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Introduction

Menu Systems

This menu module offers almost all features of the mainmenu module plus many many more.... Like:
- CSS- Menu with Sub-Menues
- patTemplate support
- split the menu up (e.g. sub-navigation on the side)
- navigate through sections, categories, content items (you can even make it expand regular section/category link menu items)
- plugin support (load menu items from a custom database table or create complex views)
- use one of the available menu templates (mainly based on other great resources like the suckerfish CSS menu, an accessible dTree menu, mountain-top rounded corners...) or create/modify your own menu template (you may want to make this one then available to others).

(please see the homepage for more details)

Just an additional note as some may misunderstand some things about this module:
- it main emphases is not to make it simpler than the built in mainmenu but add some more possibilities and sacrifices some simplicity for flexibility (separate sub modules could probably be created to overcome this)...
- those are mainly focused on giving the web developer/designer the possibility to create standard based web sites (menu wise)
- that is to be able to separate structure (HTML) from design (CSS)
- for integration, design and other reasons this is not a component but just a module with it's limitation
- (a required step may not be required for a later Joomla version)

This may help your decision:
- don't use this module if you don't need/want any of it's additional features
- don't use it if you are not sure what HTML/CSS is and you actually don't care about web standards (accessibility etc.)
- if you desperately want JavaScript/Flash effects other menu modules may suit you better (even though possible there is not a lot effort put into making such easier)
- otherwise just check it out.. it depends on your knowledge, preferences and what you actually want to archive

Note: Unfortunately I can't reply to comments. If you believe there is a bug or it is not working as advertised then please do contact me or raise an issue in the bug tracker.
e.g. this module is compatible with Joomla 1.7 since the snapshot version 2011-11-10.
(1.0.6 on the other hand was not compatible)

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great extension!



Posted on 14 May 2008
I've been using this extension in every site I made for a few years now. Its the only way to get your dropdown menu on the page while validating and being accessable.

fantastic work! good config!

This Works in J! 1.5 Legacy Folks!



Posted on 03 April 2008
I tried every single add-on purporting to work in J! 1.5 Legacy and got error messages or they were inappropriate for my needs. All I wanted was a simple horizontal text menu which I could set a few parameters for and guess what? This Module delivered and some!



Although advertised as working in the older version of Joomla!, I was pleasantly surprised when I installed and configured this extension to find it embedded seemlessly without any error messages and provide exactly what I was looking for. Very easy to configure and with a multitude of changeable parameters, it would surely fit the needs of website owners more often than not.



So, we have a situation here where some developers are stating that their Menu systems are compatible with J! 1.5 Legacy (when they clearly aren't) and an older Menu system that makes no such claims but actually works in the laets version of Joomla! The irony of it, eh?



Anyhow, I highly commend the developer for producing a Module that can withstand the test of technological changes in Joomla! software.



If the developer is reading this, you may want to check this out so that you don't undersell yourself and your excellent Module.

Perfect!



Posted on 18 January 2008
Very flexible, CSS based menus system.

Well, it's definitely extended.



Posted on 08 January 2008
With over 40+ configuration options, it really makes it difficult to understand at first. Still, it's a great extension once you figure it out. I continue to use it for all my sites.

Fantastic



Posted on 07 January 2008
If you already have css in your template for a drop down menu simply slot this module in where your menu was and it will pick it up.



If you haven't designed/developed the template from scratch yourself you will probably want to give this a miss.



After trying to use many of the other drop down menus on a clients website with little to no luck I tried this and it just worked. Again, I already had CSS to handle drop down menus in place from pre-joomla development of the template and the module worked perfectly.

Really nice module



Posted on 04 January 2008
Very nice module.anybody can create very nice good looking menu by using this module.



rkatriddy

For any one without knowledge of code



Posted on 21 December 2007
As me, i do not know any code but Extended Menu is a Modulo to fit when it have to go. Just be sure you get the last version and go. I never before get a horizontal menu and now mine first one here. Thank so much.

Versatile Menu



Posted on 11 December 2007
This is a great versatile menu. If you have knowledge of css, then its going to be perfect for you. I highly recommend it.

Did exactly what I needed!



Posted on 07 December 2007
Well, it let me split my menus, and in doing so manage my entire site through just mainmenu, which is a joy!



Now, the menu on the left of my site (Extended Menu, showing mainmenu) shows up the children of the parent link at the top of the site (regular Joomla mainmenu).



You just set it to use split menus, and start at child level 1, not go further than level 1, and only show the children of a particular parent (works by name, and is case sensitive, so remember that if you change the parent menu item names!).



I do then have to go into modules and tell it to only show each Ext Menu on the corresponding page - this is a pain if you are often adding content.



I would LOVE a menu system that automatically picked up the children to show in a split menu depending on which parent item was chosen on another menu... possible? Might be with this if I look hard enough!



Thanks for the hard work!

Excellent Tool, Documentation a bit terse



Posted on 25 November 2007
As other's have noted the documentation can make this module somewhat frustrating. I put most of this down to my being an American and the author being German. There are two terrif reasons to use this tool

1) Ability to have "split menus" This means that you can have one menu dependent on selection of another. For instance as uses select items from the horizontal menu at the top a left side menu can be configured to show the sub elements for that selection.

2)Drop down menu's without javascript (almost). This tool makes suckerfish CSS menus a snap. For more on drop down menus see:http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,22023.0.html

A real time saver and worth some experimentation to figure out what it does.

Extended Menu

Version:
1.3.1
Developer:
Daniel Ecer
Last updated:
Oct 12 2023
7 months ago
Date added:
Mar 05 2006
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
m
Compatibility:
J3 J4
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