What’s on the Menu? A Full Course of Drupal’s Menu System

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What’s on the menu?

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Who is this for? •  New to Drupal? •  Using a Drupal site you didn’t build?

What are menus? Clarify what we mean

What users think menus are •  Main site navigation •  Sub-navigation •  Footer links •  List of content •  Site map

Example: Pinterest help

h"p://help.pinterest.com/en    

Example: Wholefoods

What’s in the box? Drupal’s default menu system

DEMO •  Decoupled from content •  Linked freely Drupal’s menu system

Menu system modules

Content menu module

h"ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYoYtoQ1s8c    

Menu block https://drupal.org/project/menu_block

Dynamic menus

DEMO Create lists with Views Dynamic lists of content, terms, users, etc.

Taxonomy Menu Block Creates menus out of your taxonomy terms.

h"ps://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_menu_block  

Faceted search Faceted search Simplifies complex options Users can expand to see “more options” Localized search

floridahospital.com/find-­‐a-­‐doctor?lat=28.5731323&lng=-­‐81.3706776  

Administration menu tricks

DEMO Admin menu http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu

DEMO Views menu tabs Example: Adding links to your administration menu or tabs in a menu.

Adminimal menu

h"ps://drupal.org/project/adminimal_admin_menu    

Make it pretty

Menu icons https://drupal.org/project/menu_icons

Responsive Menus

h"ps://drupal.org/project/responsive_menus    

Superfish http://drupal.org/project/superfish

Nice Menus https://drupal.org/project/nice_menus

Menu attributes •  Add information to menu

elements •  Id •  Name •  Target •  Rel •  Class •  Style •  Accesskey

https://drupal.org/project/menu_attributes