diff --git a/craft/src/components/basic/Menu.toHtml.test.ts b/craft/src/components/basic/Menu.toHtml.test.ts
index e46bd00..0661456 100644
--- a/craft/src/components/basic/Menu.toHtml.test.ts
+++ b/craft/src/components/basic/Menu.toHtml.test.ts
@@ -67,3 +67,43 @@ describe('Menu.toHtml XSS hardening (linkHoverColor into <style>)', () => {
     expect(html).toMatch(/:hover\s*\{\s*color:\s*#ff0000/);
   });
 });
+
+describe('Menu.toHtml dropdowns (#53)', () => {
+  const nested = [
+    { text: 'Home', href: '/' },
+    { text: 'Services', href: '/services', children: [
+      { text: 'Web', href: '/web' },
+      { text: 'Bad', href: 'javascript:alert(1)' },
+    ] },
+    { text: 'Go', href: '#go', isCta: true },
+  ];
+
+  test('a link with children emits the dropdown wrapper, aria-* toggle, inline script and submenu', () => {
+    const { html } = toHtml({ links: nested }, '', 'node-dd');
+    expect(html).toMatch(/<div class="[a-z0-9_-]+-dd"><a href="\/services"[^>]*>Services<\/a><button type="button" class="[a-z0-9_-]+-dd-toggle" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Services submenu" onclick="[^"]*aria-expanded[^"]*">/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/<ul class="[a-z0-9_-]+-sub"><li><a href="\/web"[^>]*>Web<\/a><\/li>/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/-dd:focus-within > \.[a-z0-9_-]+-sub/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/-dd:hover > \.[a-z0-9_-]+-sub/);
+  });
+
+  test('safeUrl is applied to child hrefs', () => {
+    const { html } = toHtml({ links: nested }, '', 'node-dd');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('javascript:');
+  });
+
+  test('no children -> no dropdown markup, CSS or script (legacy output unchanged)', () => {
+    const { html } = toHtml({ links: [{ text: 'Home', href: '/' }, { text: 'About', href: '/about' }] }, '', 'node-flat');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('aria-haspopup');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('onclick');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('-sub');
+  });
+
+  test('default hover + CTA colours are the primary token', () => {
+    const { html } = toHtml({}, '', 'node-tok');
+    expect(html).toMatch(/:hover\s*\{\s*color:\s*var\(--wsb-primary\)/);
+    expect(html).toContain('background-color:var(--wsb-primary)');
+    expect((Menu as any).craft.props.linkHoverColor).toBe('var(--wsb-primary)');
+    expect((Menu as any).craft.props.ctaBgColor).toBe('var(--wsb-primary)');
+    expect((Menu as any).craft.props.followPages).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/craft/src/components/basic/Menu.tsx b/craft/src/components/basic/Menu.tsx
index fb9c6a7..2697c25 100644
--- a/craft/src/components/basic/Menu.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/components/basic/Menu.tsx
@@ -2,20 +2,17 @@ import React, { CSSProperties, useState } from 'react';
 import { useNode, UserComponent } from '@craftjs/core';
 import { cssPropsToString } from '../../utils/style-helpers';
 import { escapeHtml, escapeAttr, safeUrl, scopeId, cssValue } from '../../utils/escape';
+import { tokenRef } from '../../utils/tokens';
+import { NavLink, DROPDOWN_TOGGLE_ONCLICK, hasDropdown } from '../../utils/nav-links';
 
 /* ---------- Types ---------- */
 
-interface MenuLink {
-  text: string;
-  href: string;
-  isExternal?: boolean;
-  isCta?: boolean;
-  /** Adds the `download` attribute to the exported anchor (F3: links to files). */
-  download?: boolean;
-}
+type MenuLink = NavLink;
 
 interface MenuProps {
   links?: MenuLink[];
+  /** #53: links follow the site's pages (materialised by PageContext). */
+  followPages?: boolean;
   alignment?: 'left' | 'center' | 'right';
   linkColor?: string;
   linkHoverColor?: string;
@@ -47,8 +44,8 @@ export const Menu: UserComponent<MenuProps> = ({
   links = defaultLinks,
   alignment = 'right',
   linkColor = '#3f3f46',
-  linkHoverColor = '#3b82f6',
-  ctaBgColor = '#3b82f6',
+  linkHoverColor = tokenRef('primary'),
+  ctaBgColor = tokenRef('primary'),
   ctaTextColor = '#ffffff',
   gap = '24px',
   orientation = 'horizontal',
@@ -60,6 +57,7 @@ export const Menu: UserComponent<MenuProps> = ({
   } = useNode();
 
   const [hoveredLink, setHoveredLink] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  const [openDropdown, setOpenDropdown] = useState<number | null>(null);
 
   const justifyMap = { left: 'flex-start', center: 'center', right: 'flex-end' };
 
@@ -76,7 +74,9 @@ export const Menu: UserComponent<MenuProps> = ({
         ...style,
       }}
     >
-      {links.map((link, i) => (
+      {links.map((link, i) => {
+        const kids = !link.isCta && link.children?.length ? link.children : null;
+        const anchor = (
         <a
           key={i}
           href={link.href}
@@ -102,21 +102,58 @@ export const Menu: UserComponent<MenuProps> = ({
         >
           {link.text}
         </a>
-      ))}
+        );
+        if (!kids) return anchor;
+        // #53: one-level dropdown, opened on hover in the editor (export: hover,
+        // focus-within and a click toggle -- see toHtml).
+        return (
+          <span
+            key={i}
+            style={{ position: 'relative', display: 'inline-flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 4 }}
+            onMouseEnter={() => setOpenDropdown(i)}
+            onMouseLeave={() => setOpenDropdown(null)}
+          >
+            {anchor}
+            <span aria-hidden="true" style={{ fontSize, color: linkColor }}>▾</span>
+            {(openDropdown === i || orientation === 'vertical') && (
+              <ul style={orientation === 'vertical' ? SUB_STATIC_STYLE : SUB_STYLE}>
+                {kids.map((child, j) => (
+                  <li key={j}>
+                    <a
+                      href={child.href}
+                      onClick={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
+                      style={{ display: 'block', padding: '6px 16px', whiteSpace: 'nowrap', textDecoration: 'none', fontSize, color: linkColor }}
+                    >
+                      {child.text}
+                    </a>
+                  </li>
+                ))}
+              </ul>
+            )}
+          </span>
+        );
+      })}
     </nav>
   );
 };
 
+const SUB_STYLE: CSSProperties = {
+  position: 'absolute', top: '100%', left: 0, zIndex: 1001, minWidth: 180, margin: 0, padding: '8px 0',
+  listStyle: 'none', background: 'var(--wsb-bg, #ffffff)', borderRadius: 6, boxShadow: '0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.12)',
+};
+const SUB_STATIC_STYLE: CSSProperties = { margin: 0, padding: '4px 0 0 12px', listStyle: 'none' };
+
 /* ---------- Craft config ---------- */
 
 Menu.craft = {
   displayName: 'Menu',
   props: {
     links: defaultLinks,
+    followPages: false,
     alignment: 'right',
     linkColor: '#3f3f46',
-    linkHoverColor: '#3b82f6',
-    ctaBgColor: '#3b82f6',
+    linkHoverColor: tokenRef('primary'),
+    ctaBgColor: tokenRef('primary'),
     ctaTextColor: '#ffffff',
     gap: '24px',
     orientation: 'horizontal',
@@ -143,8 +180,8 @@ Menu.craft = {
   // the worst case: </style> breakout -> arbitrary <script>), see
   // task-cssxss-brief.md.
   const linkCol = cssValue(props.linkColor) || '#3f3f46';
-  const hoverCol = cssValue(props.linkHoverColor) || '#3b82f6';
-  const ctaBg = cssValue(props.ctaBgColor) || '#3b82f6';
+  const hoverCol = cssValue(props.linkHoverColor) || tokenRef('primary');
+  const ctaBg = cssValue(props.ctaBgColor) || tokenRef('primary');
   const ctaText = cssValue(props.ctaTextColor) || '#ffffff';
   const gap = cssValue(props.gap) || '24px';
   const orientation = props.orientation || 'horizontal';
@@ -173,7 +210,7 @@ Menu.craft = {
   // would let one instance's hover styling bleed into the other's).
   const scope = scopeId(nodeId, JSON.stringify(links) + orientation + alignment, 'menu');
 
-  const linksHtml = links.map((link) => {
+  const anchorHtml = (link: MenuLink) => {
     const target = link.isExternal ? ' target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"' : '';
     const downloadAttr = link.download ? ' download' : '';
     const cls = link.isCta ? `${scope}-cta` : `${scope}-link`;
@@ -188,11 +225,30 @@ Menu.craft = {
       transition: 'color 0.15s, background-color 0.15s',
     });
     return `<a href="${escapeAttr(safeUrl(link.href || '#'))}" class="${cls}"${target}${downloadAttr}${linkStyle ? ` style="${linkStyle}"` : ''}>${escapeHtml(link.text)}</a>`;
+  };
+
+  // #53: a (non-CTA) link with children becomes a dropdown: the parent link
+  // still navigates; a separate toggle button opens the submenu on touch /
+  // click (hover and focus-within open it on desktop, see dropdownCss).
+  const linksHtml = links.map((link) => {
+    if (link.isCta || !link.children?.length) return anchorHtml(link);
+    const kids = link.children.map((child) => `<li>${anchorHtml({ ...child, isCta: false })}</li>`).join('');
+    return `<div class="${scope}-dd">${anchorHtml(link)}<button type="button" class="${scope}-dd-toggle" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="${escapeAttr(`${link.text} submenu`)}" onclick="${DROPDOWN_TOGGLE_ONCLICK}">&#9662;</button><ul class="${scope}-sub">${kids}</ul></div>`;
   }).join('\n    ');
 
+  const dropdownCss = hasDropdown(links) ? `
+  .${scope}-dd { position: relative; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 2px; }
+  .${scope}-dd-toggle { background: none; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 2px 4px; cursor: pointer; color: ${linkCol}; font-size: ${fSize}; line-height: 1; }
+  .${scope}-sub { display: none; position: absolute; top: 100%; left: 0; z-index: 1001; min-width: 180px; margin: 0; padding: 8px 0; list-style: none; background: ${tokenRef('bg')}; border-radius: 6px; box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.12); }
+  .${scope}-dd:hover > .${scope}-sub, .${scope}-dd:focus-within > .${scope}-sub, .${scope}-dd.is-open > .${scope}-sub { display: block; }
+  .${scope}-sub a { display: block !important; padding: 6px 16px !important; white-space: nowrap; }${orientation === 'vertical' ? `
+  .${scope}-dd { flex-wrap: wrap; }
+  .${scope}-sub { display: block; position: static; box-shadow: none; background: transparent; min-width: 0; padding: 4px 0 0 12px; flex-basis: 100%; }
+  .${scope}-dd-toggle { display: none; }` : ''}` : '';
+
   const hoverCss = `<style>
   .${scope}-link:hover { color: ${hoverCol} !important; }
-  .${scope}-cta:hover { filter: brightness(1.1); }
+  .${scope}-cta:hover { filter: brightness(1.1); }${dropdownCss}
 </style>`;
 
   return {
diff --git a/craft/src/components/basic/Navbar.toHtml.test.ts b/craft/src/components/basic/Navbar.toHtml.test.ts
index a6c1cd6..3521c69 100644
--- a/craft/src/components/basic/Navbar.toHtml.test.ts
+++ b/craft/src/components/basic/Navbar.toHtml.test.ts
@@ -140,3 +140,48 @@ describe('Navbar.toHtml XSS hardening (hoverColor/backgroundColor/ctaColor into
     expect(html).toContain('background-color:#123456');
   });
 });
+
+describe('Navbar.toHtml dropdowns (#53)', () => {
+  const nested = [
+    { text: 'Home', href: '/' },
+    { text: 'Services', href: '/services', source: 'page', pageId: 's', children: [
+      { text: 'Web', href: '/web', source: 'page', pageId: 'w' },
+      { text: 'Bad', href: 'javascript:alert(1)' },
+    ] },
+    { text: 'Go', href: '#go', isCta: true },
+  ];
+
+  test('a link with children emits the dropdown wrapper, aria-* toggle, inline script and submenu', () => {
+    const { html } = toHtml({ links: nested }, '', 'node-dd');
+    expect(html).toMatch(/<div class="navbar-dd"><a href="\/services" class="navbar-link"[^>]*>Services<\/a><button type="button" class="navbar-dd-toggle" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Services submenu" onclick="[^"]*is-open[^"]*aria-expanded[^"]*">/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/<ul class="navbar-sub"><li><a href="\/web" class="navbar-link"[^>]*>Web<\/a><\/li>/);
+    expect(html).toContain('.navbar-dd:focus-within > .navbar-sub');
+  });
+
+  test('safeUrl is applied to child hrefs', () => {
+    const { html } = toHtml({ links: nested }, '', 'node-dd');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('javascript:');
+  });
+
+  test('hamburger layout lists children indented (static submenu in the mobile media query)', () => {
+    const { html } = toHtml({ links: nested, showMobileMenu: true }, '', 'node-dd-m');
+    const media = html.slice(html.indexOf('@media'));
+    expect(media).toMatch(/\.navbar-sub \{ display: block; position: static;[^}]*padding: 4px 0 0 16px/);
+  });
+
+  test('no children -> no dropdown markup, CSS or script', () => {
+    const { html } = toHtml({ links: [{ text: 'Home', href: '/' }] }, '', 'node-flat');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('aria-haspopup');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('navbar-dd');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('onclick');
+  });
+
+  test('default hover + CTA colours are the primary token', () => {
+    const { html } = toHtml({}, '', 'node-tok');
+    expect(html).toMatch(/\.navbar-link:hover \{ color: var\(--wsb-primary\)/);
+    expect(html).toContain('background-color:var(--wsb-primary)');
+    expect((Navbar as any).craft.props.hoverColor).toBe('var(--wsb-primary)');
+    expect((Navbar as any).craft.props.ctaColor).toBe('var(--wsb-primary)');
+    expect((Navbar as any).craft.props.followPages).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/craft/src/components/basic/Navbar.tsx b/craft/src/components/basic/Navbar.tsx
index 56a9f54..bde2fdd 100644
--- a/craft/src/components/basic/Navbar.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/components/basic/Navbar.tsx
@@ -3,18 +3,11 @@ import { useNode, UserComponent } from '@craftjs/core';
 import { cssPropsToString } from '../../utils/style-helpers';
 import { useSiteDesign } from '../../state/SiteDesignContext';
 import { escapeHtml, escapeAttr, safeUrl, safeImageUrl, cssValue, scopeId } from '../../utils/escape';
+import { tokenRef } from '../../utils/tokens';
+import { NavLink, DROPDOWN_TOGGLE_ONCLICK, hasDropdown } from '../../utils/nav-links';
 
