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Revision as of 21:45, 3 September 2012
How to access[edit]
Select Menus → [name of the menu] from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation. For example, if a Menu is called "Main Menu", select Menus → Main Menu. Or you can navigate to the Menu Manager and click on the icon in the Menu Items column.
Description[edit]
The Menu Item Manager lists the menu items contained in a menu created using the Menu Manager.
Screenshot[edit]
Column Headers[edit]
- Checkbox. Check this box to select one or more items. To select all items, check the box in the column heading. After one or more boxes are checked, click a toolbar button to take an action on the selected item or items. Many toolbar actions, such as Publish and Unpublish, can work with multiple items. Others, such as Edit, only work on one item at a time. If multiple items are checked and you press Edit, the first item will be opened for editing.
- 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.
- Published. Whether the item has been published or not. You can change the Published state by clicking on the icon in this column.
- Ordering. The order in which to display items. If the list is sorted by this column, you can change the order by clicking the arrows or by entering the sequential order and clicking the 'Save Order' icon. Note that the display order on a page can often be overridden the 'Advanced Options' section of each Menu Item.
- Access. Who can view this item. You can change an item's Access in its edit screen. See User Access Levels for more information.
- Menu Item Type. Shows what Menu Item Type the menu is. (Needs Chunk16 namespace)
- Home. With a star icon this menu item links to the Home page. (Needs Chunk16 namespace & better wording)
- Language. Item language.
- ID. This is a unique identification number for this item assigned automatically by Joomla!. It is used to identify the item internally, and you cannot change this number. When creating a new item, this field displays 0 until you save the new entry, at which point a new ID is assigned to it.
Toolbar[edit]
At the top right you will see the toolbar:
The functions are:
- New. Creates a new item and opens the editing screen for this item.
- Edit. Opens the editing screen for the selected item. If more than one item is selected (where applicable), only the first item will be opened. An item can also be opened for editing by clicking on its Title or Name.
- Publish. Publishes selected items. Works with one or multiple items selected.
- Unpublish. Unpublishes selected items. Works with one or multiple items selected.
- Check In. Checks-in selected items. Works with one or multiple items selected.
- Check In. Checks-in selected items. Works with one or multiple items selected.
- Home. Select a Menu Item which you want to be the homepage of your site, and click on this button. (needs Chunk16 namespace)
- Rebuild. Rebuilds the tree data, which may get out of sync in some cases.
- Help. Opens this Help Screen.
Quick Tips[edit]
- Select an item and click on the Home button to set your Home page.
- Set different filter options to only show some of the menu items.