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Go to your new Joomla website by typing "www.YOURDOMAINNAME.com" into the address bar of your browser, if you have not already done so. |
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| After entering your domain name and going to your website, you should see an address like this "http://www.YOURDOMAINNAME.com/". At the end of the address, type "administrator" and hit return. This will load the administrative login page. |
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| Enter the Username and Password you created in "Step 5 - Set Up Joomla" and click "Login". |
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| You will now see the Administrative Control Panel. Go to the "Menus" drop down menu and select "Main Menu*". This will load the "Menu Item Manager" page for "mainmenu". |
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There should be one menu item listed named "Home". We are going to create a second menu item to link to "Page 1". "Page 1" is a generic name for an additional page we created in Step 6 - Create Website Pages.
Select "New". |
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Select "Article". Then select "Article Layout". |
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Enter a "Title" for your link. Then click on the "Select" button next to "Select Article".
Note: The title represents the text displayed in the link and may be different than the title of the page. |
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In the "Select Article" window, click on "Page 1" (or the name of the page you wish to link to)..
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Select "Save". You will be returned to the "Menu Item Manager". Repeat steps 5-9 for as many pages as you wish to link to from the Main Menu.
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Step 10 |
Now we are going to create a second menu which will display horizontally across the top of the website.
Select "Menu Manager" from the "Menus" drop down menu.
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The "Menu Manager" displays a list of all your menus. Select "New".
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Enter "Top Menu" for the "Unique Name", "Title", "Description" and "Module Table". Then click "Save".
Note: You can name the menu whatever you want. We are naming it "Top Menu" to maintain clarity in this tutorial. Of the four fields, "Title" is of the most consequence, because in some cases you may want the title of the menu to display on the website. |
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Return to the "Menus" drop down menu and select "Top Menu".
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Repeat Step 5-9 for as many links as you wish to add to your top menu.
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When you are done, select "Module Manager" from the "Extensions" drop down menu.
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In the "Module Manager" you will see the "Main Menu" module and the "Top Menu" module. Select the "Top Menu" module.
Note: Modules are a method Joomla uses for displaying a wide variety of features or content in different positions on your website. |
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Select "No" for "Show Title", select "Yes" for "Enabled", select "user3" from the "Position" menu and click "Save".
Note: The choice of module "Position" is effected by the template you have chosen. For the purposes of this tutorial we are assuming that you are using the default "rhuk_milkyway" template. We'll learn more about templates in Chapter 9 - Choose Design Template. |
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Go to the front page of your Joomla website by typing "www.YOURDOMAINNAME.com" into the address bar of your browser. You should see the links you created in both the "Main Menu" (displayed on the left) and the "Top Menu" (displayed horizontally near the top of the webpage).
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