Managing Menus: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:19, 20 October 2023

After you accessed the admin area of your website, click on the Design and CMS and Menus tabs.

You can create a new menu by clicking on the corresponding button, switch on/off Show Tips switch and choose the required front end by clicking on the corresponding tab.

In the Available pages section, you can use the search tool, Expand all or Collapse all by clicking on the corresponding tabs, view Pages, Categories, Brands and so on (as well as Subcategories and Subsubcategories (if any) by clicking on + icon) and then by scrolling the scroller up and down, and move the required unit from top to bottom and the other way round by dragging it using the hand tool.

Using the Menu section, you can:

choose menus from the drop down
copy menu from another sale channel
import and export menu data

While editing a menu, drag and drop menu items to arrange in the right order

OR

drag and drop menu items to arrange parent / child order

While adding a new menu item, you can select category to add as a single category (subcategory) OR select “All categories” to add automatically updated tree of all categories.

Similarly, you can select brand to add as a single brand, or choose “All brands” to add an automatically updated list of all brands.

It is also possible to select Default, Info and Account pages by clicking on + icon and then choosing the required page, and add Components (from the list of existing components), Custom link and Custom catalog links by dragging them using the hand tool.

You can also edit/delete a menu item by clicking on the corresponding icons.

While editing a menu item, it is possible to:

change its title
set “open in new tab” flag
set “nofollow link” for SEO
set CSS class
set link (for “Custom Link” menu item type only)

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-'''Note: This manual is for osCommerce v4.'''
+After you accessed the admin area of your website, click on the '''Design and CMS''' and '''Menus''' tabs.
-After you accessed the admin area of your website click on '''Design and CMS''' and '''Menus''' tabs. You can create a '''new menu''' by clicking on the corresponding button, switch on/off '''Show Tips''' switch and choose the required '''front end''' by clicking on the corresponding tab. In the '''Available pages''' section you can use the '''search''' tool, '''Expand all''' or '''Collapse all''' by clicking on the corresponding tabs, view '''Pages, Categories, Brands''' and so on (as well as '''Subcategories''' and '''Subsubcategories''' by clicking on '''+''' icon) by scrolling the scroller up and down and '''move''' the required unit from top to bottom and the other way round by '''dragging''' it using the '''hand''' tool. In the '''Menu''' section choose the required menu from the drop down list. Based on your choose its '''submenus''' (and '''subsubmenus''' if any) will appear. You can '''edit/delete''' a menu by clicking on the corresponding icons and '''view/update''' its '''name'''. You can also '''edit/delete''' '''submenus''' (and '''subsubmenus''' if any) by clicking on the corresponding icons, choose the required '''language''' by clicking on its tab, view/update '''Title''' and '''Class''' fields and '''move''' the required unit from top to bottom and the other way round by '''dragging''' it using the '''hand''' tool.
+You can '''''create a''''' '''''new menu''''' by clicking on the corresponding button, switch on/off '''''Show Tips''''' switch and '''''choose''''' the required '''''front end''''' by clicking on the corresponding tab.
-[[File:Image 159.png|none|frame]]
+In the '''Available pages''' section, you can use the '''search''' tool, '''Expand all''' or '''Collapse all''' by clicking on the corresponding tabs, view '''Pages, Categories, Brands''' and so on (as well as '''Subcategories''' and '''Subsubcategories''' (if any) by clicking on '''+''' icon) and then by scrolling the scroller up and down, and '''move''' the required unit from top to bottom and the other way round by '''dragging''' it using the '''hand''' tool.
+[[File:1225 View Pages.jpg|alt=|none|thumb|800x800px]]
+[[File:1225a Scroller.jpg|none|thumb|800x800px]]
+Using the '''Menu''' section, you can:
+* ''choose menus from the drop down''
+* ''copy menu from another sale channel''
+* ''import and export menu data''
+[[File:1226 Menu section.jpg|none|thumb|801x801px]]
+While editing a menu, drag and drop menu items to arrange '''''in the right order'''''
+[[File:1227 Right order.jpg|none|thumb|800x800px]]
+'''OR'''
+drag and drop menu items to arrange '''''parent / child order'''''
+[[File:1228 Parent Child order.jpg|none|thumb|801x801px]]
+While '''adding''' a new menu item, you can select '''''category''''' to add as a '''single''' category (subcategory) '''OR''' select “'''''All categories'''''” to add automatically updated tree of all categories.
+[[File:1229 All Categories.jpg|none|thumb|800x800px]]
+Similarly, you can select '''''brand''''' to add as a '''single''' brand, or choose '''''“All brands”''''' to add an automatically updated list of all brands.
+It is also possible to '''select''' ''Default'', ''Info'' and ''Account'' ''pages'' by clicking on '''+''' icon and then choosing the required page, and '''add''' ''Components (''from the list of existing components''), Custom link'' and ''Custom catalog'' ''links'' by '''dragging''' them using the '''hand''' tool.
+[[File:1230 Pages and Links.jpg|none|thumb|801x801px]]
+You can also '''edit/delete''' '''a menu item''' by clicking on the corresponding icons.
+While editing a menu item, it is possible to:
+* ''change its title''
+* ''set “open in new tab” flag''
+* ''set “nofollow link” for SEO''
+* ''set CSS class''
+* ''set link (for “Custom Link” menu item type only)''
+[[File:1231 Menu item edit.jpg|none|thumb|801x801px]]