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2. Portal Overview

While every xTupleCommerce implementation has the potential to be unique, there are many building blocks which all portals share in common. The Home page, for example, has a scrolling carousel of images which you manage. You can display images and links to highlight individual products and market your company's successes. There is also a variety of smaller promos that you can create to direct users to important pages. While the product content is managed in the ERP, the rest of the contentthe marketing contentis all managed on the web portal.

The majority of your navigation and management will utilize either the Admin menu or the Main Menu. Let's review those common components:

Admin menu

From creating new content to setting up your social media, the Admin menu helps you to maintain and manage your portal. The Admin menu is only visible once you log in as a manager or editor user to your portal, it is not visible to your portal visitors.

Main Menu

This menu represents the main pages of your portal. Clicking on any of them takes you to the corresponding page. Common menu links include the Products page and the Product Catalog. You may wish to add menu links to your articles (blog) or an informational page such as an About Us. Hovering over menu items brings up a longer list of sub pages when available. Menus can be edited using the Structure menu option from the Admin menu.