to configure menus for the header and the footer.

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There are four different types of menu items. Depending on which item type you selected, the field for the destination of the item will change.

Name

This is the name of the item that will be displayed in the menu.

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The next step is to make sure the header and footer menus are displayed in the Enterprise Theme layout. To do this you have to configure the Enterprise Theme sections for the header and the footer. By default, the header and footer sections already contain the macro macro Metamenu with the correct parameters set to display the Global Header and Global Footer in the header and footer sections.

Configure the header and footer sections:

1. Choose the cog icon , at the top right of the screen, then choose General configuration.
2. Select Sections under Enterprise Theme in the left-hand panel.
3. Click on the section for the header or the footer. This will open the editor for that section.
4. Make sure the Metamenu macro is present in the section by:
   • Click the Use Default button to reset the section. The default header section contains the Metamenu macro.
   • Add the Metamenu macro through the macro browser.
5. Configure the parameter of the Metamenu macro:
   
   • Menu: Select the menu to be used.
   • Hide from anonymous user: If this checkbox is checked, anonymous users do not see the menu.
   • Style:
     • flat and menu3: With these two menu styles, second level menu items are rendered in drop-downs and third level items are grouped together (see menu item types above as well). These two menus are preferred for header menus.
       
       
     • bv-footer: This style renders the every first level item of the menu into a column with the second level items being listed vertically below them. Items of the third level are not being rendered with this style. It is the preferred style for footer menus.
       

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For more information about editing sections, go to the Sections documentation.

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• There is no menu defined for the language of your user profile and the default Confluence language.
  It is recommended to at least define a menu for the default language of Confluence. This way it is ensured that a users Users who have a language set in their profile for which there is no menu is defined see the menu for in the default language.
• The menu is not embedded in the sections of the Enterprise Theme. Please refer to Embedding menus in the header and footer paragraphs above.

Why are certain menu entries not being displayed?

If Whether a menu entry is displayed or not depends on permissions and user profile settings. If certain menu entries are missing, please check (or let a Confluence administrator check):

• If Does the menu structure differs differ in different languages. If for instance ? For instance, if you change the language in your user profile, you would get a different language structure then.
• If Are there are special restrictions on the menu item itself (can be configured on each menu item in the menu configuration, see restrictions on menu items above).
• In case a space is linked in the menu: If Do you have permissions for this space and the start page of this space (see page restrictions).?
• In case a page is linked in the menu: Are there Page restrictions which do not allow that prevent you can see from seeing this page.?

How can I remove the Header (or Footer) menu if I don't

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need it?

By default, the header and footer sections already contain the macro macro Metamenu to to display a menu in the header and footer sections. But this This macro can simply be removed:

Configure the header and footer sections:

1. Choose the cog icon , at the top right of the screen, then choose General configuration.
2. Select Sections under Enterprise Theme in the left-hand panel.
3. Click on the section for the header or the footer. This will open the editor for that section.
4. Delete the Metamenu macro in the section. Save your changes.