Menus

With menus you can navigate to any object what have url.

Menus

Before you insert a menu you have to choose a menu group. In GrandCMS there is at least one menu group. The Main Menu. First you have to make your main menu for your visitors so chose this menu group. To insert a menu into main menu you have to go here: Content > Menus > Menus > Main menu as you can see above at main menu there are the most important menus. After installation this list is empty. Here you can add , delete , and edit menus. You can rebuild damaged menu chains with rebuild button

You can sort menus by name (asc, desc) if you click at the "Menu".

You can select one or multiple menus to delete if you check the box before name.

You can select all menus at once in the page if you check the box before "Menu".

After you created Main Menu you can choose other menu groups where you want to insert menus.

Add new Menu

Here you can find three tabs:

General tab

Under "General" tab you may find more tabs or just one. It is depend on how many languages were installed. You have to fill the "Name" field what will be the name of the menu. The description field have no function yet.

Data tab

Link: Autocomplete. Just start write an inner element name and select one or just put here an url. The menu will navigate to this link.

You can use full URLs: "https://www.grandcms.com/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=62", "https://www.grandcms.com/seo-keywords" for living sites. But if you want to make a temporary site then you have to use another URLs: For SEO contents you can use the SEO keyword: "some-thing" but it will work only if your site can handle SEO URLs. For non SEO contents you can use this format: "index.php?route=information/information&information_id=62".

Menu group: You can change the menu group here.

Parent: Autocomplete. Just start write a menu name then select it from the list. If you choose a parent then this menu will be a sub menu.

Sites: If you use multiple sites then you can select where you want to see this menu.

Columns: This field only use at main menu. There this menu's sub menus will use this number to make columns.

Sort order: The position of this menu in the same level (parent) menus. This number can be negative.

Status: Enabled or Disabled. Show this menu or not.

Rights tab

Here you can add rights to this menu. You can read about rights here.

Menu Groups

Main Menu

You can use menu groups to make different menus. GrandCMS have a built in group: "Main menu". You can find main menu in admin interface here: Content > Menus > Menus > Main menu

You can't edit or delete this menu group.

This menu group's menus will appear at the front site like below:

Other Menu Groups

You can manage your other menu groups at: Content > Menus > Menu groups

Here you can add , delete , and edit menu groups.

You can sort menu groups by name (asc, desc) if you click at the "Menu Group Name".

You can select one or multiple menu groups to delete if you check the box before name.

You can select all menu groups at once in the page if you check the box before "Menu Group Name".

You can use other menu groups only with a "Menu" module.

Add a new Menu Group

You can add here a new menu group if you give a name. Press to save button to save or press cancel button to cancel this action.

After you save menu group it will appear under: Content > Menus > Menus. There you can add menus to your new menu group.

Edit a Menu Group

You can change the menu group name here. Press to save button to save or press cancel button to cancel this action.

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