Changing the Home Page Category Dropdown Menu Style

You can change the style and format of your site's category drop-down menu

🔔Note: From June 2026, the Homepage will be sunsetted. Please refer to Showcase: Getting Started or contact support@contentcatalyst.com for more information.

Category drop-down display options

The category drop-down menu is visible on the left side of your homepage. The presentation of this menu system can be configured to a range of different styles, to suit your needs.

All these changes need to be actioned by our team, so please raise a ticket to request the change.

Tree mode

The default mode for this menu is 'Tree mode', which displays the top-level category and its sub-categories, which are visible as a drop-down. The below screenshot demonstrates this setting:

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Multiple mode

This mode configures the categories to be displayed as individual drop-down menus and has two sub-types. The collapsed menu for both types appears:

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Standard type

This shows one level of sub-categories within the menu:

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Two levels type

This shows two levels of sub-categories within the menu, as shown below:

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