 /* ---------- Types ---------- */
 
-interface NavLink {
-  text: string;
-  href: string;
-  isExternal?: boolean;
-  isCta?: boolean;
-  /** Adds the `download` attribute to the exported anchor (F3: links to files). */
-  download?: boolean;
-}
-
 interface NavbarProps {
   logoType?: 'text' | 'image';
   logoText?: string;
@@ -25,6 +18,8 @@ interface NavbarProps {
   logoFontSize?: string;
   logoColor?: string;
   links?: NavLink[];
+  /** #53: links follow the site's pages (materialised by PageContext). */
+  followPages?: boolean;
   backgroundColor?: string;
   textColor?: string;
   hoverColor?: string;
@@ -72,8 +67,8 @@ export const Navbar: UserComponent<NavbarProps> = ({
   links = defaultLinks,
   backgroundColor = '#ffffff',
   textColor = '#3f3f46',
-  hoverColor = '#3b82f6',
-  ctaColor = '#3b82f6',
+  hoverColor = tokenRef('primary'),
+  ctaColor = tokenRef('primary'),
   ctaTextColor = '#ffffff',
   padding = '16px 24px',
   navAlignment = 'space-between',
@@ -93,6 +88,7 @@ export const Navbar: UserComponent<NavbarProps> = ({
   const resolvedTextColor = textColor || (backgroundColor === '#ffffff' || backgroundColor === '#f8fafc' || backgroundColor === '#f9fafb' ? '#3f3f46' : '#e4e4e7');
 
   const [hoveredLink, setHoveredLink] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  const [openDropdown, setOpenDropdown] = useState<number | null>(null);
 
   return (
     <nav
@@ -150,7 +146,9 @@ export const Navbar: UserComponent<NavbarProps> = ({
             <span style={{ display: 'block', width: '24px', height: '2px', backgroundColor: resolvedTextColor }} />
           </div>
         )}
-        {links.map((link, i) => (
+        {links.map((link, i) => {
+          const kids = !link.isCta && link.children?.length ? link.children : null;
+          const anchor = (
           <a
             key={i}
             href={link.href}
@@ -176,7 +174,37 @@ export const Navbar: UserComponent<NavbarProps> = ({
           >
             {link.text}
           </a>
-        ))}
+          );
+          if (!kids) return anchor;
+          // #53: one-level dropdown, opened on hover in the editor (export:
+          // hover, focus-within and a click toggle -- see toHtml).
+          return (
+            <span
+              key={i}
+              style={{ position: 'relative', display: 'inline-flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 4 }}
+              onMouseEnter={() => setOpenDropdown(i)}
+              onMouseLeave={() => setOpenDropdown(null)}
+            >
+              {anchor}
+              <span aria-hidden="true" style={{ fontSize: '14px', color: resolvedTextColor }}>▾</span>
+              {openDropdown === i && (
+                <ul style={{ position: 'absolute', top: '100%', left: 0, zIndex: 1001, minWidth: 180, margin: 0, padding: '8px 0', listStyle: 'none', background: backgroundColor, borderRadius: 6, boxShadow: '0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.12)' }}>
+                  {kids.map((child, j) => (
+                    <li key={j}>
+                      <a
+                        href={child.href}
+                        onClick={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
+                        style={{ display: 'block', padding: '6px 16px', whiteSpace: 'nowrap', textDecoration: 'none', fontSize: '14px', color: resolvedTextColor }}
+                      >
+                        {child.text}
+                      </a>
+                    </li>
+                  ))}
+                </ul>
+              )}
+            </span>
+          );
+        })}
       </div>
     </nav>
   );
@@ -196,10 +224,11 @@ Navbar.craft = {
     logoFontSize: '20px',
     logoColor: undefined,
     links: defaultLinks,
+    followPages: false,
     backgroundColor: '#ffffff',
     textColor: '#3f3f46',
-    hoverColor: '#3b82f6',
-    ctaColor: '#3b82f6',
+    hoverColor: tokenRef('primary'),
+    ctaColor: tokenRef('primary'),
     ctaTextColor: '#ffffff',
     padding: '16px 24px',
     navAlignment: 'space-between',
@@ -229,8 +258,8 @@ Navbar.craft = {
   // breakout -> arbitrary <script>), see task-cssxss-brief.md.
   const bgColor = cssValue(props.backgroundColor) || '#ffffff';
   const textCol = cssValue(props.textColor) || '#3f3f46';
-  const hoverCol = cssValue(props.hoverColor) || '#3b82f6';
-  const ctaCol = cssValue(props.ctaColor) || '#3b82f6';
+  const hoverCol = cssValue(props.hoverColor) || tokenRef('primary');
+  const ctaCol = cssValue(props.ctaColor) || tokenRef('primary');
   const ctaTextCol = cssValue(props.ctaTextColor) || '#ffffff';
   const pad = cssValue(props.padding) || '16px 24px';
   const alignment = props.navAlignment || 'space-between';
@@ -276,22 +305,8 @@ Navbar.craft = {
     logoHtml = `<a href="${escapeAttr(safeUrl(logoUrl))}" style="text-decoration:none;display:flex;align-items:center;flex-shrink:0"><span${logoStyle ? ` style="${logoStyle}"` : ''}>${escapeHtml(props.logoText || 'MySite')}</span></a>`;
   }
 
-  // Links HTML
-  const links = props.links || defaultLinks;
-  const linksHtml = links.map((link) => {
-    const target = link.isExternal ? ' target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"' : '';
-    const linkStyle = cssPropsToString({
-      textDecoration: 'none',
-      fontSize: '14px',
-      fontWeight: link.isCta ? '600' : '400',
-      color: link.isCta ? ctaTextCol : textCol,
-      backgroundColor: link.isCta ? ctaCol : 'transparent',
-      padding: link.isCta ? '8px 20px' : '0',
-      borderRadius: link.isCta ? '6px' : '0',
-      transition: 'color 0.15s, background-color 0.15s',
-    });
-    return `<a href="${escapeAttr(safeUrl(link.href || "#"))}"${target}${linkStyle ? ` style="${linkStyle}"` : ''}>${escapeHtml(link.text)}</a>`;
-  }).join('\n      ');
+  const links = links0;
+  const dropdown = hasDropdown(links);
 
   // Hamburger HTML for mobile. The toggle needs an accessible name (there's
   // no visible text, just three bars) and must report its open/closed state
@@ -310,16 +325,24 @@ Navbar.craft = {
   // into or get overridden by another Navbar instance's rules.
   const hoverCss = `<style>
   .${scope} .navbar-link:hover { color: ${hoverCol} !important; }
-  .${scope} .navbar-cta:hover { filter: brightness(1.1); }${mobile ? `
+  .${scope} .navbar-cta:hover { filter: brightness(1.1); }${dropdown ? `
+  .${scope} .navbar-dd { position: relative; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 2px; }
+  .${scope} .navbar-dd-toggle { background: none; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 2px 4px; cursor: pointer; color: ${textCol}; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; }
+  .${scope} .navbar-sub { display: none; position: absolute; top: 100%; left: 0; z-index: 1001; min-width: 180px; margin: 0; padding: 8px 0; list-style: none; background-color: ${bgColor}; border-radius: 6px; box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.12); }
+  .${scope} .navbar-dd:hover > .navbar-sub, .${scope} .navbar-dd:focus-within > .navbar-sub, .${scope} .navbar-dd.is-open > .navbar-sub { display: block; }
+  .${scope} .navbar-sub a { display: block; padding: 6px 16px !important; white-space: nowrap; }` : ''}${mobile ? `
   @media (max-width: 768px) {
     .${scope} .navbar-hamburger { display: flex !important; }
     .${scope} .navbar-links { display: none !important; position: absolute; top: 100%; left: 0; right: 0; flex-direction: column !important; background-color: ${bgColor}; padding: 12px 24px; gap: 12px !important; box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); }
-    .${scope} .navbar-links.navbar-open { display: flex !important; }
+    .${scope} .navbar-links.navbar-open { display: flex !important; }${dropdown ? `
+    .${scope} .navbar-dd { flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; }
+    .${scope} .navbar-dd-toggle { display: none; }
+    .${scope} .navbar-sub { display: block; position: static; box-shadow: none; min-width: 0; padding: 4px 0 0 16px; }` : ''}
   }` : ''}
 </style>`;
 
   // Add CSS class to each link for hover
-  const linksHtmlWithClass = links.map((link) => {
+  const anchorHtml = (link: NavLink) => {
     const target = link.isExternal ? ' target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"' : '';
     const downloadAttr = link.download ? ' download' : '';
     const cls = link.isCta ? 'navbar-cta' : 'navbar-link';
@@ -334,6 +357,16 @@ Navbar.craft = {
       transition: 'color 0.15s, background-color 0.15s',
     });
     return `<a href="${escapeAttr(safeUrl(link.href || "#"))}" class="${cls}"${target}${downloadAttr}${linkStyle ? ` style="${linkStyle}"` : ''}>${escapeHtml(link.text)}</a>`;
+  };
+
+  // #53: a (non-CTA) link with children becomes a dropdown: the parent link
+  // still navigates; a separate toggle button opens the submenu on touch /
+  // click (hover and focus-within open it on desktop). In the hamburger
+  // layout the children are listed indented (see the media query above).
+  const linksHtmlWithClass = links.map((link) => {
+    if (link.isCta || !link.children?.length) return anchorHtml(link);
+    const kids = link.children.map((child) => `<li>${anchorHtml({ ...child, isCta: false })}</li>`).join('');
+    return `<div class="navbar-dd">${anchorHtml(link)}<button type="button" class="navbar-dd-toggle" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="${escapeAttr(`${link.text} submenu`)}" onclick="${DROPDOWN_TOGGLE_ONCLICK}">&#9662;</button><ul class="navbar-sub">${kids}</ul></div>`;
   }).join('\n      ');
 
