Bentobox Menu Options
Bentobox features the exciting and exclusive RokMooMenu system for the ultimate in menu functionality and style, as well as the popular and reliable RTSplitMenu. An option for Suckerfish is also included. Here you can read an overview of the Bentobox menu configuration options.
Selecting your Menu Style
Bentobox allows you to choose from 3 menu options:
- SplitMenu2 - The SplitMenu2 is a new menu style based on the advanced SplitMenu used in Sporticus. The difference is that this menu provides 2 levels of horizontal tabs that look absolutely stunning. This is the default menu for the BentoBox template
- SplitMenu - Then venerable SplitMenu is a solid choice for navigation. It works by rendering the top-level menu options horizontally, and the submenu/child items are rendered in a module on the side.
- Suckerfish - Back by popular demand is the drop-down style suckerfish menu.
You can designate which menu type you want to use on your site within the template's configuration.
To have specific menu items appear as sub items, you must assign them to the specific navigation item in which they will originate from. The following tutorial will show you how simple it is to create your ideal menu system.
Once you have logged into the Joomla! Administration Area, you must navigate to the Menu area. Hover over the Menu item in the taskbar to show the dropdown menu. For this example, we are going into the mainmenu but the technique is exactly the same for all menus in the Administrative area.
You will then be transported to the Menu Manager for mainmenu. At this point, you can do 2 things. The first is to edit an existing menu item, which we will be doing in this tutorial or create a New menu item to be subordinate to an existing item. Click on the item you want to be part of the dropdown menu.
You can now assign the content item to the mainmenu item in which you want to be in the dropdown menu. Identify the "Parent Item" section of the manager. You will select the item in which you wish to be the parent and the source of the dropdown menu. In this example, we have selected "Home".