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title: What is navigation?
description: "Your website's navigation consists of *navigation elements* or *pages* that allow visitors to your website to quickly and easily navigate to the content. You can use the selected entries to guide them. Pure *navigation elements* are not pages; rather, they…"
url: "https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/website-and-finder/navigation-website-en/what-is-navigation/"
updated: "2026-08-24"
category: Website / Navigation
---

# What is navigation?

Your website's navigation consists of *navigation elements* or *pages* that allow visitors to your website to quickly and easily navigate to the content. You can use the selected entries to guide them.

Pure *navigation elements* are not pages; rather, they form, for example, a dropdown menu or provide links to internal or external content.

*Pages* are the actual content of your website that you offer directly in the navigation menu.

In the *header*, the light-colored elements and pages shown in the screenshot make up the main navigation. The logo, which is also displayed in the header, is not part of your website's navigation.

You can configure the *logo* and *buttons* —which are additional header elements—in the [*settings* under](https://staging.churchtools.academy/de/help/website-and-finder/seiteneinstellungen/wie-passe-ich-die-kopfzeile-meiner-website-an/)" *Header*."

[![Screenshot Website Navigation](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Website_Navigation.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Website_Navigation.png)

In the *footer*, the light-colored elements and pages shown on the right side of this screenshot are part of the navigation. Depending on *the* footer *layout* you choose, the links may be located elsewhere.

The additional information displayed here is not part of your website's navigation. You can configure it in the [*settings* under](https://staging.churchtools.academy/de/help/website-and-finder/seiteneinstellungen/wie-passe-ich-die-fusszeile-meiner-website-an/)" *Footer*."

[![Screenshot Website Footer](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Website_Footer.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Website_Footer.png)

## Read more

- [How to edit the navigation?](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/website-and-finder/navigation-website-en/14-what-is-the-navigation-menu/)
- [How to create and edit a page?](https://staging.churchtools.academy/de/help/website-und-finder/seiten-website/8-wie-erstelle-und-bearbeite-ich-eine-seite/)