   return {
diff --git a/craft/src/hooks/useWhpApi.nav.test.tsx b/craft/src/hooks/useWhpApi.nav.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..406f83b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/craft/src/hooks/useWhpApi.nav.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { describe, test, expect, vi, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import React from 'react';
+import { createRoot, Root } from 'react-dom/client';
+import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
+import { EditorConfigProvider } from '../state/EditorConfigContext';
+import { PageProvider, usePages } from '../state/PageContext';
+import { SiteDesignProvider, DEFAULT_SITE_DESIGN } from '../state/SiteDesignContext';
+import { ProjectExtrasProvider } from '../state/ProjectExtrasContext';
+import { useWhpApi, buildSavePayload } from './useWhpApi';
+import { PageData, WhpConfig } from '../types';
+
+/**
+ * #53: `PageData.nav` round-trips through save (`pages_craft_state[].nav`)
+ * and load(), and loading a LEGACY project (manual nav links, no
+ * followPages) leaves its header byte-for-byte untouched. `useEditor` is
+ * stubbed as in useWhpApi.load.test.tsx -- this drives load(), not the canvas.
+ */
+vi.mock('@craftjs/core', () => ({
+  useEditor: () => ({
+    query: { serialize: () => '{}', getNodes: () => ({}) },
+    actions: { deserialize: vi.fn(), history: { clear: () => {} } },
+  }),
+}));
+
+const whpConfig: WhpConfig = {
+  user: 'u', apiUrl: '/panel/api/site-builder', csrfToken: 'tok', siteId: 42,
+  siteDomain: 'example.com', siteName: 'Test Site', backUrl: '/', isRoot: false,
+};
+
+const EMPTY = '{"ROOT":{"type":{"resolvedName":"Container"},"isCanvas":true,"props":{},"displayName":"Container","custom":{},"hidden":false,"nodes":[],"linkedNodes":{}}}';
+const home: PageData = { id: 'home', name: 'Home', slug: 'index', craftState: EMPTY };
+const about: PageData = { id: 'about', name: 'About', slug: 'about', craftState: EMPTY, nav: { label: 'Our story', show: true } };
+const team: PageData = { id: 'team', name: 'Team', slug: 'team', craftState: EMPTY, nav: { parentId: 'about', show: false } };
+
+function payloadFor(pages: PageData[]) {
+  const zone = (id: string): PageData => ({ id, name: id, slug: id, craftState: null });
+  return buildSavePayload({
+    siteId: 42, siteName: 'Test Site', liveCraftState: EMPTY, pages,
+    headerPage: zone('__header__'), footerPage: zone('__footer__'),
+    activePageId: '__header__', isEditingHeader: true, isEditingFooter: false,
+    headCode: DEFAULT_SITE_DESIGN.headCode, design: DEFAULT_SITE_DESIGN,
+  });
+}
+
+let container: HTMLDivElement;
+let root: Root;
+type Captured = { load: ReturnType<typeof useWhpApi>['load']; pages: PageData[]; headerPage: PageData };
+
+function render(): () => Captured {
+  container = document.createElement('div');
+  document.body.appendChild(container);
+  let captured: Captured | null = null;
+  const Consumer: React.FC = () => {
+    const { load } = useWhpApi();
+    const { pages, headerPage } = usePages();
+    captured = { load, pages, headerPage };
+    return null;
+  };
+  act(() => {
+    root = createRoot(container);
+    root.render(
+      <EditorConfigProvider config={whpConfig}>
+        <ProjectExtrasProvider>
+          <SiteDesignProvider>
+            <PageProvider><Consumer /></PageProvider>
+          </SiteDesignProvider>
+        </ProjectExtrasProvider>
+      </EditorConfigProvider>,
+    );
+  });
+  return () => captured!;
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  if (root) act(() => root.unmount());
+  container?.remove();
+  vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+});
+
+function stubLoad(project: unknown) {
+  vi.stubGlobal('fetch', vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ ok: true, json: async () => ({ success: true, project }) }));
+}
+
+describe('PageData.nav save/load round-trip (#53)', () => {
+  test('save writes nav into pages_craft_state; absent nav stays absent', () => {
+    const payload = payloadFor([home, about, team]);
+    expect(payload.pages_craft_state.map((p) => p.nav)).toEqual([undefined, about.nav, team.nav]);
+    expect('nav' in JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(payload.pages_craft_state[0]))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('load restores nav from the saved payload', async () => {
+    const saved = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(payloadFor([home, about, team])));
+    stubLoad({ design: null, header_craft_state: null, footer_craft_state: null, pages_craft_state: saved.pages_craft_state });
+    const get = render();
+    await act(async () => { await get().load(); });
+    expect(get().pages.map((p) => p.nav)).toEqual([undefined, about.nav, team.nav]);
+  });
+
+  test('a legacy header (manual links, no followPages) loads byte-for-byte unchanged', async () => {
+    const legacyHeader = JSON.stringify({
+      ROOT: { type: { resolvedName: 'Container' }, isCanvas: true, props: { tag: 'header' }, displayName: 'Container', custom: {}, hidden: false, nodes: ['n'], linkedNodes: {} },
+      n: { type: { resolvedName: 'Navbar' }, isCanvas: false, props: { links: [
+        { text: 'Home', href: '/' }, { text: 'Menu', href: 'menu' }, { text: 'Call us', href: 'tel:555', isCta: true },
+      ] }, displayName: 'Navbar', parent: 'ROOT', custom: {}, hidden: false, nodes: [], linkedNodes: {} },
+    });
+    stubLoad({
+      design: null, header_craft_state: legacyHeader, footer_craft_state: null,
+      pages_craft_state: [{ id: 'home', name: 'Home', slug: 'index', craftState: '{"ROOT":{}}' }, { id: 'p2', name: 'Menu', slug: 'menu', craftState: '{"ROOT":{}}' }],
+    });
+    const get = render();
+    await act(async () => { await get().load(); });
+    expect(get().headerPage.craftState).toBe(legacyHeader);
+  });
+
+  test('a follow-pages header is materialised against the loaded pages', async () => {
+    const header = JSON.stringify({
+      ROOT: { type: { resolvedName: 'Container' }, isCanvas: true, props: { tag: 'header' }, displayName: 'Container', custom: {}, hidden: false, nodes: ['n'], linkedNodes: {} },
+      n: { type: { resolvedName: 'Navbar' }, isCanvas: false, props: { followPages: true, links: [{ text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' }] }, displayName: 'Navbar', parent: 'ROOT', custom: {}, hidden: false, nodes: [], linkedNodes: {} },
+    });
+    stubLoad({
+      design: null, header_craft_state: header, footer_craft_state: null,
+      pages_craft_state: [{ id: 'home', name: 'Home', slug: 'index', craftState: '{"ROOT":{}}' }, { id: 'about', name: 'About', slug: 'about', craftState: '{"ROOT":{}}', nav: { label: 'Our story' } }],
+    });
+    const get = render();
+    await act(async () => { await get().load(); });
+    const links = JSON.parse(get().headerPage.craftState!).n.props.links;
+    expect(links.map((l: { text: string }) => l.text)).toEqual(['Home', 'Our story']);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/craft/src/hooks/useWhpApi.ts b/craft/src/hooks/useWhpApi.ts
index 0e77a8b..9340ce4 100644
--- a/craft/src/hooks/useWhpApi.ts
+++ b/craft/src/hooks/useWhpApi.ts
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ export function buildSavePayload(input: BuildSavePayloadInput) {
     // PKG-H §5: round-trips PageData.seo through save -> load() so the
     // editor's SEO fields survive a reload (mirrors craftState above).
     seo: page.seo,
+    // #53: menu settings (show / parentId / label); undefined when unset, so
+    // legacy-shaped payloads round-trip unchanged.
+    nav: page.nav,
   }));
 
   for (const key of exportCache.keys()) {
@@ -541,8 +544,8 @@ export function useWhpApi() {
           }
         }
 
-        setPagesCraftState(proj.pages_craft_state.map((p: { id: string; name: string; slug: string; craftState: string | null; seo?: PageData['seo'] }) => ({
-          id: p.id, name: p.name, slug: p.slug, craftState: p.craftState || null, seo: p.seo,
+        setPagesCraftState(proj.pages_craft_state.map((p: { id: string; name: string; slug: string; craftState: string | null; seo?: PageData['seo']; nav?: PageData['nav'] }) => ({
+          id: p.id, name: p.name, slug: p.slug, craftState: p.craftState || null, seo: p.seo, nav: p.nav,
         })));
 
         // Load the first page (home) into the canvas. Routed through
diff --git a/craft/src/panels/left/PageSettingsModal.nav.test.tsx b/craft/src/panels/left/PageSettingsModal.nav.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bfcc70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/craft/src/panels/left/PageSettingsModal.nav.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { describe, test, expect, vi, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import React from 'react';
+import { createRoot, Root } from 'react-dom/client';
+import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
+import { PageSettingsModal } from './PageSettingsModal';
+import { PageData } from '../../types';
+
+vi.mock('../../ui/AssetPicker', () => ({ AssetPicker: () => null }));
+
+/** #53: the Menu section of Page Settings (show / label / nest under). */
+let root: Root;
+let host: HTMLDivElement;
+
+const pages: PageData[] = [
+  { id: 'home', name: 'Home', slug: 'index', craftState: null },
+  { id: 'services', name: 'Services', slug: 'services', craftState: null },
+  { id: 'web', name: 'Web', slug: 'web', craftState: null, nav: { parentId: 'services' } },
+  { id: 'about', name: 'About', slug: 'about', craftState: null, nav: { show: false } },
+];
+
+function open(page: PageData, updatePageNav = vi.fn()) {
+  host = document.createElement('div');
+  document.body.appendChild(host);
+  act(() => {
+    root = createRoot(host);
+    root.render(<PageSettingsModal open onClose={() => {}} page={page} updatePageSeo={() => {}} pages={pages} updatePageNav={updatePageNav} />);
+  });
+  return updatePageNav;
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  act(() => root.unmount());
+  host.remove();
+});
+
+const q = <T extends Element>(id: string) => document.body.querySelector(`[data-testid="${id}"]`) as unknown as T;
+
+function change(el: HTMLInputElement | HTMLSelectElement, value: string) {
+  const proto = el instanceof HTMLSelectElement ? HTMLSelectElement.prototype : HTMLInputElement.prototype;
+  act(() => {
+    Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(proto, 'value')!.set!.call(el, value);
+    el.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true }));
+  });
+}
+
+describe('PageSettingsModal Menu section (#53)', () => {
+  test('"Show in menu" reflects nav.show and writes it', () => {
+    const spy = open(pages[3]);
+    const box = q<HTMLInputElement>('page-nav-show');
+    expect(box.checked).toBe(false);
+    act(() => { box.click(); });
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('about', { show: true });
+  });
+
+  test('"Menu label" writes nav.label', () => {
+    const spy = open(pages[1]);
+    change(q<HTMLInputElement>('page-nav-label'), 'What we do');
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('services', { label: 'What we do' });
+  });
+
+  test('"Nest under" lists other top-level pages only (not itself, not nested pages) and writes parentId', () => {
+    const spy = open(pages[3]);
+    const select = q<HTMLSelectElement>('page-nav-parent');
+    const values = Array.from(select.options).map((o) => o.value);
+    expect(values).toEqual(['', 'home', 'services']);
+    change(select, 'services');
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('about', { parentId: 'services' });
+    change(select, '');
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('about', { parentId: null });
+  });
+
+  test('the landing page cannot be nested', () => {
+    open(pages[0]);
+    expect(q<HTMLSelectElement>('page-nav-parent').disabled).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/craft/src/panels/left/PageSettingsModal.tsx b/craft/src/panels/left/PageSettingsModal.tsx
index 4771974..8c93032 100644
--- a/craft/src/panels/left/PageSettingsModal.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/panels/left/PageSettingsModal.tsx
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@ import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
 import { Modal } from '../../ui/Modal';
 import { AssetPicker } from '../../ui/AssetPicker';
-import { PageData, PageSeo } from '../../types';
+import { PageData, PageSeo, PageNav } from '../../types';
 
 interface PageSettingsModalProps {
   open: boolean;
   onClose: () => void;
   page: PageData | null;
   updatePageSeo: (pageId: string, seo: Partial<PageSeo>) => void;
+  /** #53: all pages (for "Nest under") + the nav updater. The Menu section
+   *  is shown only when both are given. */
+  pages?: PageData[];
+  updatePageNav?: (pageId: string, nav: Partial<PageNav>) => void;
 }
 
 const EMPTY_SEO: PageSeo = {
@@ -34,8 +38,9 @@ const EMPTY_SEO: PageSeo = {
  * buffering to a "Save" button -- consistent with HeadCodeModal's live-edit
  * pattern for `design.headCode`.
  */
-export const PageSettingsModal: React.FC<PageSettingsModalProps> = ({ open, onClose, page, updatePageSeo }) => {
+export const PageSettingsModal: React.FC<PageSettingsModalProps> = ({ open, onClose, page, updatePageSeo, pages, updatePageNav }) => {
   const [seo, setSeo] = useState<PageSeo>(EMPTY_SEO);
+  const [nav, setNav] = useState<PageNav>({});
 
   // Re-sync local form state from the target page's stored seo whenever the
   // modal opens (or the target page changes while open) -- mirrors the
@@ -45,7 +50,8 @@ export const PageSettingsModal: React.FC<PageSettingsModalProps> = ({ open, onCl
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!open) return;
     setSeo({ ...EMPTY_SEO, ...(page?.seo || {}) });
-  }, [open, page?.id, page?.seo]);
+    setNav({ ...(page?.nav || {}) });
+  }, [open, page?.id, page?.seo, page?.nav]);
 
   if (!page) return null;
 
@@ -54,6 +60,17 @@ export const PageSettingsModal: React.FC<PageSettingsModalProps> = ({ open, onCl
     updatePageSeo(page.id, patch);
   };
 
