Menus Menu Manager Edit
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Description[edit]
This is where you can
- Add a new menu.
- Edit an existing menu.
How to Access[edit]
Add a new Menu
- Click the New button in the toolbar.
Edit an existing Menu
- Click on an Menu's Title.
- Check the Menu's Checkbox
- Click the Edit button in the toolbar.
Screenshot[edit]
Form Fields[edit]
Menu[edit]
- Title. The title of the menu to display in the Administrator Menubar and lists.
- Menu Type. The system name of the menu.
- Description. A description about the purpose of the menu.
- Client. Select if this Menu is to be used in the Site or the Administrator.
Permissions[edit]
Manage the permission settings for user groups.
- Access Administration Interface. Users can access user administration interface of menu.
- Create. Users can create content of menu.
- Delete. Users can delete content of menu.
- Edit. Users can edit content of menu.
- Edit State. Users can change the published state and related information for content of menu.
- 3. Select the desired Permission for the action you wish to change. Possible settings are:
- Inherited: Inherited for users in this Group from the menu options permissions of this site.
- 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.
- 4. 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 left you will see the toolbar.
The functions are:
- Save. Saves the menu and stays in the current screen.
- Save & Close. Saves the menu and closes the current screen.
- Save & New. Saves the menu and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another menu.
- Save as Copy. Saves your changes to a copy of the current menu. Does not affect the current menu.Note: This toolbar icon is only shown if you edit an existing menu.
- Close. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.
- Help. Opens this help screen.
Quick Tips[edit]
- Hover your mouse over the labels before the input box, and extra information will be shown.
- If you forgot to create a module for this menu, you can do so
- directly from the Menus screen by clicking on Add a module for this menu or
- by using the Module Manager, found by going to Extensions → Modules. Click on New, and then on Menu. Fill in a title and select the Menu in the Module Parameters.
- It is a good idea to give a descriptive title for new menus. This is how the menu will be identified in the Backend Menus menu. It is also a good idea to fill in the Description field with information about the menu. This is how the menu's module will be referred to in the Module Manager.
- When you create a new menu, use only alphanumeric characters without spaces in the Unique Name field. It is a good idea to use only a-z, 0-9 and underscore (_) characters. Please read the tooltips as well.