---
id: "changelog/navigation-v2"
type: "changelog"
url: "https://affitor.com/changelog/navigation-v2"
updated: "2026-10-17"
---
# One navigation for brands and partners

> Brands and partners share one left rail, with Chat in it, your account and inbox at the bottom, and a program menu that remembers your last program.

Find everything in one left rail, on both the brand and the partner side of [your dashboard](https://affitor.com/brand).

Until this week, Messages, the bell and your avatar sat in the top bar, and the partner side had a layout of its own. Now both sides share one rail, with everything you use in reach.

## How it works

- **One rail**: the pages you use every day, with **Chat** among them.
- **You at the bottom**: your name opens the account menu, and the bell beside it opens your inbox.
- **Your last program**: brands switch programs from the top of the rail, and it opens the one they used last.

## The rail

**Chat** is now a rail item, next to the pages you use every day. Your name sits at the bottom of the rail: click it for your account menu and [Your account](https://affitor.com/account).

<Media src="/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/rail.png" alt="The brand left rail beside the Dashboard, from the program switcher at the top to Chat and the profile row with the bell at the bottom" />

## Your inbox

The bell beside your name opens your **Inbox** right above it. Click an event to open it, or use **Mark all as read**.

<Media src="/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/inbox.png" alt="The Inbox open above the profile row, with Mark all as read" />

## Switch programs

The program menu at the top of the rail lists your programs, with search and **Create program**. The next time you sign in on the same browser, it opens the last program you used. **Program settings** and **Billing**, and **Members** if you manage the team, open the settings rail, grouped by Program, Team, Billing and Developers.

<Media src="/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/program-menu.png" alt="The program menu open at the top of the rail, with Program settings, Members and Billing" />

## Your link on Programs

The partner side has the same layout. On **Programs**, a **Link** column shows your link for each program, with a copy button. Programs that have not approved you yet say **After approval**.

<Media src="/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/partner-link.png" alt="A partner's Programs table with a Link column and After approval for a pending program" />

## Conclusion

Brands and partners now move through Affitor the same way. [Learn more about the dashboard](https://affitor.com/docs/partners/dashboard), and write to support@affitor.com with any question.

## Context for AI

Shared context for every entry (brand, facts, what never to say): https://affitor.com/changelog/context.md

### Facts

- Brands and partners use the same left rail in the Affitor dashboard (https://affitor.com/brand and https://affitor.com/partner).
- Chat is an item in the rail. The profile row at the bottom of the rail opens the account menu, and the bell next to it opens the Inbox.
- Brands switch programs from the program menu at the top of the rail. It opens the last program used in that browser.
- On the partner Programs page, a Link column shows the partner's link for each program, with a copy button.

### UI labels

- `Chat`
- `Inbox`
- `Mark all as read`
- `Create program`
- `Program settings`
- `Members`
- `Billing`
- `Programs`
- `Link`
- `After approval`

### Avoid

- Messages, the bell or the avatar in the top bar (they moved into the rail)
- An Archive tab in the inbox (not built)
- The last program following you across devices (it is remembered per browser)
- Listing every rail item by name (the brand rail is still changing)

### CTA

[Open your dashboard](https://affitor.com/brand)

### Media

- Banner: light https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/banner-light.png, dark https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/banner-dark.png
- Image (The brand left rail beside the Dashboard, from the program switcher at the top to Chat and the profile row with the bell at the bottom): light https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/rail-light.png, dark https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/rail-dark.png, raw https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/rail-raw.png
- Image (The Inbox open above the profile row, with Mark all as read): light https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/inbox-light.png, dark https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/inbox-dark.png, raw https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/inbox-raw.png
- Image (The program menu open at the top of the rail, with Program settings, Members and Billing): light https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/program-menu-light.png, dark https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/program-menu-dark.png, raw https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/program-menu-raw.png
- Image (A partner's Programs table with a Link column and After approval for a pending program): light https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/partner-link-light.png, dark https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/partner-link-dark.png, raw https://affitor.com/docs/changelog/navigation-v2/partner-link-raw.png