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title: "Managing Panels in PHP-Fusion"
description: "When you need to work with the menus and links that help your users navigate within your PHP-Fusion website you are actually managing the panels and site links.  You can control position, visibility..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/php-fusion/managing-panels-php-fusion/
date: 2013-03-15
modified: 2022-03-11
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["PHP-Fusion"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Managing Panels in PHP-Fusion

When you need to work with the menus and links that help your users navigate within your PHP-Fusion website you are actually managing the panels and site links.  You can control position, visibility per user type, and appearance of the links.  The following article explains panels how they are used to setup the navigation menus within the PHP-Fusion website.  For more information on Site Links, please see *[Managing Site Links in PHP-Fusion](/support/edu/php-fusion/managing-site-links/)*.
 

## Setting Up and Editing Panels within PHP-Fusion

 

### Understanding Panels

To understand the panels within PHP-Fusion review the screenshot below.  Each panel section is highlighted and labeled:

[![Panels and Site-links in a default PHP-Fusion website](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_panel-sections-1024x533.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_panel-sections.png)

 
As per the screenshot above, you can see the positions of the panels that PHP-Fusion uses in its default layout.  Each position is listed in the Panel management area.  If you login as an Admin and go into the menus for the **PANELS** (under **SYSTEM ADMIN**), you will see the options available for editing each panel:
[![Main menu for Panels in the System Admin section](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_panels-menu.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_panels-menu.png)

 
You can add multiple panels per position.  Each item within the panel is a **Site Link** (see *[Managing Site Links in PHP-Fusion](/support/edu/php-fusion/managing-site-links/)* for more details).  Note the green arrows on each panel item.  You can click and drag each item to reposition each of the listed site links.

###  
Creating New Panels

1. [Login to the PHP-Fusion Admin Panel.](/support/edu/php-fusion/login-admin-panel/)
2. [![Admin login window](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_admin-login-section.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_admin-login-section.png) In the section labeled with the **ADMIN USER** name, click on **ADMIN PANEL**.  
3. [![System tab and panels icon](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_system-tab-panels-icon.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_system-tab-panels-icon.png) Click on the **SYSTEM ADMIN** tab and then click on the **PANELS** icon to open the **PANELS **management area.  
4. [![Main Panel menu](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_panels-main-menu.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_panels-main-menu.png) The screenshot to the right is identical to the one above and represents the **Panel management** area within the PHP-Fusion Admin Panel.  Note that each section (Left, Upper Center, Lower Center, and Right) has an option button labeled **NEW**.   Click on **NEW** button and you will see the screen for adding a new Panel.      
5. [![Add New Panel dialog window](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_add-new-panel.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_add-new-panel.png) When you open the** ADD PANEL** dialog (by clicking on NEW PANEL), you will see the options to add a new Panel Name, selecting a Panel filename, Panel Content,  Panel restrictions, and panel access.  Each of the options are described below: Panel Name Name of the panel as it will appear on the website  Panel Filename Name of a file controlling the behavior of the panel; if you select an existing file, then the Panel Content will be ignored Panel Content You can use PHP code control panel behavior as it appears on the website Panel Restriction You can use the Panel Restriction to exclude or include pages on the website.  The radial button for “Exclude on these pages” and “Include on these pages” must chosen on the right. Panel Access Determine who can see the panel: public, member, administrator, super administrator  
6. Click on each field and select or program your options as per the needs of your new panel.
7. Click on **PREVIEW PANEL** to view the panel as you have selected or **SAVE PANEL** to save your entries.

### Edit, Disable or Delete Panels

 

1. [Login to the PHP-Fusion Admin Panel.](/support/edu/php-fusion/login-admin-panel/)
2. In the section labeled with the **ADMIN USER** name, click on **ADMIN PANEL**.
3. [![Edit, disable, or Delete panels](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_edit-panels-3.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_panels-sitelinks_edit-panels-3.png) Click on the **SYSTEM ADMIN** tab and then click on the **PANELS** icon to open the **PANELS **management area.  
4. Management actions available for the Panel: **EDIT** Click on **EDIT** in **OPTIONS** column to edit panel.  Make sure to click on **SAVE CHANGES** after making any changes to panel **DISABLE** Click on **DISABLE** to immediately disable a panel.  Click on **ENABLE** to re-enable the panel. **DELETE** Click on **DELETE** in the **OPTIONS** column to delete a panel.  Care should be taken when deleting as you only have the one confirmation question to delete before it actually occurs. **DRAG-n-DROP** As per the earlier description of this option (in the section above), there is a **DRAG-N-DROP** option available within the menu.  Simply left-click on the green arrows the left of the Panel name, then drag to the new position and release.  

This completes the tutorial on managing the Panels section of the PHP-Fusion. Remember that in order to edit the actual links in the panel, you will need to edit the site links.  See the tutorial on *[Managing Site Links in PHP-Fusion](/support/edu/php-fusion/managing-site-links/)* for further detail.