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Joomla! 1.7 Tutorials: Add submenu items to menu

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Lesson 4: How to add submenu items in Joomla! 1.7

In order for Joomla! to display content, you need to write articles, and then link to these articles in the menu.
You can make category lists, or link to a single article.

There are other ways to add menu items, but I will walk you through these two methods in this tutorial.

This is where we left things last lesson

Our menu has five links

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Adding content

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Last time our Products was a category list menu item

Clicking Products in the menu shows articles in a list

To add menu items

to point to our new products

add menu itemIn Lesson 3 (click on the image) we learned how to add a menu item. If you can't remember, visit the lens again to refresh yourself.

Menu Manager > Main Menu > Add New Menu Item

Choose the menu type

Click Select

New menu item

Choose Single Article

to point to the product article

Name the menu item

the title of the article (Orange ball)

Choose the article from the pop-up at right

Click Select/Change

Click Save and Close

Choose the article you want

Click its title

All items are subcategories of Products

in the Menu Manger

All items in listing

To see the menu

how we want it displayed

Go to Extensions in the top menu and choose Module Manager

Find Main Menu in the list at left

Click to edit

Make sure that Yes is selected

On the right is a set of options.
Make sure that Yes is selected to show the Submenu items.
Click Save and New and repeat the steps to add all the products.

Click Products, then Orange Ball

and the article appears in the window

You can extend the menu

by adding each product as a submenu item of their categories

add each product as a submenu item of their categories

Click Products to see the category listing

Click Products to see the category listing

Click the first category

under Products

Click the first category

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  1. This is where we left things last lesson

Learn much?

It was easier than you thought!

  • Divya Mar 10, 2012 @ 11:12 pm | delete
    how can i add games to joomla website...
  • JanTUB Mar 21, 2012 @ 4:48 am | delete
    You simply go to the games extensions on http://extensions.joomla.org/ and download or buy the ones you want.
  • sumeetsarna Nov 11, 2011 @ 11:23 pm | delete
    can i earn money through joomla
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