SharePoint 2016 Site Owners Advanced

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Lesson 3 – Configuring Site Settings, Navigation and Search

SharePoint 2016

TOPIC A: S ITE N AVIGATION Navigation is an important aspect of any website. People should be able to easily find the content, content structures, or sections of the site that they are looking for, and should be able to backtrack and get back to the home page or other commonly used pages. The same is true for all SharePoint sites. Configuring navigation that is intuitive and easy to use will make the site easier to use for everyone, and will encourage users to explore the site, and use it to store, retrieve, and share information. If users cannot easily navigate the site, then they will most likely not use it. S HARE P OINT N AVIGATION O PTIONS SharePoint has many options for navigating a SharePoint site depending on your permission level and how the site is configured. The most common navigation options are provided in the following table.

OPTION

DESCRIPTION

Quick Launch

The Quick Launch area provides a configurable set of links. These links typically lead to content structures and pages within the site. The site owner however can add links to other resources the team might need, even other sites. The Quick Launch can be displayed on the upper-left portion of the page or across the top of the page of the Oslo style is applied. The Top Link bar provides an area across the top of the page above the site title. Generally, it contains links to the subsites of the site you are currently in. The site owner however can add links to other pages, content structures or webpages if needed. The top links bar is not present when the Oslo style is applied to SharePoint site (the Quick Launch appears across the top in the Oslo style). As an option, you can always type the full URL to any SharePoint site, page, or content structure you wish, as long as you know the URL or have the URL in your browser's recently visited sites list. Members with Edit access to the site can open the Site Contents off of the Quick Launch (unless it has been removed from the Quick Launch) and access the content structures and subsites present in the site. The Site Contents page may not be available to all users and is not a navigation option you should expect or require sites members to use. Administrators can access SharePoint content structures through the Site Settings page for a site. In the Site Administration group, administrators can select site lists and libraries to open links to those content structures, and select Site and workspaces to open links to those content structures. The Site Settings page is typically not available to all users and is not a navigation option you should expect or require sites members to use.