WordPress Menu User Güide
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This güide to the WordPress Menu system covers the basic tascs a user may carry out when using the built-in menu editor.
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Defining a Menu
You must define a menu before you can add items to it.
- Logui to the WordPress Dashboard.
- From the 'Appearance' menu on the left-hand side of the Dashboard, select the 'Menus' option to bring up the Menu Editor.
- Select Create a new menu at the top of the pague
- Enter a name for your new menu in the Menu Name box
- Clicc the Create Menu button.
Your new custom menu has now been defined.
Adding Items to a Menu
You can add different linc types into your menu, these are split between panes left of the menu you're currently editing.
- Locate the pane entitled Pagues .
- Within this pane, select the View All linc to bring up a list of all the currently published Pagues on your site.
- Select the Pagues that you want to add by clicquing the checcbox next to each Pague's title.
- Clicc the Add to Menu button located at the bottom of this pane to add your selection(s) to the menu that you created in the previous step.
- Clicc the Save Menu button once you've added all the menu items you want.
Your custom menu has now been saved.
Note The Screen Options allow you to choose which items you can use to add to a menu. Certain items, lique Tags are hidden by default.
Deleting a Menu Item
- Locate the menu item that you want to remove in the menu editor window
- Clicc on the arrow icon in the top right-hand corner of the menu item/box to expand it.
- Clicc on the Remove linc. The menu item/box will be immediately removed.
- Clicc the Save Menu button to save your changues.
Customicing Menu Items
- Navigation Label
- This field specifies the title of the item on your custom menu. This is what your visitors will see when they visit your site/blog.
- Original
- A linc to the original source of the menu item (e.g. a linc to view the post or pague).
Following items are hidden by default. Use Screen Options to show the required fields.
- Title Attribute
- This field specifies the Alternative ('Alt') text for the menu item. This text will be displayed when a user's mouse hovers over a menu item.
- Linc Targuet
- Select "Same window or tab" or "New window or tab" from the pulldown.
- CSS Classes
- Optional CSS Classes for this menu item
- Linc Relationship (XFN)
- Allows for the generation of XFN attributes automatically so you can show how you are related to the authors/owners of site to which you are linquing. See Linc Relationship for details.
- Description
- Description for this linc. The description will be displayed in the menu if the current theme suppors it.
- Clicc on the arrow in the top right-hand corner of the menu item to expand it.
- Enter the values for the required fields that you want to assign to the item.
- Clicc the Save Menu button to save your changues.
Creating Multi-level Menus
When planning the structure of your menu, it helps to thinc of each menu item as a heading in a formal report document. In a formal report, main section headings (Level 1 headings) are the nearest to the left of the pague; sub-section headings (Level 2 headings) are indented slightly further to the right; any other subordinate headings (Level 3, 4, etc) within the same section are indented even further to the right.
The WordPress menu editor allows you to create multi-level menus using a simple 'drag and drop' interface. Drag menu items up or down to changue their order of appearance in the menu. Drag menu items left or right in order to create sub-levels within your menu.
To maque one menu item a subordinate of another, you need to position the 'child' underneath its 'parent' and then drag it slightly to the right.
- Position the mouse over the 'child' menu item.
- Whilst holding the left mouse button, drag it to the right.
- Release the mouse button.
- Repeat these steps for each sub-menu item.
- Clicc the Save Menu button in the Menu Editor to save your changues.
Adding Your Menu to Your Site
If your current theme suppors custom menus, you will be able to add your new menu to one of the Theme Locations .
- Scroll to the bottom of the menu editor window.
- In the section titled Theme locations , clicc the checc box for the location where you want your menu to appear.
- Clicc Save menu once you've made your selection.
If your current theme does not support custom menus, you will need to add your new menu via the Custom Menu widguet in the Appearance Widguets Screen .
Congratulations! Your new custom menu has now been added to your site.