+  const updateNav = (patch: Partial<PageNav>) => {
+    setNav((prev) => ({ ...prev, ...patch }));
+    updatePageNav?.(page.id, patch);
+  };
+
+  // #53 "Nest under": one level only -- candidates are the other top-level
+  // pages; the landing page itself never nests (it is always top-level).
+  const isLanding = !!pages && pages[0]?.id === page.id;
+  const parentOptions = (pages || []).filter((p) => p.id !== page.id && !p.nav?.parentId);
+  const hasChildren = (pages || []).some((p) => p.nav?.parentId === page.id);
+
   return createPortal(
     <Modal open={open} onClose={onClose}>
       <div style={modalStyle} onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}>
@@ -66,7 +83,7 @@ export const PageSettingsModal: React.FC<PageSettingsModalProps> = ({ open, onCl
                 Page Settings — {page.name}
               </div>
               <div style={{ fontSize: 11, color: 'var(--color-text-muted)', marginTop: 2 }}>
-                SEO and social-sharing metadata for this page only.
+                Menu, SEO and social-sharing settings for this page only.
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -77,6 +94,56 @@ export const PageSettingsModal: React.FC<PageSettingsModalProps> = ({ open, onCl
 
         {/* Body */}
         <div style={{ padding: 20, flex: 1, overflowY: 'auto', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 14 }}>
+          {pages && updatePageNav && (
+            <fieldset className="page-menu-settings" data-testid="page-menu-settings">
+              <legend style={fieldLabelStyle}>Menu</legend>
+              <label style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 8, fontSize: 12, color: 'var(--color-text)', cursor: 'pointer' }}>
+                <input
+                  type="checkbox"
+                  checked={nav.show !== false}
+                  onChange={(e) => updateNav({ show: e.target.checked })}
+                  data-testid="page-nav-show"
+                />
+                Show in menu
+              </label>
+              <div>
+                <label style={fieldLabelStyle} htmlFor="page-nav-label">Menu label</label>
+                <input
+                  id="page-nav-label"
+                  type="text"
+                  className="control-input"
+                  value={nav.label || ''}
+                  onChange={(e) => updateNav({ label: e.target.value })}
+                  placeholder={page.name}
+                  data-testid="page-nav-label"
+                />
+              </div>
+              <div>
+                <label style={fieldLabelStyle} htmlFor="page-nav-parent">Nest under</label>
+                <select
+                  id="page-nav-parent"
+                  className="control-select"
+                  value={isLanding ? '' : (nav.parentId || '')}
+                  disabled={isLanding || hasChildren}
+                  onChange={(e) => updateNav({ parentId: e.target.value || null })}
+                  data-testid="page-nav-parent"
+                >
+                  <option value="">Top level (no dropdown)</option>
+                  {parentOptions.map((p) => (
+                    <option key={p.id} value={p.id}>{p.name}</option>
+                  ))}
+                </select>
+                <p style={hintStyle}>
+                  {isLanding
+                    ? 'The landing page is always a top-level menu item.'
+                    : hasChildren
+                      ? 'Other pages are nested under this one, so it stays top-level.'
+                      : 'Shows this page in a dropdown under the chosen page. Applies to menus with "Follow pages" on.'}
+                </p>
+              </div>
+            </fieldset>
+          )}
+
           <div>
             <label style={fieldLabelStyle}>Meta Title</label>
             <input
diff --git a/craft/src/panels/left/PagesPanel.tsx b/craft/src/panels/left/PagesPanel.tsx
index 76ece38..16a6cba 100644
--- a/craft/src/panels/left/PagesPanel.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/panels/left/PagesPanel.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export const PagesPanel: React.FC = () => {
     movePage,
     setLandingPage,
     updatePageSeo,
+    updatePageNav,
   } = usePages();
   const { actions: editorActions } = useEditor();
   const [isAdding, setIsAdding] = useState(false);
@@ -440,6 +441,15 @@ export const PagesPanel: React.FC = () => {
                       Landing
                     </span>
                   )}
+                  {page.nav?.show === false && (
+                    <i
+                      className="fa fa-eye-slash page-menu-hidden-badge"
+                      title="Hidden from menu"
+                      aria-label="Hidden from menu"
+                      role="img"
+                      data-testid="page-menu-hidden"
+                    />
+                  )}
                 </div>
                 <div
                   style={{
@@ -652,6 +662,8 @@ export const PagesPanel: React.FC = () => {
         onClose={() => setSeoSettingsPageId(null)}
         page={seoSettingsPage}
         updatePageSeo={updatePageSeo}
+        pages={pages}
+        updatePageNav={updatePageNav}
       />
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/craft/src/panels/right/styles/NavStylePanel.test.tsx b/craft/src/panels/right/styles/NavStylePanel.test.tsx
index a636dd1..b71ceef 100644
--- a/craft/src/panels/right/styles/NavStylePanel.test.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/panels/right/styles/NavStylePanel.test.tsx
@@ -13,14 +13,20 @@ const setPropSpy = vi.fn((_id: string, updater: (p: any) => void) => {
   updater(lastProps);
 });
 let lastProps: any;
+/* history.merge() is a spy so undo-burst behaviour is observable: a call to
+   it means the setProp folded into the previous undo entry. */
+const mergeSpy = vi.fn(() => ({ setProp: setPropSpy }));
 
 vi.mock('@craftjs/core', () => ({
-  useEditor: () => ({ actions: { setProp: setPropSpy, history: { merge: () => ({ setProp: setPropSpy }) } } }),
+  useEditor: () => ({ actions: { setProp: setPropSpy, history: { merge: mergeSpy } } }),
 }));
 
-let mockPages: { id: string; name: string; slug: string; craftState: string | null }[] = [];
+let mockPages: { id: string; name: string; slug: string; craftState: string | null; nav?: any }[] = [];
+/* #53: extra PageContext API for the Follow-pages tests (absent by default,
+   i.e. the panel is not on the header and has no updatePageNav). */
+let mockPageApi: Record<string, unknown> = {};
 vi.mock('../../../state/PageContext', () => ({
-  usePages: () => ({ pages: mockPages }),
+  usePages: () => ({ pages: mockPages, ...mockPageApi }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock('../../../ui/AssetPicker', () => ({
@@ -28,6 +34,7 @@ vi.mock('../../../ui/AssetPicker', () => ({
 }));
 
 import { NavStylePanel, LinkPicker, pageHref } from './NavStylePanel';
+import { closeContinuousBurst } from './shared';
 
 let container: HTMLDivElement;
 let root: Root;
@@ -67,6 +74,9 @@ function click(el: Element | null) {
 beforeEach(() => {
   try { window.localStorage.clear(); } catch { /* ignore */ }
   setPropSpy.mockClear();
+  mergeSpy.mockClear();
+  closeContinuousBurst();
+  mockPageApi = {};
   mockPages = [
     { id: 'home', name: 'Home', slug: 'index', craftState: null },
     { id: 'about', name: 'About', slug: 'about', craftState: null },
@@ -279,3 +289,142 @@ describe('NavStylePanel: box-model + animation + visibility controls always pres
     expect(lastProps.animation).toBe('fade-in');
   });
 });
+
+describe('NavStylePanel: Follow pages (#53)', () => {
+  const updatePageNav = vi.fn();
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    updatePageNav.mockClear();
+    mockPageApi = { updatePageNav, isEditingHeader: true };
+  });
+
+  const toggle = () => container.querySelector('[data-testid="nav-follow-pages"] input') as HTMLInputElement;
+
+  test('switching it on converts matching manual links, keeps CTA + externals, carries custom text as the page label', () => {
+    // A legacy (pre-#53) nav: manual links only, no followPages prop at all.
+    lastProps = {
+      links: [
+        { text: 'Home', href: '/' },
+        { text: 'About us', href: '/about' },
+        { text: 'Blog', href: 'https://blog.example.com', isExternal: true },
+        { text: 'Book now', href: '#book', isCta: true },
+      ],
+    };
+    render(<NavStylePanel selectedId="node1" nodeProps={lastProps} />);
+    expect(toggle().checked).toBe(false);
+    act(() => { toggle().click(); });
+
+    expect(lastProps.followPages).toBe(true);
+    expect(lastProps.links).toEqual([
+      { text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' },
+      { text: 'About us', href: '/about', source: 'page', pageId: 'about' },
+      { text: 'Blog', href: 'https://blog.example.com', isExternal: true },
+      { text: 'Book now', href: '#book', isCta: true },
+    ]);
+    expect(updatePageNav).toHaveBeenCalledWith('about', { label: 'About us' });
+    expect(updatePageNav).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  test('page-sourced rows are read-only and "Hide from menu" calls updatePageNav(show:false)', () => {
+    lastProps = {
+      followPages: true,
+      links: [
+        { text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' },
+        { text: 'About', href: '/about', source: 'page', pageId: 'about' },
+        { text: 'Go', href: '#', isCta: true },
+      ],
+    };
+    render(<NavStylePanel selectedId="node1" nodeProps={lastProps} />);
+    const rows = container.querySelectorAll('[data-testid="nav-page-link"]');
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(rows[1].textContent).toContain('From page: About');
+    expect(rows[1].querySelector('input')).toBeNull();
+    // The one-shot sync button is replaced by the toggle.
+    expect(Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('button')).some((b) => b.textContent?.includes('Sync links with Pages'))).toBe(false);
+
+    click(rows[1].querySelector('button[aria-label="Hide About from menu"]'));
+    expect(updatePageNav).toHaveBeenCalledWith('about', { show: false });
+  });
+
+  test('the toggle is not offered outside the header (one-shot sync remains)', () => {
+    mockPageApi = { updatePageNav, isEditingHeader: false };
+    lastProps = { links: [{ text: 'Home', href: '/' }] };
+    render(<NavStylePanel selectedId="node1" nodeProps={lastProps} />);
+    expect(toggle()).toBeNull();
+    expect(Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('button')).some((b) => b.textContent?.includes('Sync links with Pages'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('LinkPicker page mode records source:"page" + pageId on a manual link', () => {
+    mockPageApi = { updatePageNav, isEditingHeader: false };
+    lastProps = { links: [{ text: 'X', href: 'https://x.test' }] };
+    render(<NavStylePanel selectedId="node1" nodeProps={lastProps} />);
+    const modeSelect = container.querySelector('[data-testid="link-picker"] select') as HTMLSelectElement;
+    setValue(modeSelect, 'page');
+    rerender(<NavStylePanel selectedId="node1" nodeProps={lastProps} />);
+    const pageSelect = container.querySelectorAll('[data-testid="link-picker"] select')[1] as HTMLSelectElement;
+    setValue(pageSelect, '/about');
+    expect(lastProps.links[0]).toEqual({ text: 'X', href: '/about', source: 'page', pageId: 'about' });
+    // Back to a custom URL: manual again.
+    setValue(modeSelect, 'url');
+    expect(lastProps.links[0]).toEqual({ text: 'X', href: '' });
+  });
+
+  test('manual links get a sub-link (dropdown) editor', () => {
+    lastProps = { links: [{ text: 'More', href: '#' }] };
+    render(<NavStylePanel selectedId="node1" nodeProps={lastProps} />);
+    const add = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('button')).find((b) => b.textContent?.includes('Add sub link'))!;
+    click(add);
+    expect(lastProps.links[0].children).toEqual([{ text: 'Sub link', href: '#' }]);
+    rerender(<NavStylePanel selectedId="node1" nodeProps={lastProps} />);
+    click(container.querySelector('button[aria-label="Remove sub link Sub link"]'));
+    expect(lastProps.links[0].children).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('NavStylePanel: link href typing is one undo burst (#53 fix round 1)', () => {
+  const typeInto = (el: HTMLInputElement, v: string) => {
+    const setter = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(window.HTMLInputElement.prototype, 'value')!.set!;
+    act(() => { setter.call(el, v); el.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true })); });
+  };
+  const hrefInput = () => container.querySelector('[data-testid="link-picker"] input[type="text"]') as HTMLInputElement;
+
+  test('consecutive URL keystrokes fold into one history entry via history.merge()', () => {
+    lastProps = { links: [{ text: 'Docs', href: 'https://e' }] };
+    render(<NavStylePanel selectedId="node1" nodeProps={lastProps} />);
+    for (const v of ['https://ex', 'https://exa', 'https://exam', 'https://example.com']) typeInto(hrefInput(), v);
+    expect(setPropSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+    expect(mergeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3); // first keystroke opens the entry, the rest merge
+    expect(lastProps.links[0]).toEqual({ text: 'Docs', href: 'https://example.com' });
+  });
+
+  test('tel typing on a Follow-pages nav merges too, strips source/pageId and keeps the page merge', () => {
+    lastProps = {
+      followPages: true,
+      links: [
+        { text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' },
+        { text: 'About', href: '/about', source: 'page', pageId: 'about' },
+        { text: 'Call', href: 'tel:1' },
+      ],
+    };
+    render(<NavStylePanel selectedId="node1" nodeProps={lastProps} />);
+    const telInput = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('[data-testid="link-picker"] input[type="text"]'))
+      .find((el) => (el as HTMLInputElement).placeholder === '+15551234567') as HTMLInputElement;
+    for (const v of ['15', '155', '1555']) typeInto(telInput, v);
+    expect(mergeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    const call = lastProps.links.find((l: any) => l.text === 'Call');
+    expect(call).toEqual({ text: 'Call', href: 'tel:1555' });
+    // page links are still present (mergeLinks ran inside the updater)
+    expect(lastProps.links.filter((l: any) => l.source === 'page').map((l: any) => l.pageId)).toEqual(['home', 'about']);
+  });
+
+  test('a page pick after typing is its own undo step (no merge)', () => {
+    lastProps = { links: [{ text: 'Go', href: 'https://a' }] };
+    render(<NavStylePanel selectedId="node1" nodeProps={lastProps} />);
+    typeInto(hrefInput(), 'https://ab');
+    typeInto(hrefInput(), 'https://abc');
+    expect(mergeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const modeSelect = container.querySelector('[data-testid="link-picker"] select') as HTMLSelectElement;
+    setValue(modeSelect, 'page');
+    expect(mergeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(lastProps.links[0]).toEqual({ text: 'Go', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/craft/src/panels/right/styles/NavStylePanel.tsx b/craft/src/panels/right/styles/NavStylePanel.tsx
index c3e24b8..5209d75 100644
--- a/craft/src/panels/right/styles/NavStylePanel.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/panels/right/styles/NavStylePanel.tsx
@@ -24,19 +24,17 @@ import {
   AnimationControl,
   VisibilityControl,
   continuousSetProp,
+  discreteSetProp,
 } from './shared';
 import { AssetPicker } from '../../../ui/AssetPicker';
 import { usePages } from '../../../state/PageContext';
 import { PageData } from '../../../types';
+import { pageHref, adoptPageLinks, mergeLinks, NavLink } from '../../../utils/nav-links';
 
