User's Manual

Menu Manager – New/Edit

How to access

Go to the Menu Manager by clicking on the Menu Manager icon in the Control Panel, or by clicking on

'Menu Manager' in the 'Menus' menu. After that, click on the 'New' button in the toolbar, or select a menu

and click on the 'Edit' button.

Description

You can add or modify menus in this screen.

Screenshot

Column Headers

Unique Name. The identification name used by Joomla! to identify this menu. It must be unique.

Spaces are not recommended.

· Title. The name of the item. For a Menu Item, the Title will display in the Menu. For an Article,

Section, or Category, the Title may optionally be displayed on the web page. This entry is required.

You can open the item for editing by clicking on the Title.

· Description. The description for the item. Section and Category descriptions for Articles may be

shown on web pages, depending on the parameter settings. These descriptions are entered using the

same editor that is used for Articles. Note that Section and Category descriptions may not be edited

from the front end.

· Module Title. The title that will be given to the mod_mainmenu module in the Module Manager. If

left blank, a module will not be created and you will not be able to show this menu in the front-end.

This will only be displayed when creating a new menu.

Toolbar

At the top right you will see the toolbar: