Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Menu Manager
What is the Menu Manager?
The 'Menu Manager' allows you to create and manage all of your navigational menus. If your site has a small number of articles, you can simply just use the default Joomla 'Main Menu'.
How do I create a new Menu?
If you want to grow your site beyond the 'Main Menu' navigation, you may want to create new menus in different positions on your site.
Creating new menus in your Joomla site gives you the opportunity to have them appear in different positions on your site. ex. top, left sidebar, right sidebar and bottom etc.... This gives you great flexibility to grow your site to create new sections on your site as the number of articles and other content grows.
- Go to the menu 'Menu' > 'Menu Manager' > 'Add New Menu'.
- Give your new 'Menu' a title
- Give the 'Menu Type' a name (no spaces). This is the system name of the menu.
- Add a description (optional)
How do I create a new Menu item for my article?
In your Joomla Administrator
- Go to the menu 'Menu' >'Main Menu'
- Click the green 'New' button on the top left of your screen
On the 'Details' tab
- Click the blue 'Select' button to select the type of menu item
- Click 'Articles' > 'Single Article'
- Click the grey 'Select' button to select your article and a popup window will open up a new screen.
- Select the article by clicking on the article title in the list of articles or enter a keyword of part of the title of your article to filter your list and select the article by clicking on the title.
How do I create a new Menu item for my blog or news section?
If you wish to have a page that displays more then two articles on the same page in a blog or news style layout, this is how you can do it.
In your Joomla Administrator
- Go to the menu 'Menu' >'Main Menu'
- Click the green 'New' button on the top left of your screen
On the 'Details' tab
- Click the blue 'Select' button to select the type of menu item
- Click 'Articles' > 'Category Blog'
- Choose an article 'Category' from the drop-down menu that contains all of your articles of that category.