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Joomla! 1.6 First Look

By : Eric Tiggeler
Book Image

Joomla! 1.6 First Look

By: Eric Tiggeler

Overview of this book

Release of the much awaited Joomla! 1.6 is just round the corner. There is a lot of hype and curiosity about the new features Joomla! 1.6 will provide and how it will affect existing users.Joomla! 1.6 First Look is a concise guide to the new features of Joomla! 1.6, targeted at existing Joomla! users and developers. If you want to see what's new in Joomla 1.6 and how it's going to affect you, this is the book for you. This book will give readers an insight into the new features of Joomla! 1.6, showing them what has changed, how the changes will affect them, and how to upgrade to Joomla! 1.6 from existing Joomla! versions. It begins with general changes in interface and basic articles, and then takes you through the changes in menus, control levels, templates, extensions, and SEO features. It explains the new features and how to use them, drawing attention to significant differences from how things used to behave. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with the consequences these changes will bring to you as a Joomla! user or developer.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Joomla! 1.6 First Look
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Chapter 4. Managing Menus and Menu Modules

When Joomla! 1.6 was announced, most attention went to major changes and additions, such as the new content categorization system that we covered in the previous chapter. However, there are many more little changes that result in almost equally important improvements in your user experience as a Joomla! site administrator. Good examples of this are the changes in the Joomla! Menu Manager. You'll be surprised to experience how a set of relatively small changes enhances the way you manage menus and menu items.

These are the topics that we'll cover in this chapter:

  • Using the new Menu Manager screen

  • Managing the contents of menus in the Menu Items screen

  • Using new Menu Item Types