notes/_includes/nav.html

<nav role="navigation" aria-label="Main navigation">
  <ul class="navigation-list">
    {%- assign pages_list = site.html_pages | sort:"nav_order" -%}
    {%- for node in pages_list -%}
      {%- unless node.nav_exclude -%}
        {%- if node.parent == nil -%}
          <li class="navigation-list-item{% if page.url == node.url or page.parent == node.title or page.grand_parent == node.title %} active{% endif %}">
            {%- if page.parent == node.title or page.grand_parent == node.title -%}
              {%- assign first_level_url = node.url | absolute_url -%}
            {%- endif -%}
            <a href="{{ node.url | absolute_url }}" class="navigation-list-link{% if page.url == node.url %} active{% endif %}">{{ node.title }}</a>
            {%- if node.has_children -%}
              {%- assign children_list = site.html_pages | where: "parent", node.title | sort:"nav_order" -%}
              <ul class="navigation-list-child-list ">
                {%- for child in children_list -%}
                  {%- unless child.nav_exclude -%}
                    <li class="navigation-list-item {% if page.url == child.url or page.parent == child.title %} active{% endif %}">
                      {%- if page.url == child.url or page.parent == child.title -%}
                        {%- assign second_level_url = child.url | absolute_url -%}
                      {%- endif -%}
                      <a href="{{ child.url | absolute_url }}" class="navigation-list-link{% if page.url == child.url %} active{% endif %}">{{ child.title }}</a>
                      {%- if child.has_children -%}
                          {%- assign grand_children_list = site.html_pages | where: "parent", child.title | sort:"nav_order" -%}
                          <ul class="navigation-list-child-list">
                          {%- for grand_child in grand_children_list -%}
                            {%- unless grand_child.nav_exclude -%}
                              <li class="navigation-list-item {% if page.url == grand_child.url %} active{% endif %}">
                                <a href="{{ grand_child.url | absolute_url }}" class="navigation-list-link{% if page.url == grand_child.url %} active{% endif %}">{{ grand_child.title }}</a>
                              </li>
                            {%- endunless -%}
                          {%- endfor -%}
                        </ul>
                      {%- endif -%}
                    </li>
                  {%- endunless -%}
                {%- endfor -%}
              </ul>
            {%- endif -%}
          </li>
        {%- endif -%}
      {%- endunless -%}
    {%- endfor -%}
  </ul>
</nav>