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Menus are a common user interface component in many types of applications. Their task is to improve user experience and to provide convenient access to various operations and content.

How to add a menu

To add the menu, take the following steps:

  1. Login: Sign in to your ReadyCMS account
  2. Navigate: In the Settings dropdown menu, go to Menus > Add menu
    ReadyCMS dashboard with the user profile menu expanded, highlighting the “Menus” option and the “Add Menu” button on the right side.
  3. Fill-in: On the Add menu page, enter the basic information
    Animation showing how to add a new menu in ReadyCMS by filling in the title, slug, description, status, and language fields, followed by clicking the green 'Save' button to confirm the action.
    • Enter the title of the menu in the Title field
    • (Optional) Enter the slug in the Slug field
      If you don't enter the slug, it will be automatically generated after you save the menu.
    • (Optional) Enter a short description of the menu in the Description field
    • Set the status as Published
    • Choose the language (All languages option is the default - it will generate all menu variations according to registered languages)
  4. Save: Click the Save button to confirm the changes

After you create and save the menu, you can generate menu content.

How to generate a menu

  1. Edit page: After you finish all the steps and add a new menu, you will be redirected to the Edit menu page
  2. Add items: On the Generate menu tab, you can start adding menu items
    Edit Menu page in ReadyCMS showing the
  3. Content type: On the left side of the Generate menu tab, you can choose the type of content and content item that you want to add to the menu
    Animated walkthrough of adding a new item to a menu in ReadyCMS by selecting a content type, picking an item, entering text and URL, and clicking
  4. Auto-fill: After you select the content, the Text field and URL field will be automatically filled
    GIF showing how to generate a new menu item in ReadyCMS by selecting
    You can fill these fields (Text and URL) manually without choosing the content type and item, but you will need to know the exact URL of the desired content.
  5. Add items: Click the Add button to add the content to the menu on the right side
  6. Drag&drop: You can move menu items in the menu list however you choose using the menu tools (up and down arrows, adding a submenu button in the shape of a star), or you can click and drag the menu item
    GIF demonstrating how to add a new product-based menu item in ReadyCMS and then reorder items in the menu list using drag-and-drop functionality.
  7. Edit items: You can edit added menu items by clicking the blue button with the tool icon
  8. Delete items: You can delete added menu items by clicking the red button with the trashcan icon
  9. Saving: Click the Save button after you finish adding menu items to confirm the changes
Note:
Menu items must not have the same names, but they can contain the same URLs.

What's next?

Now that we've learned how to add and manage our menus, let's see how to delete the unwanted ones: Deleting menus.

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