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# Configuring the service navigation

The service navigation is a second navigation in the footer area, typically with entries such as "Help", "Contact" or "Shipping and payment". Shopware calls it "Footer service navigation".

You create the navigation itself in Shopware via categories and assign it to your Sales Channel. The ThemeWare® configuration then controls where and how it is displayed.

## Step 1: Create the categories

1. Open the administration of your shop
2. Switch via the main navigation to "**Catalogues**" => "**Categories**"
3. Create a new category on the top level, for example "Service"
   * In the card "**General**" select the option "**Structuring element / Entry point**" for the "**Category type**"
4. Create the individual entries below this category, for example "Help", "Contact", "Shipping and payment"
   * Category type "**Page / List**": a separate page with an assigned layout (Shopping Experience)
   * Category type "**Link**": a reference to a product, another category, a landing page or an external site
5. Make sure that all categories are set to "**Active**"
6. Save your categories

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note**: Only the categories on the level directly below are displayed in the service navigation.
{% endhint %}

## Step 2: Assign the entry point

So that Shopware knows which category is the service navigation, it has to be assigned as an entry point. There are two ways to do this, the result is identical.

#### Option A: via the category

1. Open the category "Service"
2. Open the card "**Navigation**"
3. Select the option "**Footer service navigation**" for the "**Entry point**"
4. Select your Sales Channel under "**Sales Channel assignment**"
5. Save the category

#### Option B: via the Sales Channel

1. Open your Sales Channel via the main navigation
2. Switch to the tab "**General**"
3. In the card "**Navigation**" select your category "Service" in the field "**Entry point footer service navigation**"
4. Save the Sales Channel

## Step 3: Configure the display in ThemeWare®

ThemeWare® can output the service navigation in several places.

1. Open the administration of your shop
2. Switch via the main navigation to the "**theme administration**" ("Content" => "Themes")
   * **Note**: In the Shopware Cloud you will find the "Themes" area directly in the main navigation.
3. Now click on your ThemeWare® theme to start editing
4. Configure the desired areas:

#### Footer

* Tab "**Footer**" => Block "**Copyright footer**" => Section "**Basic configuration**" => "**Show service navigation until...**"
* Here you define up to which viewport the service navigation is displayed in the footer.

#### Top bar

* Tab "**Header**" => Block "**Top bar**" => Section "**Service menu \[Pro Edition]**" => "**Show service menu**"
* You can choose between "don't show", "show as dropdown" and "show as list".

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note**: Shopware has removed the service menu in the header with version 6.5 and provides this only as "Footer service navigation". With this configuration you can display it in the top bar again.
{% endhint %}

#### Offcanvas navigation

* Tab "**Content**" => Block "**Offcanvas navigation**" => Section "**Service menu \[Pro Edition]**" => "**Show service menu**"
* This way the service navigation additionally appears in the mobile navigation.

5. Save the theme configuration
6. Switch to the storefront and reload the page

You have now set up the service navigation.

## Adjusting the label

You can edit or translate the label of the service menu with the snippet `header.indexLinkService`.

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## Further information

* Introduction: [Editing texts in the theme](/knowledge-base/introduction/editing-texts-in-the-theme.md)