Adding a New Menu

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create an additional menu separate from the default one in Joomla. You’ll also see how to display that new menu using a Menu Module. Once you have the new Menu, you can then add menu items to it.

Prerequisites

• 2.0 First steps with articles, menu-items and categories
• 9.2 Menu Modules

Steps for creating a menu

1. Login to Joomla as an administrator and navigate to the Home Dashboard.
2. In the left-side menu, expand Menus and click on Manage.
3. Click on the New button. A New Menu form appears.
4. Enter a title (required).
5. Enter a unique name (required).
6. Enter a description for the menu.
7. Save and close

Steps for displaying the menu using a menu module 

1. In the left-side menu, expand Content and click on Site Modules.
2. Click on the New button. A Select a Module Type window appears.
3. Click on the block titled: Menu(This module displays a menu in the Frontend).
4. Enter a title (required).
5. In the Module Tab, In Select Menu click the down arrow to select the new menu you just created.
6. In the Module Tab, In Position click the down arrow to select a template position where you would like the menu displayed.
7. In the Module Tab, In Status click the down arrow to select Published.
8. In the Menu Assignment Tab, In Module Assignment click the down arrow to select one of four options:
   1. On all pages: displays the menu on all pages
   2. No pages: does not display the menu on any pages
   3. Only on the pages selected: only displays the menu on the pages you check from the list of pages
   4. On all pages except those selected: only displays the menu on the pages that you do not select from the list of pages
9. Save and close

Steps for adding menu items to the menu

1. follow these instructions: 2.1 Creating an Article and Menu Item
    

Concepts

• menu
• menu module

Existing resources

• Adding a New Menu.