Beside WebPages, the MenuManager probably is another most used tool in pWS. Let create a menu and go to ControlPanel > Content > MenuManager > New.
Create new menu
The option -pin to all pages- was checked manually.
Menu items
At this point, the workflow to create menuitems differ to that in the past. In CP, there is no option to add menuitems. Instead is seen a box with the menu title offering the only function to switch admin mode on.
Add link
To switch on admin mode (sounds very powerfull) enables to substitude links by clicking the plus icon left upper in the Navi box. Remember, Navi is the selected menu title. The function works with javascript.
Modify link
In the Navi box is seen the just entered link titel (ezine) and an icon just left beside, that leads to maintenance ...
...touching that icon...
The mini toolbox offers: add, edit, delete, up and down functions for the links. If the admin mode is switched off, the tool icon disapears.
One point at the moment seems a bit concious: Here, only an add (external) function is offered (the icon with the plus on a small white page background). Later, there are two icons (another one with only the plus sign) offers the substitution of internal links.
Add internal link
The menu maintenance toolbox works context sensitive. If we are, for example, within CP MenuManager, only external links may substitute. When the focus is on the webPages, displaying a unique page, the menu toolbox offers one option more to add a link to exactly that webPage:
As seen, all of the functions for menu management known from the past are present again, but with a different workflow.
First conclusion
The maintenance of menus and links (former menuitems) has speed up. If the menu box is present (pinned) at all webpages, simple a switch on to admin mode enables the required maintenance. There is no more need to follow a longer chain of links accross CP with different views in MenuManager.
eZine