 /* ---------- Link-to-page helpers (F1/F2: link picker + Sync with Pages) ----------
-   Mirrors the export convention used elsewhere: the first page is always the
-   landing page and publishes to '/', every other page publishes to '/{slug}'.
-   See PageContext.tsx's uniqueSlug/slugify and the landing-page-lock comment
-   in renamePage() for why index 0 is special-cased this way. */
-export function pageHref(page: PageData, index: number): string {
-  return index === 0 ? '/' : `/${page.slug}`;
-}
+   `pageHref` lives in utils/nav-links.ts (#53: single source shared with the
+   page-following menus); re-exported here for existing callers. */
+export { pageHref };
 
 type LinkMode = 'page' | 'url' | 'anchor' | 'tel' | 'mailto';
 
@@ -59,19 +57,30 @@ function detectLinkMode(value: string, pageHrefs: string[]): LinkMode {
 interface LinkPickerProps {
   value: string;
   onChange: (value: string) => void;
+  /** #53: when given, used INSTEAD of `onChange` and also reports which page
+   *  was picked (null for every non-page mode), so a nav link can record
+   *  `source: 'page'` + `pageId`. */
+  onChangeLink?: (href: string, pageId: string | null) => void;
 }
-export const LinkPicker: React.FC<LinkPickerProps> = ({ value, onChange }) => {
+export const LinkPicker: React.FC<LinkPickerProps> = ({ value, onChange, onChangeLink }) => {
   const { pages } = usePages();
   const pageOptions = pages.map((p, i) => ({ id: p.id, name: p.name, href: pageHref(p, i) }));
   const mode = detectLinkMode(value || '', pageOptions.map((p) => p.href));
 
+  const emit = (href: string) => {
+    if (onChangeLink) onChangeLink(href, pageOptions.find((p) => p.href === href)?.id ?? null);
+    else onChange(href);
+  };
+  // Non-page modes never carry a pageId, even if the typed text matches a page href.
+  const emitManual = (href: string) => (onChangeLink ? onChangeLink(href, null) : onChange(href));
+
   const switchMode = (next: LinkMode) => {
     if (next === mode) return;
-    if (next === 'page') onChange(pageOptions[0]?.href || '/');
-    else if (next === 'anchor') onChange('#');
-    else if (next === 'tel') onChange('tel:');
-    else if (next === 'mailto') onChange('mailto:');
-    else onChange('');
+    if (next === 'page') emit(pageOptions[0]?.href || '/');
+    else if (next === 'anchor') emitManual('#');
+    else if (next === 'tel') emitManual('tel:');
+    else if (next === 'mailto') emitManual('mailto:');
+    else emitManual('');
   };
 
   return (
@@ -90,7 +99,7 @@ export const LinkPicker: React.FC<LinkPickerProps> = ({ value, onChange }) => {
       </select>
       {mode === 'page' && (
         pageOptions.length > 0 ? (
-          <select value={value} onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)} style={inputStyle}>
+          <select value={value} onChange={(e) => emit(e.target.value)} style={inputStyle}>
             {pageOptions.map((p) => (
               <option key={p.id} value={p.href}>{p.name}</option>
             ))}
@@ -103,7 +112,7 @@ export const LinkPicker: React.FC<LinkPickerProps> = ({ value, onChange }) => {
         <input
           type="text"
           value={value || ''}
-          onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value.startsWith('#') ? e.target.value : `#${e.target.value}`)}
+          onChange={(e) => emitManual(e.target.value.startsWith('#') ? e.target.value : `#${e.target.value}`)}
           placeholder="#section-id"
           style={inputStyle}
         />
@@ -112,7 +121,7 @@ export const LinkPicker: React.FC<LinkPickerProps> = ({ value, onChange }) => {
         <input
           type="text"
           value={(value || '').replace(/^tel:/, '')}
-          onChange={(e) => onChange(`tel:${e.target.value}`)}
+          onChange={(e) => emitManual(`tel:${e.target.value}`)}
           placeholder="+15551234567"
           style={inputStyle}
         />
@@ -121,7 +130,7 @@ export const LinkPicker: React.FC<LinkPickerProps> = ({ value, onChange }) => {
         <input
           type="text"
           value={(value || '').replace(/^mailto:/, '')}
-          onChange={(e) => onChange(`mailto:${e.target.value}`)}
+          onChange={(e) => emitManual(`mailto:${e.target.value}`)}
           placeholder="name@example.com"
           style={inputStyle}
         />
@@ -130,7 +139,7 @@ export const LinkPicker: React.FC<LinkPickerProps> = ({ value, onChange }) => {
         <input
           type="text"
           value={value || ''}
-          onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
+          onChange={(e) => emitManual(e.target.value)}
           placeholder="https://example.com or /page"
           style={inputStyle}
         />
@@ -152,13 +161,38 @@ function capitalize(s: string): string {
   return s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.slice(1);
 }
 
+/* #53: a link owned by a page (Follow pages on) -- read-only here; its text,
+   href and nesting are edited in the page's Page Settings. */
+const PageLinkRow: React.FC<{ link: NavLink; pages: PageData[]; onHide: (pageId: string) => void }> = ({ link, pages, onHide }) => {
+  const pageName = (id?: string) => pages.find((p) => p.id === id)?.name || link.text;
+  const row = (l: NavLink, nested: boolean) => (
+    <div key={l.pageId} className={nested ? 'nav-page-link nav-page-link--child' : 'nav-page-link'} data-testid="nav-page-link">
+      <i className="fa fa-file-o" aria-hidden="true" />
+      <span className="nav-page-link__label">
+        {l.text}
+        <span className="nav-page-link__source">From page: {pageName(l.pageId)}</span>
+      </span>
+      <button type="button" className="nav-page-link__hide" onClick={() => l.pageId && onHide(l.pageId)} aria-label={`Hide ${l.text} from menu`} title="Hide from menu">
+        <i className="fa fa-eye-slash" aria-hidden="true" />
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  );
+  return (
+    <div>
+      {row(link, false)}
+      {(link.children || []).map((c) => row(c, true))}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
 /* ---------- NAV / MENU / LOGO / FOOTER ---------- */
 export const NavStylePanel: React.FC<StylePanelProps> = ({ selectedId, nodeProps }) => {
   const { actions } = useEditor();
   const { setProp, setPropStyle, setPropContinuous, setPropStyleContinuous } = useNodeProp(selectedId);
-  const { pages } = usePages();
+  const { pages, updatePageNav, isEditingHeader } = usePages();
 
-  const links: any[] = nodeProps.links || [];
+  const links: NavLink[] = nodeProps.links || [];
+  const followPages = !!nodeProps.followPages;
 
   const updateLink = useCallback((index: number, field: string, value: any) => {
     continuousSetProp(actions, selectedId, `link:${index}:${field}`, (props: any) => {
@@ -168,6 +202,80 @@ export const NavStylePanel: React.FC<StylePanelProps> = ({ selectedId, nodeProps
     });
   }, [actions, selectedId]);
 
