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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en_US" xml:lang="en_US"> <head> <title>Site Module - Menus</title> <link href="css/help.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body><strong class="title">Module: Main Menu and other Menus</strong> <table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td width="16%" align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Purpose:</td> <td width="84%" valign="top" class="data"><p>Each Menu in the system has a corresponding Module. The settings in each individual Module apply to the specific Menu tied to that Module. </p> <strong>Details </strong> <ul> <li><strong>Title</strong>: Title of the module to display on the page.</li> <li><strong>Show Title</strong>: Show/Hide the Title (above) of the Module on the page. </li> <li><strong>Position</strong>: Assign the Module to a position on the template.</li> <li><strong>Module order</strong>: The order the module will appear among modules assigned to the same page, in the same position.</li> <li><strong>Access Level</strong>: Determines who (which class of user) can view the Module.</li> <li><strong>Published</strong>: Show/Hide the Module.</li> <li><strong>ID</strong>: This is the ID number for the module item. This is auto-allocated by the Mambo system when the module is saved.</li> <li><strong>Description:</strong> A short description of the functions provided by the Module Type</li> <li><strong>Pages / Items</strong>: Sets on which pages the Module will appear.</li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Usage:</td> <td valign="top" class="data">n/a</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Default State: </td> <td valign="top" class="data">Published</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Parameters:</td> <td valign="top" class="data"><ul> <li><strong>Menu Class Suffix</strong>: Type (if needed) a suffix to be applied to the CSS class of the Menu Items (mainlevel and sublevel).</li> <li><strong>Module Class Suffix</strong>: Type (if needed) a suffix to be applied to the CSS class of (table.moduletable). This allows individual module styling.</li> <li><strong>Menu Name</strong>: Type the name of the menu as defined in the Menu Manager. This menu contains the Menu Items that will display on your site. </li> <li><strong>Menu Style</strong>: Three styles of menu are provided with Mambo. Vertical, Horizontal and Flat List. <ul> <li> 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. </li> <li> 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. </li> <li>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.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Enable Cache</strong>: Cache the contents of the Module..</li> <li><strong>Show Menu Icons</strong>: Show or Hide the menu icons you have specified for your Menu Items.</li> <li><strong>Menu Icon Alignment</strong>: Choose which alignment to display these icons if checked to show.</li> <li><strong>Expand Menu</strong>: Show or hide the sublevel menus for the chosen menu by default (only for Vertical Menus).</li> <li><strong>Indent Image</strong>: 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).</li> <li><strong>Spacer</strong>: Choose a character to act as spacer in an Horizontal menu. It is often a "|" or a "-".</li> <li><strong>End Spacer</strong>: Choose a character to act as a spacer for the end of the menu.</li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Toolbar Icons: </td> <td valign="top" class="data"><ul> <li><strong>Preview</strong>: Preview Module. NOTE: You can only Preview typed modules. </li> <li><strong>Save</strong>: Save changes and return to Module Manager. </li> <li><strong>Apply</strong>: Apply changes without exiting the page. </li> <li><strong>Close</strong>: Cancel without saving your changes and return to Module Manager. </li> </ul></td> </tr> </table> </body></html>