Purpose: |
Each Menu in the system
has a corresponding Module. The settings in each individual
Module apply to the specific Menu tied to that Module.
Details
- Title: Title of the module to display on
the page.
- Show Title: Show/Hide the Title (above) of the
Module on the page.
- Position: Assign the Module to a position
on the template.
- Module order: The order the module will appear
among modules assigned to the same page, in the same position.
- Access Level: Determines who (which class
of user) can view the Module.
- Published: Show/Hide the Module.
- ID: This is the ID number for the module
item. This is auto-allocated by the Mambo system when the
module is saved.
- Description: A short description of the functions
provided by the Module Type
- Pages / Items: Sets on which pages the Module
will appear.
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Usage: |
n/a |
Default State: |
Published |
Parameters: |
- Menu Class Suffix: Type
(if needed) a suffix to be applied to the CSS class
of the Menu Items (mainlevel and sublevel).
- Module Class Suffix:
Type (if needed) a suffix to be applied to the CSS class
of (table.moduletable). This allows individual
module styling.
- Menu Name: Type the name
of the menu as defined in the Menu Manager.
This menu contains the Menu Items that will display on your
site.
- Menu
Style: Three styles of menu
are provided with Mambo. Vertical, Horizontal
and Flat List.
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The Vertical menu displays its Menu Items
vertically in a table format.
It may display sublevels menus if desired.
These are presented in an indented form.
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The Horizontal Menu honors only the first
level items and produces a
horizontal collection of Menu Items separated
(if desired) by a Spacer as defined below.
It is displayed in a table format.
- The Flat List is a type of Menu displayed in a list
format (<li> tags). Depending on the CSS,
it may display horizontally or vertically. It does
not display sublevels.
- Enable Cache: Cache the contents of the Module..
- Show Menu Icons:
Show or Hide the menu icons
you have specified for your Menu Items.
- Menu Icon Alignment:
Choose which alignment to display these
icons if checked to show.
- Expand Menu:
Show or hide the sublevel menus for the
chosen menu by default (only
for Vertical Menus).
- Indent Image:
Choose which indent system to use. It
could be None, provided by the template,
be the default Mambo system or customized
with the following parameters "Indent Image 1 to 6". This
lets you choose a specific image for
each menu level (the images must be in
the images/M_images folder to be available
as a choice).
- Spacer:
Choose a character to act as spacer in
an Horizontal menu. It is often a "|" or a "-".
- End
Spacer: Choose a character
to act as a spacer for the end of
the menu.
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Toolbar Icons: |
- Preview: Preview Module. NOTE: You can only
Preview typed modules.
- Save: Save changes and return to Module Manager.
- Apply: Apply changes without exiting the
page.
- Close: Cancel without saving your changes
and return to Module Manager.
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