+  /* #53: LinkPicker reports the picked page; a page pick records
+     source:'page' + pageId, any other mode makes the link manual again. */
+  const updateLinkHref = useCallback((index: number, href: string, pageId: string | null) => {
+    const updater = (props: any) => {
+      const updated = [...(props.links || [])];
+      const { source: _s, pageId: _p, ...rest } = updated[index] || {};
+      updated[index] = pageId ? { ...rest, href, source: 'page', pageId } : { ...rest, href };
+      // On a page-following nav the write is re-merged, so a link re-pointed
+      // at a page is materialised (and deduped) at once.
+      props.links = props.followPages ? mergeLinks(updated, pages) : updated;
+    };
+    // A page pick is a discrete choice (its own undo step); URL / anchor /
+    // tel / mailto typing is one undo burst per control, as before #53.
+    if (pageId) discreteSetProp(actions, selectedId, updater);
+    else continuousSetProp(actions, selectedId, `link:${index}:href`, updater);
+  }, [actions, selectedId, pages]);
+
+  /* Nested (dropdown) links of a MANUAL link. Page nesting is set per page in
+     Page Settings instead, so sub-links stay plain manual links. */
+  const updateChild = useCallback((index: number, childIndex: number, field: string, value: any) => {
+    continuousSetProp(actions, selectedId, `link:${index}:child:${childIndex}:${field}`, (props: any) => {
+      const updated = [...(props.links || [])];
+      const children = [...(updated[index].children || [])];
+      children[childIndex] = { ...children[childIndex], [field]: value };
+      updated[index] = { ...updated[index], children };
+      props.links = updated;
+    });
+  }, [actions, selectedId]);
+
+  const addChild = useCallback((index: number) => {
+    actions.setProp(selectedId, (props: any) => {
+      const updated = [...(props.links || [])];
+      updated[index] = { ...updated[index], children: [...(updated[index].children || []), { text: 'Sub link', href: '#' }] };
+      props.links = updated;
+    });
+  }, [actions, selectedId]);
+
+  const removeChild = useCallback((index: number, childIndex: number) => {
+    actions.setProp(selectedId, (props: any) => {
+      const updated = [...(props.links || [])];
+      const children = [...(updated[index].children || [])];
+      children.splice(childIndex, 1);
+      const { children: _c, ...rest } = updated[index];
+      updated[index] = children.length ? { ...rest, children } : rest;
+      props.links = updated;
+    });
+  }, [actions, selectedId]);
+
+  /* #53 "Follow pages": switching on adopts every manual link whose href is
+     a page's href (so existing menus keep their entries), carries a custom
+     link text over as that page's menu label (so the owner's wording
+     survives), then materialises the page links once. Later page changes
+     are kept in sync by PageContext. Switching off freezes the links as-is. */
+  const toggleFollowPages = useCallback((on: boolean) => {
+    if (!on) {
+      actions.setProp(selectedId, (props: any) => { props.followPages = false; });
+      return;
+    }
+    const adopted = adoptPageLinks(links, pages);
+    const labels = new Map<string, string>();
+    adopted.forEach((link) => {
+      if (link.source !== 'page' || !link.pageId || labels.has(link.pageId)) return;
+      const page = pages.find((p) => p.id === link.pageId);
+      if (page && !page.nav?.label && link.text && link.text !== page.name) labels.set(page.id, link.text);
+    });
+    const labelled = pages.map((p) => (labels.has(p.id) ? { ...p, nav: { ...p.nav, label: labels.get(p.id) } } : p));
+    const merged = mergeLinks(adopted, labelled);
+    labels.forEach((label, pageId) => updatePageNav?.(pageId, { label }));
+    actions.setProp(selectedId, (props: any) => {
+      props.followPages = true;
+      props.links = merged;
+    });
+  }, [actions, selectedId, links, pages, updatePageNav]);
+
   const addLink = useCallback(() => {
     actions.setProp(selectedId, (props: any) => {
       props.links = [...(props.links || []), { text: 'New Link', href: '#' }];
@@ -312,6 +420,16 @@ export const NavStylePanel: React.FC<StylePanelProps> = ({ selectedId, nodeProps
           Footer -- that don't carry a `links` array at all). */}
       {!isStandaloneLogo && nodeProps.links !== undefined && (
         <CollapsibleSection title="Links">
+          {/* #53: only the site header's navs are kept in sync with pages
+              (PageContext rewrites the header state), so the toggle is
+              offered there; elsewhere the one-shot sync below applies. */}
+          {(isEditingHeader || followPages) && (
+            <label data-testid="nav-follow-pages" style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 6, fontSize: 11, color: '#e4e4e7', cursor: 'pointer', marginBottom: 8 }}>
+              <input type="checkbox" checked={followPages} onChange={(e) => toggleFollowPages(e.target.checked)} />
+              Follow pages (new pages appear automatically)
+            </label>
+          )}
+          {!followPages && (
           <button
             onClick={syncWithPages}
             title="Replace these links with one per page (preserves any CTA link)"
@@ -319,8 +437,11 @@ export const NavStylePanel: React.FC<StylePanelProps> = ({ selectedId, nodeProps
           >
             <i className="fa fa-refresh" /> Sync links with Pages
           </button>
+          )}
           <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 6 }}>
-            {links.map((link, i) => (
+            {links.map((link, i) => followPages && link.source === 'page' ? (
+              <PageLinkRow key={i} link={link} pages={pages} onHide={(pageId) => updatePageNav?.(pageId, { show: false })} />
+            ) : (
               <div key={i} style={{ background: '#1e1e22', borderRadius: 6, padding: 6, display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 3 }}>
                 <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 4 }}>
                   <input type="text" value={link.text || ''} onChange={(e) => updateLink(i, 'text', e.target.value)} placeholder="Text" style={{ ...smallInputStyle, flex: 1 }} />
@@ -328,11 +449,27 @@ export const NavStylePanel: React.FC<StylePanelProps> = ({ selectedId, nodeProps
                     <i className="fa fa-times" />
                   </button>
                 </div>
-                <LinkPicker value={link.href || ''} onChange={(v) => updateLink(i, 'href', v)} />
+                <LinkPicker value={link.href || ''} onChange={(v) => updateLink(i, 'href', v)} onChangeLink={(href, pageId) => updateLinkHref(i, href, pageId)} />
                 <label style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 6, fontSize: 10, color: '#a1a1aa', cursor: 'pointer', marginTop: -6 }}>
                   <input type="checkbox" checked={!!link.download} onChange={(e) => updateLink(i, 'download', e.target.checked)} />
                   Download (points at a file)
                 </label>
+                {!link.isCta && (
+                  <div className="nav-sublinks" data-testid="nav-sublinks">
+                    {(link.children || []).map((child, j) => (
+                      <div key={j} className="nav-sublink">
+                        <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 4 }}>
+                          <input type="text" value={child.text || ''} onChange={(e) => updateChild(i, j, 'text', e.target.value)} placeholder="Sub link text" aria-label="Sub link text" style={{ ...smallInputStyle, flex: 1 }} />
+                          <button onClick={() => removeChild(i, j)} aria-label={`Remove sub link ${child.text}`} style={{ padding: '2px 6px', fontSize: 10, background: '#ef4444', color: '#fff', border: 'none', borderRadius: 4, cursor: 'pointer' }}>
+                            <i className="fa fa-times" />
+                          </button>
+                        </div>
+                        <LinkPicker value={child.href || ''} onChange={(v) => updateChild(i, j, 'href', v)} />
+                      </div>
+                    ))}
+                    <button className="nav-sublink-add" onClick={() => addChild(i)}>+ Add sub link (dropdown)</button>
+                  </div>
+                )}
               </div>
             ))}
           </div>
diff --git a/craft/src/panels/right/styles/shared.tsx b/craft/src/panels/right/styles/shared.tsx
index 31ce0bf..620b85c 100644
--- a/craft/src/panels/right/styles/shared.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/panels/right/styles/shared.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { uploadAsset } from '../../../utils/assets';
 import { getPref, setPref } from '../../../utils/local-prefs';
 import { useSiteDesign, DEFAULT_SITE_DESIGN, SiteDesign } from '../../../state/SiteDesignContext';
-import { COLOR_TOKENS, resolveTokenValue, tokenKeyOf } from '../../../utils/tokens';
+import { COLOR_TOKENS, resolveTokenValue, tokenKeyOf, tokenRef } from '../../../utils/tokens';
 import { TokenSwatchRow } from './TokenSwatchRow';
 import { useDevice } from '../../../state/DeviceContext';
 import { RESPONSIVE_STYLE_KEYS } from '../../../utils/responsive-style';
@@ -414,15 +414,16 @@ export interface NavColorField {
   fallback: string;
 }
 const NAV_COLOR_FIELDS: NavColorField[] = [
+  // #53: hover/CTA fallbacks mirror the Navbar/Menu defaults (primary token).
   // Navbar / Logo / Footer schema
   { key: 'backgroundColor', label: 'Background', fallback: '#ffffff' },
   { key: 'textColor', label: 'Text Color', fallback: '#18181b' },
-  { key: 'hoverColor', label: 'Hover Color', fallback: '#3b82f6' },
-  { key: 'ctaColor', label: 'CTA Color', fallback: '#3b82f6' },
+  { key: 'hoverColor', label: 'Hover Color', fallback: tokenRef('primary') },
+  { key: 'ctaColor', label: 'CTA Color', fallback: tokenRef('primary') },
   // Menu schema (distinct prop names)
   { key: 'linkColor', label: 'Link Color', fallback: '#3f3f46' },
-  { key: 'linkHoverColor', label: 'Hover Color', fallback: '#3b82f6' },
-  { key: 'ctaBgColor', label: 'CTA Background', fallback: '#3b82f6' },
+  { key: 'linkHoverColor', label: 'Hover Color', fallback: tokenRef('primary') },
+  { key: 'ctaBgColor', label: 'CTA Background', fallback: tokenRef('primary') },
   // ctaTextColor is shared: Menu's CTA text AND Navbar's CTA text
   { key: 'ctaTextColor', label: 'CTA Text', fallback: '#ffffff' },
 ];
diff --git a/craft/src/state/PageContext.nav.test.tsx b/craft/src/state/PageContext.nav.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9114adb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/craft/src/state/PageContext.nav.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+import { describe, test, expect, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import React from 'react';
+import { renderEditorHarness, EditorHarness } from '../test-utils/editorHarness';
+import { PageProvider, usePages, DEFAULT_HEADER_STATE } from './PageContext';
+import type { NavLink } from '../utils/nav-links';
+
+/**
+ * #53 NavSyncEffect, against the REAL Craft editor + the real PageProvider:
+ * page operations materialise page-following links into the header's
+ * Navbar props -- in the stored header string when another page is on the
+ * canvas, and on the live node while the header itself is being edited.
+ */
+
+type Api = ReturnType<typeof usePages>;
+let api: Api;
+let harness: EditorHarness | null = null;
+
+const Probe: React.FC = () => {
+  api = usePages();
+  return null;
+};
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  harness?.unmount();
+  harness = null;
+});
+
+/** Flush PageContext.loadState's setTimeout(0) deserialize. */
+async function flush(h: EditorHarness) {
+  await h.act(async () => { await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 0)); });
+}
+
+function mount(): EditorHarness {
+  const h = renderEditorHarness();
+  h.mountChild(<PageProvider><Probe /></PageProvider>);
+  harness = h;
+  return h;
+}
+
+function storedNavLinks(): NavLink[] {
+  return JSON.parse(api.headerPage.craftState!)['header-navbar'].props.links;
+}
+
+const hrefs = (links: NavLink[]) => links.map((l) => l.href);
+
+describe('NavSyncEffect: stored header (a page is on the canvas)', () => {
+  test('the default header follows pages: add / rename / hide / delete', async () => {
+    const h = mount();
+    expect(api.headerPage.craftState).toBe(DEFAULT_HEADER_STATE);
+
+    h.act(() => { api.addPage('Services', 'services'); });
+    await flush(h);
+    expect(hrefs(storedNavLinks())).toEqual(['/', '/services', '#']);
+    const servicesId = api.pages[1].id;
+
+    h.act(() => { api.renamePage(servicesId, 'What we do', 'what-we-do'); });
+    expect(storedNavLinks()[1]).toEqual({ text: 'What we do', href: '/what-we-do', source: 'page', pageId: servicesId });
+
+    h.act(() => { api.updatePageNav(servicesId, { show: false }); });
+    expect(hrefs(storedNavLinks())).toEqual(['/', '#']);
+
+    h.act(() => { api.updatePageNav(servicesId, { show: true, label: 'Services' }); });
+    expect(storedNavLinks()[1].text).toBe('Services');
+
+    h.act(() => { api.deletePage(servicesId); });
+    await flush(h);
+    expect(hrefs(storedNavLinks())).toEqual(['/', '#']);
+  });
+
+  test('nesting via updatePageNav produces children; moving pages reorders', async () => {
+    const h = mount();
+    h.act(() => { api.addPage('Services', 'services'); });
+    h.act(() => { api.addPage('Web', 'web'); });
+    await flush(h);
+    const [, services, web] = api.pages;
+    h.act(() => { api.updatePageNav(web.id, { parentId: services.id }); });
+    const links = storedNavLinks();
+    expect(hrefs(links)).toEqual(['/', '/services', '#']);
+    expect(links[1].children).toEqual([{ text: 'Web', href: '/web', source: 'page', pageId: web.id }]);
+
+    h.act(() => { api.updatePageNav(web.id, { parentId: null }); });
+    h.act(() => { api.movePage(web.id, 'up'); });
+    expect(hrefs(storedNavLinks())).toEqual(['/', '/web', '/services', '#']);
+  });
+
+  test('a legacy header (no followPages) is never rewritten -- manual links survive exactly', async () => {
+    const h = mount();
+    const legacy = JSON.parse(DEFAULT_HEADER_STATE);
+    delete legacy['header-navbar'].props.followPages;
+    legacy['header-navbar'].props.links = [
+      { text: 'Home', href: '/' },
+      { text: 'About us', href: '/about' },
+      { text: 'Book', href: '#book', isCta: true },
+    ];
+    const legacyState = JSON.stringify(legacy);
+    h.act(() => { api.setHeaderCraftState(legacyState); });
+    h.act(() => { api.addPage('Services', 'services'); });
+    await flush(h);
+    expect(api.headerPage.craftState).toBe(legacyState);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('NavSyncEffect: live header on the canvas', () => {
+  test('rename / updatePageNav while editing the header patch the live Navbar node', async () => {
+    const h = mount();
+    h.act(() => { api.addPage('Services', 'services'); });
+    await flush(h);
+    const servicesId = api.pages[1].id;
+
+    h.act(() => { api.editHeader(); });
+    await flush(h);
+    expect(api.isEditingHeader).toBe(true);
+    const liveLinks = (): NavLink[] => h.query.node('header-navbar').get().data.props.links;
+    expect(hrefs(liveLinks())).toEqual(['/', '/services', '#']);
+
+    h.act(() => { api.renamePage(servicesId, 'Offers', 'offers'); });
+    expect(liveLinks()[1]).toEqual({ text: 'Offers', href: '/offers', source: 'page', pageId: servicesId });
+
+    h.act(() => { api.updatePageNav(servicesId, { show: false }); });
+    expect(hrefs(liveLinks())).toEqual(['/', '#']);
+  });
+
+  test('addPage from the header switches away; the serialized header still gains the page', async () => {
+    const h = mount();
+    h.act(() => { api.editHeader(); });
+    await flush(h);
+    h.act(() => { api.addPage('Services', 'services'); });
+    await flush(h);
+    expect(api.isEditingHeader).toBe(false);
+    expect(hrefs(storedNavLinks())).toEqual(['/', '/services', '#']);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('NavSyncEffect: no-op when the menu would not change (nothing marked dirty)', () => {
+  // DirtyTracker marks dirty on any new headerPage object, and Craft's
+  // onNodesChange on any setProp -- so "nothing changed" must mean the SAME
+  // headerPage object and the SAME live links array.
+  test('stored path: a nav-signature change that leaves links identical keeps the headerPage object', async () => {
+    const h = mount();
+    await flush(h);
+    const before = api.headerPage;
+    h.act(() => { api.updatePageNav('home', { show: true }); });
+    expect(api.pages[0].nav).toEqual({ show: true });
+    expect(api.headerPage).toBe(before);
+  });
+
+  test('live path: no setProp when the merged links equal the current ones', async () => {
+    const h = mount();
+    h.act(() => { api.editHeader(); });
+    await flush(h);
+    const before = h.query.node('header-navbar').get().data.props.links;
+    h.act(() => { api.updatePageNav('home', { show: true }); });
+    expect(h.query.node('header-navbar').get().data.props.links).toBe(before);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/craft/src/state/PageContext.tsx b/craft/src/state/PageContext.tsx
index 1e39b92..64b61d0 100644
--- a/craft/src/state/PageContext.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/state/PageContext.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import React, { createContext, useContext, useState, useCallback, useRef, ReactNode } from 'react';
+import React, { createContext, useContext, useState, useCallback, useRef, useEffect, useMemo, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { useEditor } from '@craftjs/core';
-import { PageData, PageSeo } from '../types';
+import { PageData, PageSeo, PageNav } from '../types';
 import { SerializedTreeNode } from '../types/sitesmith';
 import { useSiteDesign, SiteDesign } from './SiteDesignContext';
 import { sanitizeAiTree, flattenTreeForCraft, FlatCraftNode } from '../utils/craft-tree';
 import { repairOrphanNodes } from '../utils/orphan-repair';
+import { mergeLinks, rewriteHeaderLinks, isFollowPagesNav } from '../utils/nav-links';
+import { tokenRef } from '../utils/tokens';
 
