Naming a page differently than menu

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I have created /contents/about.md which renders at /contents/about/ and it is visible at http://example.com/about/. When I click on the “About” on the menu, the below is what I get.

Is there a way to change the “About” header (not menu) to read something else? Thanks!

<img src="//cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/standard10/uploads/gohugo/original/2X/3/3009e27e6df381aba2dd465d5b5943569121125a.png" width=“244” height="370”>

2

Based on the screenshot I guess you’re using the after-dark theme. The shown header is the title of the page. You can change it in the frontmatter by setting title to whatever your header should be instead.

3

Right, but by doing so, it will change in both places, menu and header. I am trying to keep the menu as is, but change what the header reads.

4

This worked!

---
title:  "About and Colophon"
menu: 
  main:
    name: "About"
weight: "2”
---

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5

Did you add this post via the frontmatter or the config file to the menu? Could you post the relevant excerpt?

6

Via the frontmatter. I was using:

---
title: “About"
menu: “main"
weight: “2”
---
7

Using the frontmatter to set menu items and control names gives more flexibility, I see. I have disabled “lazy” menus.

8

You can also add a page to a menu in a more “advanced” way via the frontmatter. You’re able to define all attributes of a menu item (e.g. its weight) as well as the displayed name.

You can find a list of all attributes by scrolling up on the linked page.

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