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Hub Navigation
Hi All,
I have some SP sites setup in a Hub structure.
Intranet Hub with Hub sites TestHub1 and TestHub2 associated to it.
TestHub1 has sites Test1,2,3 associated to it.
TestHub2 has sites TestA,B,C associated to it.
When I go to the Intranet Hub and edit the Hub navigation I have the choices of "Associated Hubs" and "Associated Child Hubs"
I dont understand how the navigation puts the two Hubs associated to the Main Intranet Hub under "Associated Hubs" and the actual Top of the Tree Hub in the "Associated Child Hubs" section.
Can anyone explain the difference between "Associated Hubs" and "associated Child hubs"? I've seen
and that says
"Associated hubs will add links to hub sites associated to the same parent hub.
Associated child hubs will add links to child hub sites associated to the same parent hub site, if available."
Surely TestHub1 and TestHub2 are child hub sites? Perhaps I'm not understanding the difference beween hubs and child hubs?!
Thanks!
- The naming and the documentation are really confusing - but I happen to know for sure that Microsoft is working on better names and better documentation! If you are on the top level hub (Hub Site A) and Hub Site A has two "children" hubs - Hub Site B and Hub Site C, Associated Hubs shows the children hubs of Hub Site A at the moment that you select it. If you later associate Hub Site D to Hubs Site A, Associated Hubs will not automatically update. Associated child hubs is a label that makes absolutely no sense - but what shows you are "siblings" to Hub Site A. (other hubs associated to the same parent site as Hub Site A). My recommendation: ignore these links and labels entirely and instead, add navigation that makes sense to the story that you are trying to provide for your users.
- The naming and the documentation are really confusing - but I happen to know for sure that Microsoft is working on better names and better documentation! If you are on the top level hub (Hub Site A) and Hub Site A has two "children" hubs - Hub Site B and Hub Site C, Associated Hubs shows the children hubs of Hub Site A at the moment that you select it. If you later associate Hub Site D to Hubs Site A, Associated Hubs will not automatically update. Associated child hubs is a label that makes absolutely no sense - but what shows you are "siblings" to Hub Site A. (other hubs associated to the same parent site as Hub Site A). My recommendation: ignore these links and labels entirely and instead, add navigation that makes sense to the story that you are trying to provide for your users.
/[SiteName]/_layouts/15/sites.aspx - is a system generated display of all the child sites of the current site (if it is a hub,) which is live and updates in real time. This page does not display child hub sites, however. This is a helpful link in hub navigation.
