Up to now, we've focused on creating menus and tweaking menu display and settings. Of course, menus are about the hyperlinks they contain, so let's have a closer look at the way these are created and modified. As creating menu links is an essential activity in Joomla, you're already familiar with the basic steps it takes to create these—navigate to Menus, click on the name of the menu, and click on New. Alternatively, click on the Add New Menu Item fly-out menu.
Every time you create a new link, you first have to select the Menu Item Type. You're presented with a pop-up screen containing an impressive list of available types. Click any of the headings to reveal all the available options:
Note
This list of Menu Item Types can be different in your particular Joomla installation. After you've installed a component that contains its own new page types, these can show up in the Menu Item Type list too.
When building the example site you've added links using...