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=== Linking Articles to a Menu === <!--T:9-->
At this point, you have the articles created in Joomla!. Now we need to attach them to menus. We will achieve this using the '''Menu Manager'''.
[[Image:J3 menu manager entry new2-en.png|thumb|400px|Expandable List of Menu Item Types]]
* Determine the menu structure you need. If your existing site just has a single main menu, you will just use the Joomla! '''mainmenu''' module. If your existing site has a two-level menu structure, you may create the top level first, and then set the second level by choosing a parent top level menu item. Alternatively, you can use the '''mainmenu''' menu for the top level and then add one new menu for each existing submenu. For the latter, add the submenus by going to {{rarr|Menu Manager,Menus,New|size=1}}.</translate> 

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Go to {{rarr|Menus, Menu Items|size=1}} and click '''New''' to add one Menu Item for each article created above. Click on '''Menu Item Type - Select''' to open a modal window where you can choose an Item Type from an expandable list as shown on the right.
* For our purposes, each Menu Item has the type '''Single Article'''.</translate>
* <translate><!--T:11--> '''Note''': Even if you installed Joomla! with no sample data, you will already have a Main Menu with a  Featured Articles type menu item set as the default (home) menu item (i. e. your homepage). You may either keep this and add new menu items or change this menu item to a Single Article Layout. If you want to have a Featured Articles page, these articles need to a marked as '''Featured''' in the Articles manager.</translate>
* Enter the Title for the Menu Item. The title can be the same as the article title, so you know which article goes with which menu item. But you may choose whatever title you want.
* <translate><!--T:13--> Add a Menu Item for each article you created earlier. If needed, add one or more submenus and then add Menu Items for these in the same manner.</translate>
* For more information on the creation and configuration of menu items please see '''[[S:MyLanguage/Help39:Menus_Menu_Item_Manager_Edit|Menu Item Manager]]'''.