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I am working on a Magento 2.1.7 shop and I have created a child-theme of Magento Blank.

In the back-end, I have created a block with a custom, hard-coded, navigation like:

<nav>
 <ul>
  <li><a href="http://www.examplewebsite.com/">Home</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.examplewebsite.com/about">About</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.examplewebsite.com/blog">Blog</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.examplewebsite.com/contact">Contact Us</a></li>
 </ul>
</nav>

By default, Magento displays links to the product categories in the top menu:

<block class="Magento\Theme\Block\Html\Topmenu" name="catalog.topnav" template="html/topmenu.phtml" ttl="3600" before="-"/>

How do I, instead, display my custom links block?

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  • let me know if any problem – Manoj Deswal Nov 1 '17 at 12:13
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To show your Custom Block Navigation , you simply need to create a widget

  • Go to admin > content > widgets > add widget

  • Select type as CMS static Block and choose your theme whichever you are using

  • Fill all the details ( Title / Assign to Store Views / Sort Order to "0"

  • Add layout update > Display on all pages / Container: After page header

  • Widget options > Select your block

Keep your cache disabled or clean/flush your cache

You can remove your default navigation by below code in your custom Magento_Theme module, if required.

<referenceBlock name="catalog.topnav" remove="true" />

Magento_Theme\layout\default.xml

I hope this will help you out and others as well

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  • I did all the above and the default navigation is displayed as well. Can I alternatively make changes in defaul.xml considering that <block class="Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template" name="store.menu" group="navigation-sections" template="Magento_Theme::html/container.phtml"> <block class="Magento\Theme\Block\Html\Topmenu" name="catalog.topnav" template="html/topmenu.phtml" ttl="3600" before="-" remove="true"/> </block>? – Razvan Zamfir Nov 1 '17 at 12:17
  • No need to do any coding in XML just simple create widget , see working example here smartparcelbox.com .. navigation and each block on homepage displayed via widget and blocks – Manoj Deswal Nov 1 '17 at 12:18
  • first , display your static block on front end using widget ... then we will remove default menu.... flush your cache or check in different browser , if you created widget in above mentioned way then it should display – Manoj Deswal Nov 1 '17 at 12:24
  • magento.stackexchange.com/a/187029/54588 , displayed ? – Manoj Deswal Nov 1 '17 at 12:31
  • I can not use <referenceBlock name="catalog.topnav" remove="true" /> because I need to display the categories on the page still, but in the sidebar. What alternative do I have? – Razvan Zamfir Nov 1 '17 at 13:03

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