Manage Header, Footer, and Cookie Consent

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At a glance

Field	Details
Who should use this guide	Platform staff who update public navigation, footer links, and cookie consent copy.
Required access	CMS access with permission to edit Header, Footer, and Cookie Consent globals.
Result after completion	Header links, footer links, cookie banner, settings dialog, and legal links are checked on the public Preview site.
Public impact	High. Header, footer, and cookie consent are public site-wide settings.
Compliance risk	High. Consent wording, privacy policy links, categories, tool assignments, and analytics behavior are compliance-sensitive.
Last verified	Preview, Admin role, June 12, 2026.
Search terms	header, footer, cookie banner, cookie consent, consent popup, privacy policy, analytics, marketing, functional cookies.

Guardrail Reference

Use the Notion page Content-/Claim-Guardrails when navigation, legal links, consent wording, analytics wording, marketing wording, or public footer claims change.

• Stop: Do not publish private URLs, unapproved legal text, hidden sponsored links, hidden ranking logic, medical recommendations, fake trust badges, or unsupported quality claims.
• Confirm: Consent wording, analytics or marketing tool labels, privacy links, sponsored placement wording, and trust or verification wording need approval from the responsible owner.
• Safe: Neutral navigation and footer links are okay when they point to approved public pages and do not imply medical quality, hidden priority, or unsupported trust.

Goal

You update public site navigation, footer links, and cookie consent copy in the Header, Footer, and Cookie Consent globals.

Before You Start

• You have Platform Staff access in the CMS.
• You work in the CMS under /admin.
• The Header, Footer, Cookie Consent, public header, public footer, cookie banner, and cookie settings dialog were verified in Preview.
• The screenshots use Preview content. No changes were saved while making this guide.
• Use this guide only for staff-managed site settings. Do not use it for clinic self-service content.

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Open /admin/login and sign in with your staff account.

2. In the CMS left menu, open Header.

3. Check Nav Items. Each item controls a public header link. Open an item only when you need to change the label, link type, URL, or optional Sub Items. Stop: Do not add private URLs, hidden sponsored destinations, or labels that imply ranking, medical advice, or unsupported trust.

4. Click Save only after every public navigation link has been checked. Confirm: Header links are public. Check legal-sensitive labels and destination URLs before saving.

5. In the CMS left menu, open Footer.

6. Check About Links, Service Links, and Information Links. Keep footer labels short and make sure legal links still point to the approved legal pages. Confirm: Footer legal links and claim-like labels need owner approval. Do not replace approved privacy or legal pages without Privacy/Legal.

7. In the CMS left menu, open Cookie Consent.

Do not continue if

• Privacy policy, Consent version, or Tools are not confirmed.
• The change would add a private URL or unapproved cookie behavior.
• The privacy/legal owner has not approved the wording or tool assignment yet.

8. Check Enable cookie consent and Consent version. Increase Consent version when consent wording or behavior changes, so returning visitors can be asked again. Confirm: Consent behavior and version changes need Privacy/Legal approval before saving.

9. On the Consent prompt tab, check Prompt copy, Primary actions, and Secondary actions. Confirm: Consent prompt text must describe the real choice. Do not claim analytics or marketing behavior that has not been checked.

10. Open the Settings tab. Check Privacy policy, Settings copy, Essential cookies label, and Essential cookies description. Stop: Do not save if Privacy policy does not point to the approved privacy page.

11. Check Optional categories. Review Functional, Analytics, Marketing, Enabled, Label, and Tools. Do not change tool assignments unless the responsible privacy/legal owner has approved it. Confirm: Category labels and Tools must match the real tools. Do not add analytics or marketing tools without approval.

If something went wrong

• If a header link, footer link, or consent setting is wrong, edit the same global and save the correction instead of creating a second copy.
• Do not delete an approved privacy policy link, consent setting, or tool assignment without privacy/legal approval.
• If the cookie banner or settings dialog is already public, keep the last approved wording live while you escalate.

12. Open the public site. Check that the header links and cookie banner are visible.

13. Open Customize or Cookie settings. Check the privacy policy link, essential cookies block, optional categories, Reject all, and Save preferences.

14. Scroll to the footer. Check footer columns, legal links, social links, the cookie button, and the public copyright text.

Compliance Notes

• Header and footer links are public. Do not add private URLs, unpublished pages, internal tools, or temporary campaign links without approval.
• Cookie consent wording, categories, tool assignments, and Consent version are compliance-sensitive. Confirm changes with the privacy/legal owner before you click Save.
• Privacy Policy Page must point to the approved privacy policy page.
• Functional, Analytics, and Marketing category labels must describe the real tools assigned in Tools.
• Do not disable Enable cookie consent unless the privacy/legal owner explicitly approved it.
• If analytics behavior, consent storage, privacy wording, or legal page ownership is unclear, do not publish the change.

Success Check

The task is complete when Header, Footer, and Cookie Consent are saved, public navigation and footer links work, the cookie banner shows approved copy, the settings dialog shows the correct privacy policy and categories, and no private or unapproved links are public.

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