Change the primary navigation areas

The primary navigation areas are the areas that appear in the navigation bar on portal site pages. You can view a primary navigation area simply by clicking its link in the navigation bar.

By default, the primary navigation areas of the portal site include News, Topics, and Sites. The home page is also available from the navigation bar, but it cannot be removed. As a member of the Administrator site group, you can remove any of the primary navigation areas except for Home and add new navigation areas by using the portal site map.

1. In the Actions list, click Manage Portal Site.
2. On the Portal Site Map page, point to the area that you want to add or remove from the primary navigation areas.
3. Click the arrow that appears, and then click Edit on the menu that appears.
4. On the Change Settings page, click the Display tab.
5. In the Navigation and Sort Order section, do one of the following:
   • To remove the area from the primary navigation areas, select the Exclude from portal site navigation check box.
   • To add the area to the primary navigation areas, clear the Exclude from portal site navigation check box.
   The check box is selected by default.

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