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   2  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en_US" xml:lang="en_US">
   3  <head>
   4  <title>Site Module - Menus</title>
   5  <link href="css/help.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
   6  </head>
   7  <body><strong class="title">Module: Main
   8  Menu and other Menus</strong>
   9  <table width="100%"  border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
  10       <tr>
  11            <td width="16%" align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Purpose:</td>
  12            <td width="84%" valign="top" class="data"><p>Each Menu in the system
  13                      has a corresponding Module. The settings in each individual
  14                      Module apply to the specific Menu tied to that Module. </p>
  15                 <strong>Details </strong>&nbsp; 
  16            <ul>
  17                 <li><strong>Title</strong>: Title of the module to display on
  18                      the page.</li>
  19                 <li><strong>Show Title</strong>: Show/Hide the Title (above) of the
  20                      Module on the page. </li>
  21                 <li><strong>Position</strong>: Assign the Module to a position
  22                      on the template.</li>
  23                 <li><strong>Module order</strong>: The order the module will appear
  24                      among modules assigned to the same page, in the same position.</li>
  25                 <li><strong>Access Level</strong>: Determines who (which class
  26                      of user) can view the Module.</li>
  27                 <li><strong>Published</strong>: Show/Hide the Module.</li>
  28                 <li><strong>ID</strong>: This is the ID number for the module
  29                      item. This is auto-allocated by the Mambo system when the
  30                      module is saved.</li>
  31                 <li><strong>Description:</strong> A short description of the functions
  32                      provided by the Module Type</li>
  33                 <li><strong>Pages / Items</strong>: Sets on which pages the Module
  34                      will appear.</li>
  35            </ul></td>
  36       </tr>
  37       <tr>
  38            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Usage:</td>
  39            <td valign="top" class="data">n/a</td>
  40       </tr>
  41       <tr>
  42            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Default State: </td>
  43            <td valign="top" class="data">Published</td>
  44       </tr>
  45       <tr>
  46            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Parameters:</td>
  47            <td valign="top" class="data"><ul>
  48                 <li><strong>Menu Class Suffix</strong>: Type
  49                           (if needed) a suffix to be applied to the CSS class
  50                      of the Menu Items (mainlevel and sublevel).</li>
  51                 <li><strong>Module Class Suffix</strong>:
  52                           Type (if needed) a suffix to be applied to the CSS class
  53                           of&nbsp; (table.moduletable).&nbsp; This allows individual
  54                      module styling.</li>
  55                 <li><strong>Menu Name</strong>: Type the name
  56                                     of the menu as defined in the Menu Manager.
  57                      This menu contains the Menu Items that will display on your
  58                      site. </li>
  59                 <li><strong>Menu
  60                                          Style</strong>: Three styles of menu
  61                                          are provided with Mambo. Vertical, Horizontal
  62                                          and Flat List.
  63                           <ul>
  64                                <li>
  65                                     The Vertical menu displays its Menu Items
  66                                                    vertically in a table format.
  67                                          It may display sublevels menus if desired.
  68                                          These are presented in an indented form. 
  69                                </li>
  70                                <li>
  71                                     The Horizontal Menu honors only the first
  72                                                    level items and produces a
  73                                          horizontal collection of Menu Items separated
  74                                          (if desired) by a Spacer as defined below.
  75                                          It is displayed in a table format. 
  76                                </li>
  77                                <li>The Flat List is a type of Menu displayed in a list
  78                                               format (&lt;li&gt; tags). Depending on the CSS,
  79                                               it may display horizontally or vertically. It does
  80                                not display sublevels.</li>
  81                           </ul>
  82                      </li>
  83                 <li><strong>Enable Cache</strong>: Cache the contents of the Module..</li>
  84                 <li><strong>Show Menu Icons</strong>:
  85                                          Show or Hide the menu icons
  86                                          you have specified for your Menu Items.</li>
  87                 <li><strong>Menu Icon Alignment</strong>:
  88                                          Choose which alignment to display these
  89                                          icons if checked to show.</li>
  90                 <li><strong>Expand Menu</strong>:
  91                                          Show or hide the sublevel menus for the
  92                      chosen menu by default (only
  93                                          for Vertical Menus).</li>
  94                 <li><strong>Indent Image</strong>:
  95                                          Choose which indent system to use. It
  96                                          could be None, provided by the template,
  97                                          be the default Mambo system or customized
  98                                          with the following parameters &quot;Indent Image 1 to 6&quot;.&nbsp; This
  99                                          lets you choose a specific image for
 100                                          each menu level (the images must be in
 101                                          the images/M_images folder to be available
 102                                          as a choice).</li>
 103                 <li><strong>Spacer</strong>:
 104                                          Choose a character to act as spacer in
 105                                          an Horizontal menu. It is often a &quot;|&quot; or a &quot;-&quot;.</li>
 106                 <li><strong>End
 107                                               Spacer</strong>: Choose a character
 108                                               to act as a spacer for the end of
 109                                               the menu.</li>
 110            </ul></td>
 111       </tr>    <tr>
 112            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Toolbar Icons: </td>
 113            <td valign="top" class="data"><ul>
 114                 <li><strong>Preview</strong>: Preview Module. NOTE: You can only
 115                      Preview typed modules. </li>
 116                 <li><strong>Save</strong>: Save changes and return to Module Manager. </li>
 117                 <li><strong>Apply</strong>: Apply changes without exiting the
 118                      page. </li>
 119                 <li><strong>Close</strong>: Cancel without saving your changes
 120                      and return to Module Manager. </li>
 121            </ul></td>
 122       </tr>
 123  </table>
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