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Overview

Menu items are used to control the permissions of web pages to permissions for a group of or audience. Menu codes are set against each role and can be shared across different roles. 

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  • Menu Title
  • Authentication
  • Head and Layout Template that determines the look of the page (Classic sites only)

Step-by-step guide

To Create a New Menu Item create a new menu item on an Existing Menu:

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existing menu:

  1. While logged into your website, navigate to Content / Advanced Content → Menu Editor (zMenus.aspx). 

  2. Select To select the required 'Menu Code' via , click its radio button.Click on 'Parent Items' (this is the list of
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  3. To access the top level menu items), click Parent Items.

  4. Identify where the new content should page will be located with respect to on your navigation structure (For example, it can be at the Top top level of the Navigation, navigation or in the Footer, or a footer menu. Or as a hidden link that you can use and post on Social Media so users who arrive at the site will not see it).

  5. If this is a top level menu item, continue to Step 7. If this is a sub-level Itemitem, identify the parent itemselect the top level menu it will belong to ('Preferences', for example), then click ' Menu Items'.Click 'New' to
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  6. To create a new Menu Itemmenu item, click New.

  7. Set the value of the fields as

    detailed in the table below.
  8. Click 'OK' to save.

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  1. needed:

    Prompt

    Value

    Notes

    Menu Item CodeUnique

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  1. value for this

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  1. menu items's codeA unique code with no spaces

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    Parent ItemPre-populated

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  1. There is no need to

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  1. edit this field.
    Label for the Navigation PaneUser-friendly

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  1. name for the

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  1. menu itemIf the item is visible in the navigation panel, this

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  1. text

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  1. will be displayed to the user.
    DescriptionDescriptionThe Description is useful for site Administrators, and is not generally visible to end users.
    Page NamePage Name

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  1. If

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  1. the page is a standard application page,

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  1. enter the page name

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  1. and append ".aspx".

    If

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  1. this page is custom content, e.g., a static page like 'About Us', leave this blank.

    Custom Page Code

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  1. Select from dropdown listApplicable for custom pages only. 
    SequenceNumeric

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  1. value relative to the other

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  1. pages in the

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  1. menuIf this item is in

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  1. a navigation

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  1. menu, this is the order

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  1. the

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  1. menu item label will appear relative to other items.
    Requires AuthenticationYes / NoYes - the user will be required to login before viewing this content.
    No - the user will be not be required to login to view content.
    HiddenYes / NoIf this item is hidden, it will not appear

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  1. in the navigation

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  1. menu (but can be accessed via hyperlink)

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  1. NOTE - If this is a

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  1. sublevel item and the

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  1. top level menu its is hidden, this

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  1. page will

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  1. be hidden as well.
    Layout TemplateDefault Layout TemplateChoose the layout of this page.


  2. To save, click OK.



Info

Other fields on this page provide different function for the application - these . These fields will retain their default value.


Related

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help

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