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"Menus" in Mambo
are groups of navigational links to sections, categories,
Content Items, components or external pages. These links
are called 'Menu Items'.Each menu must have an identification
name which is only used internally by Mambo. A menu only
becomes visible on a site if it has a published mod_mainmenu
module which references it. A menu may have multiple
mod_mainmmenu modules referencing it. Display
Headings :
- Menu Name: Click
on the name to edit it. This name may be the one that
is given to the menu by default or the name you gave
to that menu.
- Menu
Items: Click on the Edit icon in this column
to add or edit Menu Items associated with a menu. Or
alternatively go to "Menu->the-menu-you-choose-to-edit".
A "Menu Manager [the-menu-you-choose-to-edit]" window
will appear with a list of all Menu Items associated
to this Menu.
- #Published: This is the
number of Menu Items published.
- #Unpublished:
This is the number of Menu Items unpublished.
- #Trash: This
is the number of Menu Items in the Trash Manager.
- #Modules: This
is the number of menu modules associated to the Menu
Name.
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Toolbar Icons: |
- New: Click this icon
to create a new Menu. You will access the "Menu Details" window. Type
a Menu Name. This is the identification name used by Mambo
to identify this menu within the code. It must be unique. It
is recommended to use no spaces within this name. For
example, in the core Mambo the User Menus Menu Name
is usermenu and the Main Menus Menu Name is mainmenu. Next: Type
the Module Title. This is the name given to the new
mod_mainmenu module which is automatically created when
you save this menu. It is also the Name of the menu
as it will appear on the page if you choose to publish
it. This may be changed in the future when editing the
module. In the example
described above, these are User Menu and Main Menu.
Click on the Save icon. Your new menu appears in the
Menu Manager list.
- Edit: Click the radio button next to
the Menu Name you want to edit. Then, click on the "Edit" icon
which will take you to the Editing page.
- Copy: Click
the radio button next to the Menu Name you want to copy.
Then, click the Copy icon in the toolbar. This will
duplicate the menu. You may copy any of your menus.
Copying will create a new Menu Name, containing the
same Menu Items as the menu copied, associated to a
new Menu Module. A Copy Page will display, with the
same choices as in Create New Menu. It will also state
the name of the Menu being copied and a list of the
Menu Items associated to the menu being copied. Fill
in the fields as in the "Create New Menu" screen.
- Delete: Click the radio button next to the
Menu Name you want to delete. Then, click the Delete
icon in the toolbar. This will delete the Menu. A "Delete
Menu : Name-of-the-menu" screen will display. It shows
the Module(s) to be deleted (the mod_mainmenu modules associated
to this Menu) and the Menu Items to be deleted. Click the
Delete Icon surrounded by a dotted line. This will delete
this Menu, ALL its Menu Items and ALL the Modules associated
with it. A Javascript alert popup box gives you the choice
to "OK" or to "Cancel" this action.
NOTE: Deleted Menus cannot be recovered from the Trash
Manager!
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