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By netranger on
Hi,
I would like to organize my Navigation menu a little more. I want to create another menu, just like the default menu Create Content. The new menu will be called Users Tools. Under this new menu I want to add things like Buddylist, Birthdays, Guestbook, Mugshots and Gallery.
This would make my Navigation block a lot cleaner looking I think :)
I was in admin/build/menu but I can't seem to get it work. I noticed that Create Content uses node/add and for my new menu I don't know what to add. Thanks for all your help.
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A menu item has a path edit
A menu item has a path edit box that will be displayed in the content area of your theme. To find out what to put there, simply go the the default navigation menu and hover your mouse over an existing menu item and read what you see in the browser status bar. You only need to include the path following your install directory or site name. Some examples include ...
add a new page --> node/add
point to an existing page node/n where n is the node ID (as seen in the status bar)
go to front page --> (including the symbols).
Hope this helps.
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If you want your User Tools to be in their own little block which can be visibile to logged in users, you can do so as well:
step 1
administer -> menus -> add menu ****(note: add menu NOT add menu item)
no need for a path, just name it ex: User Tools
step 2
then at administer -> menu
edit the links you want to move, and move them to User Tools menu in the drop down. Newly created menus will be toward the bottom of the drop down list.
the only time you need to worry about path, is when you want to point directly to a node or a path, in the case you describe you wont need a path. just a a menu (which automagically creates a block). Unless you want to point to a page, where your User Tools would also show on a page. If this is the case, create the node you will point to first. add your HTML and save. make note of the node number, this is the node/# you will use in path.
This may help explain if you haven't seen it yet: http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/menu
create the menu item at the same time
It's easier and you don't have to remember the node #.
Nancy W.
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NancyDru
Nice
That's nice dude and works great but I have to create a block for this. Check out this image = http://img408.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dropdownmenujz5.jpg You can see the new menu I added with the block. Not sure I like this because it adds to the clutter.
I circled the Create Content menu item. I would like something like this because it has a nice little drop down menu and it has a sexy little page where users can read what each link does. Very sexy :P
If I understand nancyw correctly, I have to make a page (using /node/add/page) Then create my menu item(User tools) in the path of that item I link to my page. Add my links like buddy list and gallery to User Tools. When I click on User Tools it will have a sexy drop down menu and page like Create Content.
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correct.
^^
Thank you both for the help. Works great =)
Well...
You make them just like you would the top level menu item. The difference is that you create a little introductory page for User Tools. Then the other items are entered with User Tools as the parent, rather than Navigation.
Nancy W.
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NancyDru