Creating a New Menu Item

The Content Management System allows administrators to create different types of Menu Items to display different site content.  The types of menu items are organized into seven categories: Database, Article Content, Components, Community Forum, Polls, Forms and Other.  Important: Before a new menu item will be viewable on the website, the appropriate group permissions should be assigned.  To assign permissions, click the Permissions button in the top toolbar of the Menu Item Manager.

To create a new menu item, first navigate to Website > Menu Manager and click the name of the menu to which you want to add a new menu item.  This will open the Menu Item Manager for your chosen menu.  In the top right corner of the Menu Item Manager, click New.

Selecting the New Menu Item Type

Now that you have chosen to create a new menu item, you may choose what type of menu item you would like to add.  Clicking on any of the menu item type headings will open a list of the menu items you are able to add.

The following are descriptions of the types of menu items available organized by menu item type:

Database

The Database category will allow you to add a menu item to direct a user to the following pages:

My Profile: This menu item will bring the user to his or her profile page
View All: This menu item will bring the user to the directory where he or she will be able to see the other members directory listings, according to attribute security. 
Simple Search: This menu item will bring the user to the Simple Search page where he or she can search for other members using keywords or phrases
Narrow Search: This menu item will bring the user to the Narrow Search page where he or she can search for other members using keywords or phrases or the Narrow Search filters configured in Attribute Management.
Advanced Search: This menu item will bring the users to the Advanced Search page where he or she can search for other members using the Advanced Search options.
Add User: This menu item will bring the user to the Add User page where he or she can add additional database profiles.  Typically, this menu item is for administrators only.
Export Center: This menu item will bring users to the Export Center.  Typically, this menu item is for administrators only. 

Article Content

The Article Content category will allow you to add menu items which direct users to the following pages:

Front Page Blog Layout: The Front Page Blog Layout will display the articles assigned to the front page.  Articles can be assigned to the front page menu item by toggling the green check mark in the Front Page column of the Article Manager.
Single Article: A Single Article menu item will display the designated article.  The article which will display can be chosen in the Parameters (Basic) of this menu item.
Category Blog Layout: The Category Blog Layout will display the intro text of articles from a designated category.  The category to be displayed and layout (number of leading articles, columns etc.) for this menu item can be configured in the Parameters (Basic) of this menu item. 
Category List Layout: The Category List Layout will display article titles from a designated category.  The category and number of article titles to be displayed can be configured in the Parameters (Basic) of this menu item.
Archived Article List: The Archived Article List will display articles in archived status, regardless of category.  The order in which these articles display can be configured in the Parameters (Basic) of this menu item. 

Components

The Components category will allow you to add menu items which direct users to the following pages:

Event Calendar: This menu item will direct users to the event calendar.
Event List: This menu item will direct users to the event list.
Contact Center: This menu item will direct users to the contact center.  Generally, this menu item is only used when non-administrators need access to the contact center.
Print Center: The print center menu item will direct users to the print center.  Similar to the contact center, this menu item is generally only used when non-administrators need access to the print center.
News Feeds: The news feeds menu item will direct users to a list of the site's news feeds.
My Community: This menu item will direct users to the main Social Community page. 
Blog: This menu item will link to the home page for your MemberClicks Blog.

Community Forum

The Community Forum category will allow you to add menu items which give access to three different views of the Community Forum:

View Forum List: This menu item will direct users to the forum list, also referred to as the board index.  The categories and forums which display on the Board Index will depend on the group permissions for each category and forum.
My Posts: This menu item will direct a user to a list of his or her posts.  Generally, this menu item should only be displayed to non-public users.
Most Recent Posts: This menu item will direct a user to the most recent posts on the Community Forum 

Polls

The Polls category allows you to place menu item which directs users to the site's polls:

Only the site's published polls will appear in the list.  To add a new poll, an administrator can navigate to the Components menu in the admin interface and click the new button.

Forms

The Forms category will allow you to add a menu item which directs users to one of your online forms:

Expanding this category will display a list of the active forms in your MemberClicks solution.  To add a new form or to change a form to active status, administrators can navigate to the form menu and add a new form or to the form list to edit an existing form.

Saved Searches

The Saved Searches grouping will allow you to add a menu item to direct users to the results of a saved search:

To add a menu item which links to the results of a saved search, simply click the name of the saved search in the list.

User Search Pages

The User Search Pages menu item will generate link to one of the User Searches you have created under Database > User Search. Click here to learn more about creating a User Search Page.

Other

The Other category contains three types of menu items which you can add to your website:

Login/Logout: If a user is not logged into the site, then this menu item will read Login and direct users to the site's login page.  If a user is already logged in, this menu item will read Logout and will log users out of the site and direct them to the group based logout page set in Group Management.
External Link: An External Link menu item will direct users to an external web address which can be specified in the Menu Item Details of this menu item.
Separator:  A Separator is a menu item which cannot be clicked.  This menu item type is used to organize groupings of menu items.

Set Menu Item Permissions

Under "Group Access" assign permissions to groups that should be able to view this menu item.

Check the box to the left of the group name for each group that should have permission to view it (the box to the left will check/uncheck all groups at once). Click "Save" when finished.

Video

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