Slide publications

A slide publication is a project type whose pages sit side by side: visitors move through it horizontally, page by page. Use it for digital magazines, annual reports, presentations or product brochures.

To create one, choose Slide publication when you create a new project. To turn an existing project into a slide publication, see Switch publication type.

Setting up subpages

In a slide publication, you can place pages under a main page as subpages, and then choose whether visitors see those subpages in the horizontal navigation or only reach them through a link. Hidden subpages are useful for extra detail, such as product information that opens when a visitor clicks a button on a page. The setting applies per main page, so different main pages can use different settings.

To set up subpages:

1. Open the project in the dashboard to see its list of pages.
2. Drag the page you want to make a subpage to just below the page it belongs to, so it is indented under it as a subpage.

3. Under the main page, click the navigation button. This button appears once a main page has at least one subpage, and it shows the current setting: Show in navigation by default, or Hide in navigation.
4. In the Set-up sub navigation panel, choose Show these pages in default navigation or Hide subpages in main navigation.
5. If you chose to hide the subpages, pick a Transition effect and, if visitors need a button back to the main page, turn on Show back button.
6. Click Save.
7. If you hid the subpages, add a link to each subpage from a page in the editor, for example with the Go to page link action.

Subpage navigation options

The Set-up sub navigation panel of a slide publication offers two options for the subpages of a main page:

• Show these pages in default navigation: visitors see the subpages as normal pages, in order, in the horizontal navigation. The nesting only shows in the project's list of pages in the dashboard. This is the default.
• Hide subpages in main navigation: the subpages are left out of the horizontal navigation. Visitors reach a hidden subpage only through a link you add in the editor. On a hidden subpage, the next and previous navigation continues with the main pages, not with the other subpages, so each hidden subpage needs its own link.

When you hide subpages, two extra settings appear:

• Transition effect: how the subpage animates when a visitor opens it through a link. Choose Move, Easing move or Crossfade. The default is Move.
• Show back button: shows a button on each subpage that takes the visitor back to the main page. It is off by default.

Instead of the back button, you can add your own button in the editor: give it a link with Trigger navigation action and choose Close (leveled) subpage. This also takes the visitor back to the main page.

Changing the slide navigation menu

The look and behaviour of the navigation menu in slide publications is set in the navigation environment: the interface around your published projects, shared by all projects on the domains that use it. Changes apply to all slide publications in that navigation environment.

To change the slide navigation menu:

1. In the dashboard, go to Settings > Navigation environment.
2. Click Edit settings next to the navigation environment you want to change.
3. In the menu on the left, click Navigation menu.
4. Open the Slide navigation tab.
5. Adjust the settings and click Save navigation.

Frequently asked questions

How do visitors get back from a hidden subpage to the main page?

In a slide publication, visitors get back from a hidden subpage in one of two ways. In the Set-up sub navigation panel of the main page, turn on Show back button to show a button on each subpage that returns the visitor to the main page. Or, in the editor, add your own button with a Trigger navigation action link set to Close (leveled) subpage.

Can visitors move between hidden subpages with the navigation arrows?

No. On a hidden subpage of a slide publication, the next and previous navigation goes to the next or previous main page, not to another subpage. To let visitors open each hidden subpage, add a link to it in the editor.

Can different main pages use different subpage settings?

Yes. In a slide publication, the subpage navigation setting is set per main page. Each main page with subpages has its own navigation button in the project's list of pages, so you can show the subpages of one main page and hide those of another.

Updated on: 22/10/2026