Menu Manager: Main Menu and other Menus

-- Draft Version 4.5.3

This page shows a list of the Menu Items associated to the menu you have just chosen.

For further information concerning the default User Menu:
Help: User Menu

Toolbar Icons

Publish and Unpublish: Same function as ‘Published’ column icon. You may use these icons with multiple items checked.

Move: Opens a new ‘Move Menu Items’ window where you can choose to move the specific Menu Item(s) —and children if desired— to another existing Menu. You may check multiple items to be moved at once.

Copy: Opens a new ‘Copy Menu Items’ window where you can choose to copy the specific Menu Item(s) —and children if desired— to another existing Menu. You may check multiple items to be copied at once.

Trash: Sends the Menu Item to Trash. It may be recovered through Site->Trash Manager, Menu Items tab. You may check multiple items to be trashed at once.

Edit: Edit an existing Menu Item.

New: Create a new Menu Item.

JS Tree

This navigation tree provides shortcuts to access various aspects of the Administration related to Menus.
Menu Manager.
Menus which are defined on the site.
Trash with the number of Items it contains.

Filters

From left to right:
Search a Menu item by name.
Levels: You may select the maximum number of levels deep that the menu tree is displayed.
State: Displays the Menu Items according to the publishing state.
Access: Displays the Menu Items according to their Access levels.

Column Descriptions

Clicking on any title will order the items according to the title clicked.

Check Box/Padlock: Click this to select the Menu Item. A padlock icon will replace the Check Box if the item is checked-out. Clicking on it will check-in the item on an individual basis. If this Menu Item has been checked out by another manager/administrator, please contact the administrator of your site for him/her to Check-in the Menu Item. When checked, clicking the Toolbar Icons will perform the various actions available.

Menu Item : Name of the link as it appears on your site. If you click on this name, you may edit parameters related to this Item.

Published: This shows whether the Menu Item is published or unpublished. By clicking on the icon, you may switch its state.

Reorder : This shows the order of Menu Items in the menu. Click the arrow icons to move the item up or down in the list.

Order: Shows the order of Menu Items in the menu. You may change it by editing 2 # conjointly and clicking on the ‘Save Order’ icon next to the Column Heading ‘Order’.
NOTE: Order and Reorder show the relative positions of Parent and Children Menu Items. Moving a parent moves the children too. The order numbers are shown relatively to the Parent Item.

Access : This is the user access level for the menu item. Click on the Access level to switch it to another value.

Itemid: This shows the 'id' for this specific Menu Item in the database.

Type: The type of link used for this Menu Item. If it is a ‘Link – Content Item’ or a ‘Link – Static Content’, you may directly edit the content by clicking on the type.

CID: This shows the ‘componentid’ for this specific Menu Item in the database.

Other function available below the list:

Display #: You may alter the number of rows displayed in the list.
NOTE: This setting will be preserved for all lists on all screens while you are in the Administator back-end. A default value for the list length is also configurable in Global Configuration.