If you believe that only the simplest menus can be created in TYPO3, you are mistaken. In the following sections you will learn how to create all of the possible menu types, what to watch for, and what else is possible.
Text menus: Text-based menus can be created with
TMENU
. This is the simplest type of menu consisting of a combination of text and CSS.Graphical menus: With
GMENU
, an image is generated from each entry of the page tree, which then constitutes a menu item. The options that TYPO3 offers, in particular with regard to graphical menus, are unique. Graphical menus can be created easily without having to create the images first in a graphics program.JavaScript menus: JavaScript-based menus are created with
JSMENU
. The user can call the desired page from a drop-down list.Layer menus: You can generate layer-based menus with
TMENU_LAYERS
. The uniqueness with these is that the menu items unfold: when you point to a menu layer, the subsidiary layer is automatically...