What You Can Find in the Quick Links and Main Navigation of the Mount Marty Athletics Site
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The Mount Marty Athletics homepage is organized around a Main navigation menu, a Top Stories area, a Slideshow Parallax section, an Awards section, Quick Links, and a Footer. Quick Links act as shortcuts to commonly used pages, while the Main menu organizes the site's main sections. Together they are the fastest route to schedules, events, results, and awards.
Main Navigation: The Primary Site Structure
The Main menu is the top-level navigation for the site. It organizes the athletics site into its core sections, so it is the place to start when you are looking for a specific area rather than a single commonly used page.
What the homepage places in front of you
The homepage itself surfaces several distinct blocks, each with a different job:
| Section | What it is for |
|---|---|
| Main | Primary navigation across site sections |
| Top Stories | Featured news and updates from athletics |
| Slideshow Parallax | Visual highlights, typically rotating or layered imagery |
| Awards | Recognition content for teams and athletes |
| Quick Links | Shortcuts to frequently used pages |
| Footer | Additional institutional and site links |
Quick Links: Shortcuts to What Visitors Use Most
Quick Links is a dedicated shortcut area on the homepage. Its purpose is to reduce the number of clicks needed to reach the pages visitors return to most often. If you already know what you want — a schedule, a result, or an award listing — check Quick Links before working through the Main menu.
Finding Schedules, Events, and Results
The homepage excerpt shows Schedule, Events, Results, and a COMPOSITE SCHEDULE entry alongside the Top Stories and Slideshow areas. In practice:
- Start at the homepage.
- Use the Schedule or Events entry for upcoming contests, or Results for completed ones.
- Use COMPOSITE SCHEDULE when you want the combined schedule view rather than a single team's page.
- If an entry is not visible on the homepage, open the Main menu and look for the schedule or results section there.
Expected result: you land on the schedule, events, or results page for the sport or date range you need. Common snag: the homepage highlights only a subset of links, so a missing entry usually means it lives one level deeper in the Main menu rather than being unavailable.
Finding Awards and News
- Awards is a named homepage section, so recognition content is reachable directly from the front page.
- Top Stories is where featured news and updates are collected; use it when you want current athletics coverage rather than a specific team page.
Footer: The Catch-All
The Footer holds additional institutional and site links that do not fit in the main navigation. It is the right place to check for university-level pages, policies, or site information that the athletics menus do not cover.
A Practical Route
For most visits, this order works:
- Quick Links — if your target is a common page.
- Main menu — if Quick Links does not list it.
- Top Stories or Awards — for news and recognition content.
- Footer — for institutional links and site details.
The site's own description confirms its scope: it is the official athletics website for Mount Marty University, so navigation is built around teams, schedules, results, and awards rather than general university business.