Menu Builder

Menu Administration

Menus are created independently of pages and can be inserted into a web page using a menu hotspot.

To add, edit or remove a menu click on the 'Menu admin' button in the top command area to go to the menu administration page.

Creating a new menu

Step 1

Select the 'Create a new menu' option in the Menu administration area, and press the 'Submit' button.

Step 2

Type in a name for the new menu and press the 'Submit' button.

Building the menu items

Step 1

Enter the menu building area through the menu administration area. Do this by selecting the 'Administrate menu items' option, and finding in the neighbouring drop-down box the name of the menu that you wish to edit. Press the 'Submit' button.

Step 2

In the menu building area you can add the top level items for your menu by clicking on the 'Add new top-level menu item' link. When you do this you will be taken to a form that will ask you for the information needed to build the item.

Step 3

When building menu items you need to type in a label for the item. The label is the piece of text that will represent the item when viewed on a web page. You will also need to select the behaviour of the item, i.e. is it a link or heading? If it is a link then this item acts as a hyperlink and you need to specify where it links to by selecting the page on the left-hand navigation menu. Otherwise, if the item is a heading, it does not act as a hyperlink itself, so there is no need to specify a page to link to.

Step 4

Sub-items can be added to each item by clicking on it's adjacent 'Add item to sub-menu' link in the menu building area. You will then be able to define this new sub-item similarly to building a top level item, as in Step 3.

Removing an existing menu

Step 1

Select the 'Remove a menu' option in the menu administration area, and find in the neighbouring drop-down box the name of the menu that you wish to remove. Press the 'Submit' button.

Step 2

You will be asked to confirm the deletion. To do this click on the 'Yes' button.