We can manage navigation of site collection using Meta data
in SharePoint 2013. Managed Meta data navigation and friendly URL is a new
feature in SharePoint 2013. We can have the term store to create and store the
navigation. We have to create managed Meta data service. To enable Meta data
navigation, activate publishing feature at site collection level.
Go to site settings, in the “Look and Feel” section, select “Navigation”
Select Managed navigation for top navigation as shown in the image below,
Create term in Site Collection navigation as shown in the image below.
By adding the terms in term store tool, we can see the tabbed view as in the image below. In “GENERAL” tab, we can see the general properties of the term like Name, Available for tagging...
“NAVIGATION” section allows us to create friendly URL’s for
the navigation. If we select, “term-Driven Page with Friendly URL”, it will
choose the default URL. By selecting “Simple Link or Header”, we can assign the
custom link to the navigation.
In “TERM-DRIVEN PAGES”, tab, we can have the option to configure the friendly URL and allows to set an image.
Go to site settings, in the “Look and Feel” section, select “Navigation”
Select Managed navigation for top navigation as shown in the image below,
In the term store management (In Site settings, Site
Administration group, select “Term store Management”)
Create term in Site Collection navigation as shown in the image below.
By adding the terms in term store tool, we can see the tabbed view as in the image below. In “GENERAL” tab, we can see the general properties of the term like Name, Available for tagging...
In “TERM-DRIVEN PAGES”, tab, we can have the option to configure the friendly URL and allows to set an image.
“CUSTOM PROPERTIES” tab allows us to add “Shared Properties”
and “Local Properties”.
Create the navigation as the structure shown below.
After saving the navigation, we can see it as the image below.
After saving the navigation, we can see it as the image below.