Left Column Menus

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The left-hand column is primarily for navigating according to topics and activities you can perform on the site.

First about 'book navigation' which you will observe in the left-hand column right now as you are presently viewing a 'book' type of content. That menu appears only when you are viewing a book page. Thus, it takes over the primary navigation reference since it is assumed that you are presently mainly interested in plowing thru content that is organized as in book chapters.  It's a dynamically changing table of contents.

Look at the 'username' block -- that's where you see your username for login purposes. The main topical navigation comes from selecting either

  • Main Topics
  • Forum Topics or
  • Other topical sections that may exist from time to time.

 

As you click on an item category it will expand to show any sub-topics or content.

If only a "dotted square" shows then there is no further sub-category or content available. If there is a right-dart then it is expandable to additional content.

In the sub-chapters that follow, we'll look at how to use the left-column navigation items such as the Quik Nav and the items under your username. Click on ....