Answers.Body: <p>Please take a look at this post on how to build a navigation (like NavEE, Structure, Taxonomy) using a Craft Structure. It also has some code-example for your template: <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/1473/would-you-use-a-structure-as-navigation-over-multiple-sections-channel-entries/1513?noredirect=1#comment2416_1513">Would you use a Structure as navigation over multiple sections (channel entries, indexes and singles)?</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Not sure I'm the best person to answer this having only built one Craft site but here goes.</p>
  
  <p>I've created a <strong>Structure</strong> called Main Menu which has three Entry Types. (Entry types were the key for me when doing this)</p>
  
  <p>A Structure allows drag and drop ordering and hierarchal navigation ordering for parent > child relationships.</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Entry Link </li>
  <li>Asset Link</li>
  <li>External Link</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p><strong>Entry Link</strong></p>
  
  <h2><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/P5u2u.png" alt="entryLink"></h2>
  
  <p><strong>Asset Link</strong></p>
  
  <h2><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ehRie.png" alt="assetLink"></h2>
  
  <p><strong>External Link</strong></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/DS95n.png" alt="externalLink"></p>
  
  <p>Big, big (two bigs!) NavEE fan here, CraftNav has huge potential to replicate it but it's still a tad early when I tried it.</p>
  
  <p>In short Entry Types were the key for me.</p>
  
  <p>Note: For my own sanity at a later date <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/1610/structure-add-class-if-element-has-children">it would be good to read this post on how to tell if your Structure Navigation has child elements.</a></p>
  
  <p>Not sure if this helps but hope it does.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Does the main menu structure have the option on to have their own URLs? or is it inactive?
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Answers.Text: Entry Link just uses the link as-is. The template would be whatever you setup when you created the entry. The External Link could link internally if you wish so I assume some kind of custom route could do the job. I'm sure I saw some posts here somewhere on choosing you template dynamically but I may have been dreaming.
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Body: <p>I'm working on a complex website with multi locales, channels, structures and different designs per page. And the site needs a breadcrumb path. </p>
  
  <p>My client <strong>needs</strong> to manage and add items the to menu. </p>
  
  <p><strong>This is a simple overview of the navigation:</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Home</li>
  <li>About us 
  <ul>
  <li>Profile </li>
  <li>History <em>(different template)</em></li>
  <li>Staff <em>(listing with entry url's)</em></li>
  <li>Jobs <em>(listing)</em></li>
  <li>etc</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>investor relations
  <ul>
  <li>finance</li>
  <li>results (with iframe)</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>portfolio</li>
  <li>press (custom url to external page)</li>
  <li>etc</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>So no hard coding. What is the best solution to build this?</p>
  
  <p>I think this is still a difficult thing in Craft. We need something like Navee or Structure (expression engine) to have a client friendly navigation system.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried <a href="https://craftpl.us/plugins/craftnav" rel="nofollow">CraftNav</a>. But it is still too simple.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Johannes - any suggestions on how we can extend CraftNav to meet your needs?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Adam McCombs
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Comments.Text: I would love to see a combination with CraftNav and [Link It](http://straightupcraft.com/craft-plugins/link-it).
  
  Link to:
  Entries
  Assets
  Emails
  Phone numbers
  Custom URLs. + a breadcrumb and active state feature and full control over the output HTML.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Johannes Lamers
Tags: <localization><navigation>
Title: How to build a great multi-lingual navigation with channels, structure, and manageable in the CP
ThreadText: # How to build a great multi-lingual navigation with channels, structure, and manageable in the CP
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-08)
  
  I'm working on a complex website with multi locales, channels, structures and different designs per page. And the site needs a breadcrumb path.
  
  My client **needs** to manage and add items the to menu.
  
  **This is a simple overview of the navigation:**
  
  * Home
  * About us
    + Profile
    + History *(different template)*
    + Staff *(listing with entry url's)*
    + Jobs *(listing)*
    + etc
  * investor relations
    + finance
    + results (with iframe)
  * portfolio
  * press (custom url to external page)
  * etc
  
  So no hard coding. What is the best solution to build this?
  
  I think this is still a difficult thing in Craft. We need something like Navee or Structure (expression engine) to have a client friendly navigation system.
  
  I've tried [CraftNav](https://craftpl.us/plugins/craftnav). But it is still too simple.
  
  **Tags:** localization, navigation
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: username_0 - any suggestions on how we can extend CraftNav to meet your needs?  
  > **username_0**: I would love to see a combination with CraftNav and [Link It](http://straightupcraft.com/craft-plugins/link-it).  Link to: Entries Assets Emails Phone numbers Custom URLs. + a breadcrumb and active state feature and full control over the output HTML.  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2014-08-08. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  Not sure I'm the best person to answer this having only built one Craft site but here goes.
  
  I've created a **Structure** called Main Menu which has three Entry Types. (Entry types were the key for me when doing this)
  
  A Structure allows drag and drop ordering and hierarchal navigation ordering for parent > child relationships.
  
  1. Entry Link
  2. Asset Link
  3. External Link
  
  **Entry Link**
  
  ## entryLink
  
  **Asset Link**
  
  ## assetLink
  
  **External Link**
  
  ![externalLink](https://i.sstatic.net/DS95n.png)
  
  Big, big (two bigs!) NavEE fan here, CraftNav has huge potential to replicate it but it's still a tad early when I tried it.
  
  In short Entry Types were the key for me.
  
  Note: For my own sanity at a later date [it would be good to read this post on how to tell if your Structure Navigation has child elements.](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/1610/structure-add-class-if-element-has-children)
  
  Not sure if this helps but hope it does.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Does the main menu structure have the option on to have their own URLs? or is it inactive?  
  > **username_3**: Entry Link just uses the link as-is. The template would be whatever you setup when you created the entry. The External Link could link internally if you wish so I assume some kind of custom route could do the job. I'm sure I saw some posts here somewhere on choosing you template dynamically but I may have been dreaming.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-08-10. Score: 3
  
  Please take a look at this post on how to build a navigation (like NavEE, Structure, Taxonomy) using a Craft Structure. It also has some code-example for your template: [Would you use a Structure as navigation over multiple sections (channel entries, indexes and singles)?](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/1473/would-you-use-a-structure-as-navigation-over-multiple-sections-channel-entries/1513?noredirect=1#comment2416_1513)
  
  
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