Supernav Nav bar - Responsive theme

This page covers the appearance, elements & functionality of the Supernav nav bar for the Responsive Theme

Used by sites with sub and/or affiliated brands

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  • Will link back to the homepage
  • Visible on desktop layout
  • Visible on mobile layout

Site Strapline / Subsite Strapline

  • Optional element
  • Visible on desktop layout
  • Hidden on mobile layout

Supernav logo examples

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Region Selector

  • Only used for internationalised sites
  • Visible on desktop layout
  • Visible on mobile layout

Region selector

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Socialite Links

  • These link to the social networks for the site / brand
  • Number and Type of links can vary between Site / Sub-sites
  • Urls of the links can be unique for the Site / Sub-sites
  • Visible on desktop layout
  • Hidden on mobile layout

Socialite buttons

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Subscribe button

  • Expands a dropdown that links to subscription options for the site
  • Visible on desktop layout
  • Visible on mobile layout

Subscribe

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Search

  • Clicking the search icon opens up a search field
  • Visible on desktop layout
  • Visible on mobile layout

Search icon / field

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Content links

  • Links to site content, List pages, Landing pages, Specific articles, External content
  • Curated list controlled by editorial from the CMS
  • Will resize to fit the width of the browser page, with links moved into the More menu if there is insufficient room
  • Visible on Desktop layout
  • Contained within the hamburger menu on mobile Layout 

Super nav content links

View of main nav on mobile layout

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More dropdown menu

  • Contains links to lower priority site content
  • Curated list controlled by editorial from the CMS
  • If empty in the CMS it is not visible on the site (unless browser width functionality mentioned above is triggered)
  • Visible on Desktop layout
  • Contained within the hamburger menu on mobile layout

Super nav more menu

View of expanded more menu on mobile layout

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Subsite Links

  • On Main site / Desktop the links appear on the right of the nav bar
  • On Sub-site / Desktop the links to the main site & other sub-sites move to a bar above the main nav bar
  • On Main site / Mobile the links appear at the bottom of the nav list
  • On Sub-site / Mobile a link to the main site is placed above the nav list, links to the other sub-sites are not shown

Desktop

Sub site links layout

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Mobile

Supernav Mobile extended

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Supernav Mobile nav sub-site extended

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