How to Create a Sub Menu on Home Page

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EMS VEMS Configuration

How to Create a Sub Menu on VEMS Home Page

Overview

Web menu items are designed to appear as a first-level menu item on the Space & Resource Reservation (VEMS) homepage. Standard configuration allows one sub menu to be attached to a parent menu.  With additional steps, multiple sub menus can be created.

There are two fundamental rules governing this process:

  • If the web menu has a link, it cannot have a sub menu
  • A parent menu can have only one sub menu

 Dependencies

  • Web Client or Desktop Client access
  • Creation of parent menu item
  • Creation of sub menu item associated with parent menu item

Summary of Steps (Web Client)

  1. Navigate to: Configuration/Web/Web Menus
  2. Click “New”.  Create the third level menu item (the sub menu item)
    1. Menu Text will appear on the Space & Resource Reservation (VEMS) web site
    2. Sequence is the order in which the sub menu will appear
    3. Add the appropriate link (if linking to an existing website)
    4. For the Parent Menu, Select “None”
    5. If the menu item should appear to authenticated users only (e.g. user must be logged in to see menu item), check the box “Authenticated Users Only”
    6. Temporarily update second level menu item
      1. Select the second level menu item
      2. Set the Parent Menu to “None”.  (This setting will allow you to attach a sub menu). Be aware that on the Space & Resource Reservation System (VEMS), this will now appear as a parent level menu item.
      3. Attach the third level sub menu item to the second level menu item
        1. Select the third  level menu item
        2. Set the Parent Menu to  the second level menu item
        3. Reset the second level menu item to reflect the true parent menu
        4. Repeat these steps to create additional sub menu items.
          1. Use the “Sequence” to manage the order in which the sub menu items display

 Note

The “temporary” steps will be visible in the Space & Resource Reservation System (VEMS) until all of the steps are completed.

Steps with Screenshots

How to Create Sub Menu on Home Page.docx

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