menus

Menus, Links, and Paths: Navigating the Site

Drupalace — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:09:39 -0700

This is important stuff. One of the keys to grasping Drupal is to understand that creating content is just a small part of the picture. Creating a node is simple enough; telling users how to get to any node, via links in menus or elsewhere, is the start of building a site.

Placing Menus on Your Pages

Drupalace — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:05:27 -0800

-- coming later --

Creating Menu Items on the Fly

Drupalace — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:03:58 -0800

The Menus administration form is one place where you can create menu items (see Working with Menus: Administration Page).

There's another way to create a menu item: when you create or edit a node, you can create a menu item for it on the fly.

For example, you create a node with company information, and want a link to that node to appear in a menu called 'site menu'. You could create the node, head to the Menus administration form, and create a new menu item within the menu called 'site menu'.

Working with Menus: Administration Form

Drupalace — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:01:14 -0800

Menus are the key to your site – they're the way by which visitors get at your content.

A menu is a list of links to content. Menus can appear in a horizontal line at the top of your pages, as with many web site designs. Or they can appear along the sides in blocks, another common design.

A specific link in a menu – a "menu item" – can link to a specific node. Or, calling on the full power of the database behind your site, it can pull up a list of nodes based on some criterion.

Drupal Wish #3: Easier Menu Item Weights

Drupalace — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:09:25 -0700

Aargh, am I missing something entirely?

When I create a new menu item, I typically know where I want it to nestle among the existing items. Such as before "links" but after "about us", etc.

But naturally, I don't remember what weights I gave those menu items earlier. So how do I know what weight to give the new menu item? I don't! It's "guess and see what happens". Or, the usual process, "edit" the bracketing menu items, note their weights, and set my new item's weight in the middle.