# 'Top Pages' Menu Element / Folder option ... can't get it to work : ( **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [October 2, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477 "2025-10-02T13:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/1 "2025-10-02T13:23:05Z")
‘Top Pages’ Menu Element / Folder option … can’t get it to work : ( Is there a knack to it ? The default Top Menu items option works great … but I can’t get it to specify the pages from a folder (in this case, I’d like to specify ‘Blog’ under which is Posts, About, Archives & Authors. (It doesn’t work in Ben’s Blog example file either) … unless I’m mis-understanding what it does ?? Thanks, Jol ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/b/2/b2eb0d241983382cead957811a3a8e3734ecde2e.png) ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/2 "2025-10-03T10:20:09Z")
Does this component work ? Does anyone have it working ? The help page is blank I may be mis-understanding what the ‘folder’ option is … but I believe it is what I am looking for in order to create a secondary menu system for my blog pages : blog, posts, archive, author & about. For the life of me I can’t get it to work Am happy to be wrong … anybody care to tell me where I’m going wrong ? ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/5/a/5ac6b5ea512c1fb6477ec2030bdeb817a8ca4b2a.png) ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/3 "2025-10-03T10:39:00Z")
It won’t list CMS markdown files, they need to be actual pages… ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/4 "2025-10-03T10:40:17Z")
Thank you Dan … and have you tried specifying a ‘folder’ of ‘actual pages’ ? … and does it work for you ? ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/5 "2025-10-03T10:43:17Z")
Here are the ‘actual pages’ I wish to appear in my secondary ‘blog menu’ what am I doing wrong ? ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/6/f/6f176311503d07a4b9513b4956a2d0a16c4479a0.png) ---
**Author:** ![jbyfield](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbyfield/32/82_2.png) [@jbyfield](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbyfield)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/6 "2025-10-03T10:54:02Z")
I saw this earlier and had never seen or used the Top Pages component so did not answer but I think what you need is this. Right click on Home under your file structure. Select New Folder. Rename the New Folder to Blog or whatever. Move the other pages such as Archive, About and Author under Blog. You will get Blog in the menu and when you click on it the other pages will drop down. Structure will look like this - ![Untitled](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/7/4/747b2b39b45fa8103c2161d4c21c247acac0bd4e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/7 "2025-10-03T11:09:30Z")
Thanks so much JBField !! So - does that work for you ? a.) It doesn’t work here - though I am prolly being daft b.) I don’t really want my blog to be in a further sub-menu (isn’t this what putting it in a folder does !?) c.) What I’d really want it to specify a menu item (ie Blog) … and all items sub to that (archive, about, posts etc) should appear with it as menu options (in my new secondary menu) What am I missing ? ---
**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/8 "2025-10-03T11:40:10Z")
> [@jbob](#): > > The help page is blank The help page is here [Top Pages | RapidWeaver Elements Docs](https://docs.realmacsoftware.com/elements-docs/components/top-pages), looks like the link to it in the component is broken. In the YouTube video at the 12:30 mark, @dan says if you want to display subpages use the Menu component instead. I don’t think the Top Pages component would show a drop-down menu of subpages based on the YouTube video but I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/9 "2025-10-03T11:46:06Z")
OK - thanks As far as I can see, the Menu component does not allow you to specify the content of the menu (- it just shows all menu items that are marked as visible) Ben uses ‘Top Menu’ to show the menu items : Blog, Archive, Posts (in his Blog demo video) However, Ben doesn’t have a Main menu - or rather, this is Ben’s Main menu ! What I’m looking for is a secondary menu (sitting further down the page) that allows me to show just the Blog and it’s associated pages (ie Blog, Archive, About etc) And I think I’m about to lose the will ---
**Author:** ![sbchasin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/sbchasin/32/26943_2.png) [@sbchasin](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sbchasin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/10 "2025-10-03T11:52:49Z")
> [@differentdan](#): > > I don’t think the Top Pages component would show a drop-down menu of subpages based on the YouTube video but I could be wrong. It does not. You can put a folder of pages in the top pages component, but it won’t show any submenus (folders within folders). I ran into that and @ben helped with a custom component (@ben, check your email!!) for what I needed to do. ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/11 "2025-10-03T12:32:57Z")
… I’d just like to be able to specify exactly which pages go in my (secondary) menu ---
**Author:** ![thisisrock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@thisisrock](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/thisisrock)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/12 "2025-10-03T12:50:22Z")
Maybe this quick n dirty Elements sample project can help a little: elementsapp://downloadDocument/3chXG3IHlaQA Entry 2 could be your “secondary menu” . You may put it in a container anywhere on the page… even only on your “Blog” page… HTH ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/13 "2025-10-03T14:34:50Z")
Thank you Hans - I’m not sure I’m clever enough to see the magic you’ve performed here ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/14 "2025-10-03T15:12:44Z")
Just a thank you again to Hans ! He is very kind and helpful and even does demo files!!! Above and beyond nice… 👍 ---
**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/15 "2025-10-03T15:17:26Z")
Be aware that you can also use the Top Pages to display LINKS that you create, so they could be links to anything, including the pages you want to display. Just place them in a folder and then select that folder in the Top Pages component. I use this all the time to display links in my footers. Bottom line is the Top Pages component definitely works using a folder. I have also used it to display in-page navigation links using anchors. It is a convenient and powerful component. ---
**Author:** ![thisisrock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@thisisrock](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/thisisrock)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/16 "2025-10-03T17:21:07Z")
New simplified example: elementsapp://downloadDocument/PdVmlTWOVliM Ben, Dan and the others made Elements so easy yet powerful. ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-menu-element-folder-option-cant-get-it-to-work/51477/17 "2025-10-04T12:20:45Z")
> [@thisisrock](#): > > elementsapp://downloadDocument/PdVmlTWOVliM Thank you Hans, Robin and all !! I’ll look at your second example shortly - thank you for that. Aligning a tool’s function and customer expectations (I can only imagine) is really hard - and for some reason I saw this tool being more straight-forward. That the help was disconnected makes it harder. From RM’s perspective, aligning function with expectations will save them a mega-ton of time in support (and speed up the maturation of Elements). So - Since in ‘subbing’ from a menu item, you’re effectively putting the sub-menu items in a folder of that menu … I wrongly assumed that specifying a menu item in ‘Top Menu’ would just incorporate it’s subs (the folder contents). I dont think this an unreasonable assumption. Thanks again everybody for your help