# Brainstorming Menu layouts

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/brainstorming-menu-layouts/5773>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [March 10, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/brainstorming-menu-layouts/5773 "2016-03-10T15:58:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jabostick](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jabostick/32/1760_2.png) [@jabostick](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jabostick)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/brainstorming-menu-layouts/5773/1 "2016-03-10T15:58:44Z")

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Hi everyone I have a Menu question:

I am just starting a site and am gathering content and trying to ‘wireframe’ everything. I’m a little concerned that the menu is going to get too big. There aren’t an abnormal amount of pages (maybe 8 parent topics), but a lot of the headings are lengthy and I am worried on smaller screens that it will get too congested.

I looked at Joey by Big White Duck and thought that might be an option (i.e. to try and have icons/mega menu drop down as seen in the Joey demo). Is an Offsite menu a better option for this? I’ve never used either.

Anyway. Just wondering how others generally approach this. (I’ll most likely be using foundation).

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**Author:** ![Elixir](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/elixir/32/25498_2.png) [@Elixir](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Elixir)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/brainstorming-menu-layouts/5773/2 "2016-03-10T16:14:38Z")

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You might look at a theme with vertical navigation. This sort of style would lend itself to wordier page titles (in most cases), since you don’t have to deal with a limited amount of real-estate for a horizontal navigation bar.

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**Author:** ![zeebe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zeebe/32/22007_2.png) [@zeebe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zeebe)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/brainstorming-menu-layouts/5773/3 "2016-03-10T17:42:32Z")

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A good idea for a side menu in Foundation is using Pillar Stack with the side nav stack and get a result like this:

 ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/4/4b6c19d6a369652c9269efc4e628f2e071b73c8b.png)