Working with Menus

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Viewing a Menu

Just like editing an existing menu, you can view a menu via:

• its content folder
• menus module
• navigation link on a Web page

When viewing a menu via the content or menu folder, you get an internal view of information entered by menu creator. When viewing via a navigation link on a Web page, you get an external view of the menu, as seen by anyone navigating Web site.

View a Menu via its Content Folder

To access a menu via its content folder, follow these steps.

1. Access the Workarea and navigate to the content folder that contains the menu.
2. Click the View Menus button ( ).
3. The View All Menus screen displays a list of menus in that folder.
   
4. Click the menu you want to view.
5. The menu's options appear. The following illustration describes the icon accompanying each option.

6. Click More Info to view the details about the menu.
7. The following information appears on the More Info section of the View Menus screen.

Name	Description
Information about menu items	See Editing a Menu Item via its Content Folder
Title	Title assigned to the menu folder.
ID	ID number assigned to the menu by Ektron CMS400.NET. Note: The menu ID is automatically generated when you create a menu.
Language ID	The decimal number representing the menu's language.
Path	Path to the content folder that contains the menu.
Last User to Edit	Last user to edit this menu.
Last Edit Date	Date and time when this menu was last edited.
Date Created	Date and time when this menu was created.
Description	Description given to the menu.

The View Menu screen also provides the following buttons.

Button	Name	Description	More Information
	Add Menu Item	Add item to menu	Adding a Menu Item
	Remove Menu Item	Remove item from the menu	Deleting a Menu Item
	Reorder Menu Item	Adjust sequence of menu items	Reordering Menu Items
	Edit Menu	Edit existing menu	Editing a Menu
	Delete Menu	Delete menu and its menu items	Deleting a Menu
	Back	Return to previous screen

See Also:

Working with Menus

The Structure of Menus and Menu Items

Permission to Use the Menus Feature

Implementation of the Menus Feature

Viewing a Menu via the Menus Module

To access the menu via the Modules folder, follow these steps.

1. From the left frame of the Workarea, click Modules > Menus.
2. The Menus Report screen displays all menus.
   
3. Continue from the section Click the menu you want to view.

View Menus via Navigation Link on a Web Page

To access the menu via a navigation link on a Web page, follow these steps.

1. Access the Web page on which your Web developer inserted the link to display the menu.
2. Click the link that launches the menu on the Web page.
3. A DHTML menu is displayed along with all menu items on the menu.
   

For information on how to display a menu on a Web page, refer to the section on menus in the Developers Manual.

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