 interface PageContextValue {
   pages: PageData[];
@@ -43,9 +45,11 @@ interface PageContextValue {
   setLandingPage: (pageId: string) => void;
   /** Merges `seo` fields onto the target page's existing `seo` (creating it if absent). */
   updatePageSeo: (pageId: string, seo: Partial<PageSeo>) => void;
+  /** Merges `nav` fields onto the target page's existing `nav` (#53: show / parentId / label). */
+  updatePageNav: (pageId: string, nav: Partial<PageNav>) => void;
   setHeaderCraftState: (craftState: string) => void;
   setFooterCraftState: (craftState: string) => void;
-  setPagesCraftState: (pagesData: { id: string; name: string; slug: string; craftState: string | null; seo?: PageSeo }[]) => void;
+  setPagesCraftState: (pagesData: { id: string; name: string; slug: string; craftState: string | null; seo?: PageSeo; nav?: PageNav }[]) => void;
   /**
    * Bookkeeping-only: point `activePageId` at an already-loaded page without
    * re-serializing/deserializing the canvas (the caller -- e.g. useWhpApi's
@@ -152,6 +156,12 @@ export function treeToCraftState(tree: SerializedTreeNode): string {
 // plus a CTA button, which is inert (`href: '#'`) rather than pointing at a
 // page that doesn't exist. Users add pages/links as their site grows.
 // Node shape matches treeToCraftState() / Craft's actions.deserialize().
+//
+// #53: the seed nav follows pages (`followPages: true`), so pages added later
+// appear in it automatically. Its Home link is already materialised exactly
+// as `mergeLinks` builds it for the default Home page, so the nav-sync effect
+// is a no-op on a fresh site (nothing marked dirty). Hover/CTA colours are
+// token refs so they track the site's primary colour.
 export const DEFAULT_HEADER_STATE = JSON.stringify({
   ROOT: {
     type: { resolvedName: 'Container' },
@@ -175,13 +185,14 @@ export const DEFAULT_HEADER_STATE = JSON.stringify({
       logoFontFamily: 'Inter, sans-serif',
       logoFontSize: '20px',
       links: [
-        { text: 'Home', href: '/' },
+        { text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' },
         { text: 'Get Started', href: '#', isCta: true },
       ],
+      followPages: true,
       backgroundColor: '#ffffff',
       textColor: '#3f3f46',
-      hoverColor: '#3b82f6',
-      ctaColor: '#3b82f6',
+      hoverColor: tokenRef('primary'),
+      ctaColor: tokenRef('primary'),
       ctaTextColor: '#ffffff',
       padding: '16px 24px',
       navAlignment: 'space-between',
@@ -215,6 +226,7 @@ const PageContext = createContext<PageContextValue>({
   movePage: () => {},
   setLandingPage: () => {},
   updatePageSeo: () => {},
+  updatePageNav: () => {},
   setHeaderCraftState: () => {},
   setFooterCraftState: () => {},
   setPagesCraftState: () => {},
@@ -509,7 +521,10 @@ export const PageProvider: React.FC<{ children: ReactNode }> = ({ children }) =>
       const prev = pagesRef.current;
       if (prev.length <= 1) return;
 
-      const filtered = prev.filter((p) => p.id !== pageId);
+      // #53: pages nested under the deleted page become top-level again.
+      const filtered = prev
+        .filter((p) => p.id !== pageId)
+        .map((p) => (p.nav?.parentId === pageId ? { ...p, nav: { ...p.nav, parentId: null } } : p));
       setPages(filtered);
 
       // If deleting the active page, switch to the first remaining. This
@@ -567,6 +582,9 @@ export const PageProvider: React.FC<{ children: ReactNode }> = ({ children }) =>
         slug: copySlug,
         craftState: sourceCraftState,
         seo: source.seo ? { ...source.seo } : undefined,
+        // #53: the copy sits where the source sits in the menu, but keeps its
+        // own "<name> copy" label rather than the source's label override.
+        nav: source.nav ? { show: source.nav.show, parentId: source.nav.parentId } : undefined,
       };
 
       setPages((prev) => {
@@ -643,6 +661,13 @@ export const PageProvider: React.FC<{ children: ReactNode }> = ({ children }) =>
     );
   }, []);
 
+  /** Merges `nav` fields onto the target page's existing `nav` (creating it if absent). */
+  const updatePageNav = useCallback((pageId: string, nav: Partial<PageNav>) => {
+    setPages((prev) =>
+      prev.map((p) => (p.id === pageId ? { ...p, nav: { ...p.nav, ...nav } } : p)),
+    );
+  }, []);
+
   /** Allow external code (e.g., load from API) to set the header craft state */
   const setHeaderCraftState = useCallback((craftState: string) => {
     setHeaderPage((prev) => ({ ...prev, craftState }));
@@ -664,7 +689,7 @@ export const PageProvider: React.FC<{ children: ReactNode }> = ({ children }) =>
   }, []);
 
   /** Allow external code (e.g., load from API) to restore pages with craft states */
-  const setPagesCraftState = useCallback((pagesData: { id: string; name: string; slug: string; craftState: string | null; seo?: PageSeo }[]) => {
+  const setPagesCraftState = useCallback((pagesData: { id: string; name: string; slug: string; craftState: string | null; seo?: PageSeo; nav?: PageNav }[]) => {
     setPages(pagesData.map((p, i) => ({
       id: p.id,
       name: p.name,
@@ -674,6 +699,7 @@ export const PageProvider: React.FC<{ children: ReactNode }> = ({ children }) =>
       slug: i === 0 ? 'index' : p.slug,
       craftState: p.craftState,
       seo: p.seo,
+      nav: p.nav,
     })));
   }, []);
 
@@ -753,6 +779,46 @@ export const PageProvider: React.FC<{ children: ReactNode }> = ({ children }) =>
     }
   }, [loadState]);
 
+  /* ---------- NavSyncEffect (#53) ----------
+     `toHtml` is pure and never sees `pages`, so page-following nav links are
+     MATERIALISED into the stored Navbar/Menu props whenever anything a menu
+     shows about a page changes (order, id, name, slug, nav). Every page
+     operation (add/rename/delete/move/setLanding/updatePageNav/load) flows
+     through here. While the header is on the canvas the live nodes are
+     patched with setProp (a full deserialize would reset selection/history);
+     otherwise the stored header string is rewritten. Both paths are no-ops
+     when nothing changed, so nothing is marked dirty. */
+  const navSignature = useMemo(
+    () => JSON.stringify(pages.map((p) => [p.id, p.name, p.slug, p.nav ?? null])),
+    [pages],
+  );
+  // useEditor() hands back fresh query/actions wrappers on every render, so
+  // they are read through a ref: as effect deps they would re-run it each render.
+  const editorRef = useRef({ query, actions });
+  editorRef.current = { query, actions };
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const currentPages = pagesRef.current;
+    const { query, actions } = editorRef.current;
+    if (activePageIdRef.current === HEADER_ID) {
+      const nodes = query.getNodes();
+      for (const [id, node] of Object.entries<any>(nodes)) {
+        if (!isFollowPagesNav(node.data?.name, node.data?.props)) continue;
+        const current = node.data.props.links || [];
+        const merged = mergeLinks(current, currentPages);
+        if (JSON.stringify(merged) === JSON.stringify(current)) continue;
+        // Not an undo step of its own: undoing would only un-sync the menu.
+        const target = typeof actions.history?.ignore === 'function' ? actions.history.ignore() : actions;
+        target.setProp(id, (p: any) => { p.links = merged; });
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+    setHeaderPage((prev) => {
+      if (!prev.craftState) return prev;
+      const next = rewriteHeaderLinks(prev.craftState, currentPages);
+      return next === prev.craftState ? prev : { ...prev, craftState: next };
+    });
+  }, [navSignature, headerPage.craftState]);
+
   return (
     <PageContext.Provider
       value={{
@@ -772,6 +838,7 @@ export const PageProvider: React.FC<{ children: ReactNode }> = ({ children }) =>
         movePage,
         setLandingPage,
         updatePageSeo,
+        updatePageNav,
         setHeaderCraftState,
         setFooterCraftState,
         setPagesCraftState,
diff --git a/craft/src/styles/editor.css b/craft/src/styles/editor.css
index 89e4667..669c59d 100644
--- a/craft/src/styles/editor.css
+++ b/craft/src/styles/editor.css
@@ -3012,3 +3012,82 @@ body {
   pointer-events: none;
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
+
+/* #53 menus that follow pages: read-only page-link rows, sub-link editor,
+   page-settings Menu section, hidden-from-menu badge */
+.nav-page-link {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  padding: 6px;
+  background: var(--color-bg-elevated);
+  border: 1px dashed var(--color-border);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+  color: var(--color-text);
+  font-size: 11px;
+}
+
+.nav-page-link--child { margin: 4px 0 0 16px; }
+
+.nav-page-link > .fa { color: var(--color-text-muted); font-size: 10px; }
+
+.nav-page-link__label {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.nav-page-link__source { font-size: 10px; color: var(--color-text-muted); }
+
+.nav-page-link__hide {
+  padding: 2px 6px;
+  background: none;
+  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+  color: var(--color-text-muted);
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font-size: 10px;
+}
+
+.nav-page-link__hide:hover { color: var(--color-text); border-color: var(--color-text-muted); }
+
+.nav-sublinks {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 4px;
+  margin-left: 12px;
+  padding-left: 8px;
+  border-left: 2px solid var(--color-border);
+}
+
+.nav-sublink { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 3px; }
+
+.nav-sublink-add {
+  padding: 4px;
+  background: none;
+  border: 1px dashed var(--color-border);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+  color: var(--color-text-muted);
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font-size: 10px;
+}
+
+.nav-sublink-add:hover { color: var(--color-text); }
+
+.page-menu-settings {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 10px;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 12px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+}
+
+.page-menu-settings > legend { padding: 0 4px; margin-bottom: 0; }
+
+.page-menu-hidden-badge { font-size: 10px; color: var(--color-text-muted); flex-shrink: 0; }
diff --git a/craft/src/types/index.ts b/craft/src/types/index.ts
index 7abcd5d..3ae5336 100644
--- a/craft/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/craft/src/types/index.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ export interface PageSeo {
   noindex?: boolean;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Per-page menu settings (#53). All optional -- an absent `nav` means "shown,
+ * top-level, labelled with the page name", which is how every page saved
+ * before this field existed behaves.
+ */
+export interface PageNav {
+  /** Default true; false hides the page from page-following menus. */
+  show?: boolean;
+  /** Nest under this (top-level) page -- rendered as a dropdown. */
+  parentId?: string | null;
+  /** Menu label override; falls back to the page name. */
+  label?: string;
+}
+
 export interface PageData {
   id: string;
   name: string;
@@ -39,6 +53,8 @@ export interface PageData {
   craftState: string | null;
   /** NEW -- optional; absent === no SEO overrides (back-compat). */
   seo?: PageSeo;
+  /** NEW (#53) -- optional; absent === shown, top-level, page name. */
+  nav?: PageNav;
 }
 
 export interface AssetData {
diff --git a/craft/src/utils/nav-links.test.ts b/craft/src/utils/nav-links.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8deeb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/craft/src/utils/nav-links.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+import { describe, test, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { buildPageLinks, mergeLinks, adoptPageLinks, rewriteHeaderLinks, pageHref, NavLink } from './nav-links';
+import { PageData } from '../types';
+import { DEFAULT_HEADER_STATE } from '../state/PageContext';
+
+const pg = (id: string, name: string, slug: string, nav?: PageData['nav']): PageData =>
+  ({ id, name, slug, craftState: null, ...(nav ? { nav } : {}) });
+
+const home = pg('home', 'Home', 'index');
+const about = pg('about', 'About', 'about');
+const services = pg('services', 'Services', 'services');
+
+describe('pageHref', () => {
+  test('landing page is "/", others "/slug"', () => {
+    expect(pageHref(home, 0)).toBe('/');
+    expect(pageHref(about, 1)).toBe('/about');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('buildPageLinks', () => {
+  test('landing first, page order, label override, source/pageId', () => {
+    const links = buildPageLinks([home, pg('about', 'About', 'about', { label: 'Our story' }), services]);
+    expect(links).toEqual([
+      { text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' },
+      { text: 'Our story', href: '/about', source: 'page', pageId: 'about' },
+      { text: 'Services', href: '/services', source: 'page', pageId: 'services' },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test('hidden pages are left out', () => {
+    const links = buildPageLinks([home, pg('about', 'About', 'about', { show: false }), services]);
+    expect(links.map((l) => l.pageId)).toEqual(['home', 'services']);
+  });
+
+  test('nests by parentId (one level), children in page order', () => {
+    const pages = [
+      home,
+      services,
+      pg('web', 'Web', 'web', { parentId: 'services' }),
+      about,
+      pg('seo', 'SEO', 'seo', { parentId: 'services' }),
+    ];
+    const links = buildPageLinks(pages);
+    expect(links.map((l) => l.pageId)).toEqual(['home', 'services', 'about']);
+    expect(links[1].children).toEqual([
+      { text: 'Web', href: '/web', source: 'page', pageId: 'web' },
+      { text: 'SEO', href: '/seo', source: 'page', pageId: 'seo' },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test('a child of a hidden / missing / nested parent, and the landing page, stay top-level', () => {
+    const pages = [
+      pg('home', 'Home', 'index', { parentId: 'about' }),
+      pg('about', 'About', 'about', { show: false }),
+      pg('a', 'A', 'a', { parentId: 'about' }),
+      pg('b', 'B', 'b', { parentId: 'gone' }),
+      pg('c', 'C', 'c', { parentId: 'd' }),
+      pg('d', 'D', 'd', { parentId: 'c' }),
+    ];
+    const links = buildPageLinks(pages);
+    expect(links.map((l) => l.pageId)).toEqual(['home', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd']);
+    expect(links.every((l) => !l.children)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('mergeLinks', () => {
+  const cta: NavLink = { text: 'Get Started', href: '#signup', isCta: true };
+  const blog: NavLink = { text: 'Blog', href: 'https://blog.example.com', isExternal: true };
+
+  test('keeps manual links and the CTA (CTA last), rebuilds page links', () => {
+    const existing: NavLink[] = [
+      { text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' },
+      cta,
+      blog,
+    ];
+    expect(mergeLinks(existing, [home, about])).toEqual([
+      { text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' },
+      { text: 'About', href: '/about', source: 'page', pageId: 'about' },
+      blog,
+      cta,
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test('manual links that sat before the page links stay before them', () => {
+    const shop: NavLink = { text: 'Shop', href: 'https://shop.example.com' };
+    const existing: NavLink[] = [shop, { text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' }, blog];
+    expect(mergeLinks(existing, [home]).map((l) => l.text)).toEqual(['Shop', 'Home', 'Blog']);
+  });
+
+  test("drops a deleted page's link", () => {
+    const existing: NavLink[] = [
+      { text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' },
+      { text: 'About', href: '/about', source: 'page', pageId: 'about' },
+      cta,
+    ];
+    expect(mergeLinks(existing, [home])).toEqual([
+      { text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' },
+      cta,
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test('dedupes page links by pageId', () => {
+    const existing: NavLink[] = [
+      { text: 'About', href: '/about', source: 'page', pageId: 'about' },
+      { text: 'About again', href: '/about', source: 'page', pageId: 'about' },
+    ];
+    expect(mergeLinks(existing, [home, about]).filter((l) => l.pageId === 'about')).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('adoptPageLinks', () => {
+  test('converts a manual "/about" (and "/") into page links; leaves CTA and externals', () => {
+    const links: NavLink[] = [
+      { text: 'Home', href: '/' },
+      { text: 'About', href: '/about' },
+      { text: 'Blog', href: 'https://blog.example.com' },
+      { text: 'About CTA', href: '/about', isCta: true },
+    ];
+    expect(adoptPageLinks(links, [home, about])).toEqual([
+      { text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' },
+      { text: 'About', href: '/about', source: 'page', pageId: 'about' },
+      { text: 'Blog', href: 'https://blog.example.com' },
+      { text: 'About CTA', href: '/about', isCta: true },
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
+/** A serialized header holding a follow-pages Navbar, a non-following Menu and a Container. */
+function headerState(navProps: Record<string, unknown>, menuLinks: NavLink[] = [{ text: 'Legacy', href: '/about' }]): string {
+  return JSON.stringify({
+    ROOT: { type: { resolvedName: 'Container' }, isCanvas: true, props: { tag: 'header' }, displayName: 'Container', custom: {}, hidden: false, nodes: ['nav', 'menu'], linkedNodes: {} },
+    nav: { type: { resolvedName: 'Navbar' }, isCanvas: false, props: navProps, displayName: 'Navbar', parent: 'ROOT', custom: {}, hidden: false, nodes: [], linkedNodes: {} },
+    menu: { type: { resolvedName: 'Menu' }, isCanvas: false, props: { links: menuLinks }, displayName: 'Menu', parent: 'ROOT', custom: {}, hidden: false, nodes: [], linkedNodes: {} },
+  });
+}
+
+describe('rewriteHeaderLinks', () => {
+  test('returns the IDENTICAL string when nothing changed', () => {
+    const pages = [home, about];
+    const state = headerState({ followPages: true, links: mergeLinks([], pages) });
+    expect(rewriteHeaderLinks(state, pages)).toBe(state);
+  });
+
+  test('the default header seed is already materialised for the default Home page', () => {
+    expect(rewriteHeaderLinks(DEFAULT_HEADER_STATE, [home])).toBe(DEFAULT_HEADER_STATE);
+  });
+
+  test('renaming a page updates href AND text of the follow-pages nav only', () => {
+    const before = [home, about];
+    const state = headerState({ followPages: true, links: [...mergeLinks([], before), { text: 'Go', href: '#', isCta: true }] });
+    const after = [home, pg('about', 'Team', 'team')];
+    const next = JSON.parse(rewriteHeaderLinks(state, after));
+    expect(next.nav.props.links).toEqual([
+      { text: 'Home', href: '/', source: 'page', pageId: 'home' },
+      { text: 'Team', href: '/team', source: 'page', pageId: 'about' },
+      { text: 'Go', href: '#', isCta: true },
+    ]);
+    // The non-following Menu is never touched -- legacy manual links survive exactly.
+    expect(next.menu.props.links).toEqual([{ text: 'Legacy', href: '/about' }]);
+  });
+
+  test('a legacy nav without followPages is returned unchanged even when pages differ', () => {
+    const legacy = headerState({ links: [{ text: 'Home', href: '/' }, { text: 'Old', href: '/old' }] });
+    expect(rewriteHeaderLinks(legacy, [home, about, services])).toBe(legacy);
+  });
+
+  test('unreadable state is returned as-is', () => {
+    expect(rewriteHeaderLinks('not json', [home])).toBe('not json');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/craft/src/utils/nav-links.ts b/craft/src/utils/nav-links.ts
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+++ b/craft/src/utils/nav-links.ts
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+import type { PageData } from '../types';
+
+/**
+ * Shared link shape for Navbar and Menu (#53). `source` absent = a manual
+ * link (every link saved before #53 is manual and is never rewritten). A
+ * `source: 'page'` link is owned by its page: on a nav with `followPages`
+ * on, its text/href/children are rebuilt from the pages list whenever pages
+ * change (see `mergeLinks` / `rewriteHeaderLinks`).
+ */
+export interface NavLink {
+  text: string;
+  href: string;
+  isExternal?: boolean;
+  isCta?: boolean;
+  /** Adds the `download` attribute to the exported anchor (F3: links to files). */
+  download?: boolean;
+  source?: 'page' | 'manual';
+  pageId?: string;
+  /** One level of nesting, rendered as a dropdown. */
+  children?: NavLink[];
+}
+
+/** Resolver names of the components that carry a `links` array + `followPages`. */
+const NAV_COMPONENTS = new Set(['Navbar', 'Menu']);
+
+/* Mirrors the export convention: the first page is always the landing page
+   and publishes to '/', every other page publishes to '/{slug}' (the
+   published .htaccess rewrites /slug -> slug.html). Single source of truth
+   for page hrefs -- NavStylePanel re-exports it. */
+export function pageHref(page: PageData, index: number): string {
+  return index === 0 ? '/' : `/${page.slug}`;
+}
+
+function isShown(page: PageData): boolean {
+  return page.nav?.show !== false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The parent a page nests under, or null when it is top-level. One level
+ * only: a parent that is itself nested makes the child top-level (this also
+ * breaks A<->B cycles). The landing page never nests; a missing, hidden or
+ * self parent is ignored.
+ */
+function parentOf(pages: PageData[], index: number): PageData | null {
+  const raw = (i: number): PageData | null => {
+    if (i <= 0) return null;
+    const pid = pages[i].nav?.parentId;
+    if (!pid || pid === pages[i].id) return null;
+    const parent = pages.find((p) => p.id === pid);
+    return parent && isShown(parent) ? parent : null;
+  };
+  const parent = raw(index);
+  if (!parent) return null;
+  return raw(pages.indexOf(parent)) ? null : parent;
+}
+
+function pageLink(page: PageData, index: number): NavLink {
+  return {
+    text: page.nav?.label || page.name,
+    href: pageHref(page, index),
+    source: 'page',
+    pageId: page.id,
+  };
+}
+
+/** One link per shown page, in page order (landing first), children nested by `nav.parentId`. */
+export function buildPageLinks(pages: PageData[]): NavLink[] {
+  const top: NavLink[] = [];
+  const byId = new Map<string, NavLink>();
+  pages.forEach((page, i) => {
+    if (!isShown(page) || parentOf(pages, i)) return;
+    const link = pageLink(page, i);
+    byId.set(page.id, link);
+    top.push(link);
+  });
+  pages.forEach((page, i) => {
+    if (!isShown(page)) return;
+    const parent = parentOf(pages, i);
+    if (!parent) return;
+    const host = byId.get(parent.id);
+    if (!host) return;
+    host.children = [...(host.children || []), pageLink(page, i)];
+  });
+  return top;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Rebuilds the page-sourced links of `existing` from `pages`, keeping every
+ * manual link. Order: manual links that sat before the first page link,
+ * then the page links (page order), then the remaining manual links, then
+ * every CTA. Page links are deduped by pageId simply by being rebuilt -- any
+ * stale page link (deleted/hidden page) drops out.
+ */
+export function mergeLinks(existing: NavLink[], pages: PageData[]): NavLink[] {
+  const leading: NavLink[] = [];
+  const trailing: NavLink[] = [];
+  const ctas: NavLink[] = [];
+  const hasPageLinks = existing.some((l) => l.source === 'page' && !l.isCta);
+  let seenPage = false;
+  for (const link of existing) {
+    if (link.isCta) { ctas.push(link); continue; }
+    if (link.source === 'page') { seenPage = true; continue; }
+    (hasPageLinks && !seenPage ? leading : trailing).push(link);
+  }
+  return [...leading, ...buildPageLinks(pages), ...trailing, ...ctas];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts manual links whose href is exactly a page's href into page links
+ * (used once, when the owner switches Follow pages on). CTAs stay manual.
+ */
+export function adoptPageLinks(links: NavLink[], pages: PageData[]): NavLink[] {
+  const byHref = new Map<string, PageData>();
+  pages.forEach((p, i) => { if (!byHref.has(pageHref(p, i))) byHref.set(pageHref(p, i), p); });
+  return links.map((link) => {
+    if (link.isCta || link.source === 'page') return link;
+    const page = byHref.get(link.href);
+    return page ? { ...link, source: 'page', pageId: page.id } : link;
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Materialises page-following links into a serialized Craft state: every
+ * Navbar/Menu node with `followPages` gets `props.links = mergeLinks(...)`.
+ * Returns the IDENTICAL string when nothing changed (callers use string
+ * equality to avoid marking the editor dirty) or when the state is unreadable.
+ */
+export function rewriteHeaderLinks(serializedState: string, pages: PageData[]): string {
+  let nodes: Record<string, any>;
+  try {
+    nodes = JSON.parse(serializedState);
+  } catch {
+    return serializedState;
+  }
+  if (!nodes || typeof nodes !== 'object') return serializedState;
+  let changed = false;
+  for (const node of Object.values(nodes)) {
+    if (!node || !NAV_COMPONENTS.has(node.type?.resolvedName) || !node.props?.followPages) continue;
+    const current: NavLink[] = Array.isArray(node.props.links) ? node.props.links : [];
+    const merged = mergeLinks(current, pages);
+    if (JSON.stringify(merged) !== JSON.stringify(current)) {
+      node.props.links = merged;
+      changed = true;
+    }
+  }
+  return changed ? JSON.stringify(nodes) : serializedState;
+}
+
+/** True when the node (Craft resolver name) is a page-following nav. */
+export function isFollowPagesNav(resolvedName: string | undefined, props: any): boolean {
+  return !!resolvedName && NAV_COMPONENTS.has(resolvedName) && !!props?.followPages;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Inline click handler for an exported dropdown toggle button (same inline
+ * pattern as the Navbar hamburger): flips `is-open` on the wrapper and keeps
+ * `aria-expanded` in sync. Self-contained per button, so several navs on one
+ * page never interfere and nothing global is installed. No double quotes --
+ * it sits inside a double-quoted attribute.
+ */
+export const DROPDOWN_TOGGLE_ONCLICK =
+  "var o=this.parentNode.classList.toggle('is-open');this.setAttribute('aria-expanded',o?'true':'false')";
+
+/** True when some non-CTA link has children (i.e. the dropdown CSS is needed). */
+export function hasDropdown(links: NavLink[]): boolean {
+  return links.some((l) => !l.isCta && !!l.children?.length);
+}