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# Adding menu items via the content form
Menus help users navigate your website. Content Authors typically update menu items for the content they manage. To add a piece of content into the menu system:
1. Edit a piece of content you want to add into the menu
2. In the right-hand column, expand **Menu settings** and check **Provide a menu link**
3. By default, the page's **Title** field will be used as the **Menu link title**, however you can easily edit it by making changes to the text field
4. You can also add a **Description**, which is what will be shown when a user hovers over the menu link
5. **Place the menu** by finding the content's parent link in the **Parent link** dropdown list (for example, if you want the page to appear under the **About us** section, scroll through the list until you find **About us**\
**Note:** If you want to add a new top level item, leave the dropdown as **\**.
6. Set the **Weight** field to set the order of the menu item in the list (a heavier weighted number (like 30) will sink to the bottom of the order, whereas a number like -10 will float to the top of the list)\
**Note:** Setting the weight can be difficult, as you aren't given any context about the weight of other items in the menu. Usual practice is to leave this value as zero and then edit it manually in the **Menu administration screen**, which is covered in the next topic.
7. After you have made your menu changes, select **Save.**
You should now see the menu link to this page in the primary navigation menu.
{% hint style="info" %}
If the menu settings accordion doesn't appear, or the menu that you want to add a page to is not available under **Parent link**, please contact your developers as they will need to alter settings in the website.
{% endhint %}
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