu.shortcuts name = " Showcases" pageRef = "showcase/" weight = 11

languages.pir.menu.shortcuts name = " Cap'n Hugo Documentat'n" identifier = "hugodoc" url = "https://gohugo.io/" weight = 20

languages.pir.menu.shortcuts name = " Crrredits" pageRef = "more/credits/" weight = 30

languages.pir.menu.shortcuts name = " Arrr! Tags" pageRef = "tags/" weight = 40 {{< /multiconfig >}}

Shortcuts to Pages Inside of your Project

If you have shortcuts to pages inside of your project and you don't want them to show up in your navigation menu, you have two choices:

1. Make the page file for the shortcut a headless branch bundle (contained in its own subdirectory and called _index.md) and add the following frontmatter configuration to the file (see exampleSite's content/showcase/_index.en.md). This causes its content to not be contained in the sitemap.

   {{< multiconfig fm=true >}} title = "Showcase" [_build] render = "always" list = "never" publishResources = true {{< /multiconfig >}}

2. Store the page file for the shortcut below a parent headless branch bundle and add the following frontmatter to he parent (see exampleSite's content/more/_index.en.md). Don't give this page a title as this will cause it to be shown in the breadcrumbs - a thing you most likely don't want.

   {{< multiconfig fm=true >}} [_build] render = "never" list = "never" publishResources = false {{< /multiconfig >}}

   In this case, the file itself can be a branch bundle, leaf bundle or simple page (see exampleSite's content/more/credits.en.md). This causes its content to be contained in the sitemap.

   {{< multiconfig fm=true >}} title = "Credits" {{< /multiconfig >}}