Difference between revisions of "Components Menus Configuration"

Revision as of 10:42, 9 December 2012

Provides an method to apply global parameters to all the menus available on a Joomla site.

How to Access[edit]

On Menu Manager: Menus, click Options button at top.

Description[edit]

Menu Options allow the setting of parameters used globally on all menus such as, Title, CSS Class and Permissions.

Screenshot[edit]

File:Menus-Menu-Manager-Options-screen.png

Details[edit]

Page Display Options[edit]

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Permissions[edit]

This section shows permissions configuration for Menus. The screen shows as follows.

To change the permissions, do the following.

Select the Group by clicking its title located on right.
Find the desired Action. Possible Actions are:
Create. Users can create this category.

Delete. Users can delete this category.

Edit. Users can edit this category.

Edit State. User can change the published state and related information for this category.

Edit Own. Users can edit own category created.
Select the desired permission for the action you wish to change. Possible settings are:
Inherited. Inherited for users in this Group from the Global Configuration, Article Manager Options, or Category permissions.

Allowed. Allowed for users in this Group. Note that, if this action is Denied at one of the higher levels, the Allowed permission here will not take effect. A Denied setting cannot be overridden.

Denied. Denied for users in this Group.
Click Save in Toolbar at top. When the screen refreshes, the Calculated Setting column will show the effective permission for this Group and Action.

Toolbar[edit]

At the top right you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

Save. Saves the configurations and stays in the current screen.</translate>

Save & Close. Saves the configurations and closes the current screen.</translate>

Cancel. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.</translate>

Help. Opens this help screen.</translate>

Quick Tips[edit]

Remember, these choices are applied globally.

Related Information[edit]

To add new Menus: Menu Manager New/Edit
To set action permissions for menus: Menus Configuration
To add or edit Menu Items: Menu Item Manager
To add or edit Menu Modules: Module Manager

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 {{Chunk30:Page Display Options}}
 ===Permissions===
+This section shows permissions configuration for Menus. The screen shows as follows.
+[[File:Help30-Menu-Options-screen-permissions-tab.png]]
+To change the permissions, do the following.
+# Select the '''Group''' by clicking its title located on right.
+# Find the desired '''Action'''. Possible Actions are:
+#:'''Create'''. Users can create this category.
+#:'''Delete'''. Users can delete this category.
+#:'''Edit'''. Users can edit this category.
+#:'''Edit State'''. User can change the published state and related information for this category.
+#:'''Edit Own'''. Users can edit own category created.
+# Select the desired permission for the action you wish to change. Possible settings are:
+#:'''''Inherited.''''' Inherited for users in this Group from the Global Configuration, Article Manager Options, or Category permissions.
+#:'''''Allowed.''''' Allowed for users in this Group. Note that, if this action is Denied at one of the higher levels, the Allowed permission here will not take effect. A Denied setting cannot be overridden.
+#:'''''Denied.''''' Denied for users in this Group.
+# Click '''Save''' in '''Toolbar''' at top. When the screen refreshes, the Calculated Setting column will show the effective permission for this Group and Action.
 ==Toolbar==

Help310