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When any of the Menu Item Types listed above are selected, a details screen similar to the one below
displays.
The 'Menu Item Details' and the 'Parameters - System' parts are the same for each Menu Item. These are
documented below. The 'Parameters - Component' part is different for each Internal Link group -- Articles,
Contacts, News Feeds, Polls, Search, User, Web Links, and Wrapper. Therefore, these are documented in
each group's section above.
The Parameters - Basic section is different for each Menu Type. Also, some Menu Types contain a
Parameters - Advanced section, which is also different for each Menu Type. These are documented for each
individual Menu Type above.
Menu Item Details
· Title. The Title for this item. This may or may not display on the page, depending on the parameter
values you choose.
· Alias. The internal name of the item. Normally, you can leave this blank and Joomla! will fill in a
default value. The default value is the Title or Name in lower case and with dashes instead of spaces.
You may enter the Alias manually. The Alias should consist of lowercase letters, and no blank
spaces are allowed. Use a hyphen (-) instead. The Alias will be used in the URL when SEF is
activated.
· Link. The internal link to the web page. Joomla! fills this in for you. No entry is allowed.
· Display in. Menu where this Menu Item will display. Normally, no entry is needed, since this
defaults to the current Menu. However, this may be changed to any Menu using the drop-down list
box. Note that if you change this to a different menu, when you press "Save" you will be returned to
the Menu Item Manager for the new parent Menu.
· Parent Item. Used to determine whether a Menu Item is a top-level item or a submenu item. Select
'Top' (the default value) if this is a top-level Menu Item. Otherwise, select the Menu Item that is this
item's parent.