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Marion Frecaut
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October 7, 2020
Beta release

Check out the new "Mega Menu" widget on InSpired

  • October 7, 2020
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Check out the new "Mega Menu" widget on InSpired

As we are adding more and more new modules, e.g. knowledge base, events, groups, product updates, ideation, we felt our existing navigation was not ideal to help users quickly find and discover the different areas of the community. We also wanted to easily allow having custom links in the navigation.

 

So meet the "Mega Menu"!

 

Thanks a lot for everyone who gave feedback on this research article and helped design this widget:

 @mstone  @aluciani  @Milla  @Kseniya  @LPortalupi  @Casstastr0phee  @Hiewwaiy  @bjoern_schulze

I will get in touch to allow you to test this Beta version!

 

The "Mega menu" widget allows you to:

:white_check_mark: Have a horizontal menu rather than a burger menu on desktop

:white_check_mark: Make navigation between modules more explicit

:white_check_mark: Add a logo (optional)

:white_check_mark: Enable, disable and reorder module links to knowledge base, events, groups, ideation, product updates. 

:white_check_mark: Rename entries in the menu

:white_check_mark: Add custom links to external sites

:white_check_mark: Have a search bar in the navigation

Note: It is possible to enable this new "Mega menu" widget with an SSI header :)

 

How to beta test the "Mega Menu" widget

If you want to have early access, you can get in touch with me or your Customer Success Manager to get it enabled in staging. You can also leave a reply below to let us know.

You will be able to switch to this new navigation using the customization mode of the home page.

Check out our knowledge base article to start using it.

 

What's next?

Before we officially release this widget, we are thinking of adding some extra functionalities:

  • Have permissions impact the menu (for example, end-users who can't access ideation will not see the Ideation entry in the menu)
  • Have child custom links within each entry of the menu
  • More color settings
  • Sticky navigation option
  • New UI for the dropdowns with icons to go even further in that "Mega Menu"mindset

 

Your feedback

As usual, we want to know your questions, what you think, and how you would like us to improve this widget! 

    31 replies

    Fescholz
    Fescholz
    Contributor ⭐️⭐️
    October 7, 2020

    That's awesome! @Shane1 Can we have access to the mega menu feature? 

      bjoern_schulze
      bjoern_schulze
      Helper ⭐️⭐️⭐️
      October 7, 2020

      I’d like to have it enabled on our staging environment. Thanks! (cc @Julian)

        ErikT
        ErikT
        Contributor ⭐️⭐️
        October 7, 2020

        Really awesome! Looking forward to final release. :smiley:

        In meantime, would be nice to be try it out.

          Shane1
          Shane1
          Helper ⭐️⭐️⭐️
          October 7, 2020

          That's awesome! @Shane1 Can we have access to the mega menu feature? 

          @Fescholz We’ve enabled it on your staging environment for you :relaxed:

            Julian
            Julian
            Gainsight Employee ⭐️⭐️⭐️
            October 7, 2020

            Hey @bjoern_schulze  & @ErikT, great to hear that you want to test it on staging. I have activated it there for both of you. Let us know your thoughts so that we can further improve it if necessary.

            I follow my nose, it always knows
              Hiewwaiy
              Hiewwaiy
              Contributor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
              October 8, 2020

              Sounds great! Looking forward to the release. 
              And ofcourse, I would like to have access to the beta version :grin:

              Gr Hiewwaiy
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                Marion FrecautAuthor
                Helper ⭐️⭐️⭐️
                October 8, 2020

                @Hiewwaiy I just enabled it on your staging!

                 

                Feel free to check out that Knowledge Base article on how to use it.

                 

                If you could share your feedback that would be great. 

                If and when you are ready to use it in prod, let me know so I can enable it there :)

                  mstone
                  mstone
                  Helper ⭐️
                  October 8, 2020

                  The Beta looks great! :raised_hands:  My only major ask for GA would be the ability to configure sub-Mega Menu items (at the moment it appears you can only add top level Mega Menu items). 

                   

                  My less important/wish list asks would be:

                  • option to make the Mega Menu sticky
                  • Mega Menu items permissioned by role (ie… only user’s with role x should see menu item y)

                   

                    xiaoyu-shen
                    xiaoyu-shen
                    Helper ⭐️⭐️
                    October 8, 2020

                    Thanks @mstone, great to hear!

                    Curious about the second point in your wish list

                    • Mega Menu items permissioned by role (ie… only user’s with role x should see menu item y)

                    Could you give an example of the menu items you’d like to grant permission by role? And which user roles should be able to see it? 

                      mstone
                      mstone
                      Helper ⭐️
                      October 8, 2020

                      Sure: as an example, only customers should be able to access the Ideas section. If you are not a customer, this menu item should not be visible to you. There may also be custom links that we’d only display to customers (ie … a ‘Login to BetterCloud’ link). Similarly, we may have a role called ‘Partners’ one day that would likely have it’s own menu/sub-menu for items specific to them.

                       

                      Hope this helps!

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