--- title: "Slate Spotlight: Advancement Portal Design: Left-Side Navigation" slug: "slate-spotlight-advancement-portal-design-left-side-navigation" updated: 2024-12-04T19:53:54Z published: 2024-12-04T19:53:54Z canonical: "knowledge.technolutions.net/slate-spotlight-advancement-portal-design-left-side-navigation" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://knowledge.technolutions.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Slate Spotlight: Advancement Portal Design: Left-Side Navigation In this webinar, General Manager of Advancement Shawn Kelly describes how to create and use left-side navigation when creating a portal in Slate. ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Left Side Video Title Page(1).png) Learn how to easily create a customizable Slate portal out of the box, with the required content provided through templates for consistent branding and style. **The concepts presented here can be applied to all Slate databases, not only those in the advancement arena.** [**Click here to access the recording.**](https://slate-partners.technolutions.net/share/recording?id=169f7801-5753-4eeb-ac94-6b13b0ad6525)