# Set up site menu for linking to the homepage and other pages
This section of the tutorial will teach you how to create a site menu to link to your homepage and other pages as you add them. The site menu will appear across all pages of your portfolio website, just like your footer.
Start by creating a template tag in your `base/templatetags/navigation_tags.py` file:
```python
from django import template
# import site:
from wagtail.models import Site
from base.models import FooterText
register = template.Library()
# ... keep the definition of get_footer_text and add the get_site_root template tag:
With these tags, you can generate navigation menus for your Wagtail project.
`{% get_site_root as site_root %}` retrieves your HomePage and assigns it to the variable `site_root`.
`<a href="{% pageurl site_root %}">Home</a> |` creates a link to your HomePage by using the pageurl template tag with `site_root` as an argument. It generates a link to your HomePage, with the label **Home**, followed by a pipe symbol `|`, to separate the menu items.
`{% for menuitem in site_root.get_children.live.in_menu %}` is a loop that iterates through the child pages of your HomePage that are live and included in the menu.
Finally, add your `header` template to your `base` template by modifying your `mysite/templates/base.html` file:
