On the Home page of your site, click the Settings button (the small gear icon next to the name of the logged-on user). On the menu that appears, click Site Settings.
On the Site Settings page, in the Look And Feel section, click the Quick Launch link.
On the Quick Launch settings page, you can create another header section (under which additional links can be placed) by clicking the New Heading link. Alternatively, you can proceed to step 6 to create a link under an existing header.
On the New Heading page, type the URL and a descriptive label (which will display on the Quick Launch bar) for the heading.
When users click the heading, they are taken to the URL that you entered.
Click OK to save your new heading and return to the Quick Launch settings page.
On the Quick Launch settings page, you can create a new Navigation Link under an existing heading by clicking New Navigation Link.
On the New Navigation Link page, enter the URL and a descriptive label (which will be displayed on the Quick Launch bar) for the link.
When users click the link, they are taken to the URL that you entered.
Select the existing heading under which this link will be placed.
Click OK to save your new heading.
You can determine that the Publishing Infrastructure feature has not been activated on the root site collection if the Navigation link is available in the Look And Feel section on the Site Settings page.