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Showcase Menus

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Showcase Menus

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Navigation, Elevated

Looking for a more visually engaging, descriptive, or on-brand dropdown in your main navigation? Showcase Menus have you covered. Available on all sites using our newer headers, this feature lets you enhance any top-level dropdown with a title, caption, and/or image. Just head to Section Settings to enable and customize.

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Best Practices

Tips from our award-winning design team for creating beautiful, user-friendly dropdowns—quickly and easily.

Keep Content Balanced

When adding a title, caption, or accent image to your dropdown, take the height of the section list into account. Longer lists pair well with taller accent images to help balance the space on the left. For shorter lists, consider using a more landscape-oriented image and skipping the title and caption to keep the layout clean and proportional.

Accent Image Consistency

Using a consistent style for accent images helps keep your site looking polished and cohesive. If you choose circular accent images, use that shape in all dropdowns. Likewise, if your images feature a playful brush-stroke border, apply the same border style consistently to maintain a unified look.

Leverage AI Tools

Want to add a title and caption to each of your dropdowns but not sure what to say—or how to stay within character limits? Tools like ChatGPT or Google Gemini can help. Simply describe what you’re looking for and include the character limit, and you’ll get multiple options to choose from. From there, you can quickly copy and paste the text into Smart Sites and move forward in record time.

Design Ideas & Inspiration

Get creative with Showcase Menu accent images—endless styles, endless possibilities. Don’t forget to explore our easy-to-use Canva templates, designed just for Showcase Menu images.

A website menu displays options related to the Board of Education.

 

Two smiling cheerleaders in black and gold uniforms are featured on a website.

 

Screenshot of the Yosemite Academy website homepage with navigation menu.

 

Screenshot of the Comsewogue School District website homepage with a dropdown menu open.

A website featuring a young woman holding a tablet, with menu options.

 

Screenshot of a website for Sequatchie High School, featuring a ram mascot.

 

Website homepage featuring a student and navigation menu.

 

Website navigation menu with links to various school district information.

A website menu features smiling students and links to student resources.

 

A website menu highlights 'Departments' with a photo of school buses.

 

Website navigation menu with options for academics, programs, and calendar.

 

Website navigation menu with options for District, Schools, and Quick Links.

Live Examples

See Showcase Menus in action on live client websites!

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Need Help? We got you!

If you’re a Smart Sites customer looking for clear, step-by-step instructions to set up your Showcase Menus, you’re in the right place. Our help article guides you through each step with ease.

 

Set Up Showcase Menus in Smart Sites