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User Guide: Flexible Menu
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Flexible Menu
Support: http://amasty.com/support.html
Magento Extension User Guide
Official extension page: Flexible Menu
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Table of contents:
1. Extension settings ……………………………...………………………………….. 3 2. Creation of menu items .…………………………………………………………. 6 3. Front end examples .…………………………….....…………………………….. 11 4. How to modify design of menu blocks .…………………………………….. 14
Page 2 Support: http://amasty.com/support.html
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Please go to admin panel -> System -> Configuration -> Flexible menu to manage the extension settings.
Support: http://amasty.com/support.html
1. Extension settings Menu links created with the extension can be displayed in top menu, bottom menu and in sidebar. At the configuration page you cab enable/disabled display of the menu items in these locations.
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1. Extension settings
For bottom menu the extension adds it’s own block at the bottom of the page. In ‘Parent menu id’ you can specify the id of the menu item, which will be displayed at the top of the block. All other menu elements will be displayed under it. It is not mandatory to specify such element.
For sidebar block you can specify spacer symbol, which will be displayed in front of menu items. You can use html here.
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1. Extension settings
You can specify the number of menu levels for sidebar block. If you indicate 2 like here, only two menu levels will be displayed by default. Lower level will be displayed only after a menu item in the second level is clicked.
Top menu items are added to the main site menu. For them you can choose whether they should be displayed before categories, after categories or instead of them.
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2. Creation of menu items
To create menu items please go to CMS -> Flexible menu.
To add a menu click ‘Add Item’ button.
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For each menu item you can select where to display it – top, sidebar or bottom. To display the item in all three places please create three items (one for each location).
You can also select at which store views to display the menu item.
2. Creation of menu items
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You can link the menu item either to a CMS pages or specify any custom url.
You can choose parent menu for the item you are creating. Choose ‘Root page’ if you would like to place the item at the top level.
2. Creation of menu items
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You can also specify the item name, which will be displayed on front end and position.
2. Creation of menu items
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2. Creation of menu items
By default you have 3 root pages. They are parent for pages created for “Sidebar”, “Top” and “Bottom” menu items. Please don’t delete them.
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3. Front end examples
Here’s example of how menu items created with the module look in the top navigation.
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3. Front end examples
This is example of sidebar menu.
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3. Front end examples
This is bottom menu block may look.
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4. How to modify design of menu blocks
You can change design of sidebar and bottom menu blocks by modifying the templates of the blocks: app\design\frontend\default\default\template\ammenu\bottom.phtml app\design\frontend\default\default\template\ammenu\sidebar.phtml
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Thank you!
Your feedback is absolutely welcome!
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Should you have any questions or feature suggestions, please contact us at:
http://amasty.com/support.html
Support: http://amasty.com/support.html
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