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Create custom menu

The setup of a menu follows 2 steps:

Step 1: Create a menu and submit basic information

Step 2: Add items into the new menu

 

Step 1: Create a menu and submit basic information

  1. Go to the Website Content menu, under 'Website Layout' click on Menus link. 'Menus' page appears.


  2. Click on 'New Menu' button on top of the page. 'Create menu' page appears.

  3. Submit basic information.

'Create menu' page


 

Menu Located in a Box

Custom menus get located in boxes on the website. Boxes appear in the left- or right-hand side on the website, according to your layout settings. When you create a new menu with location box, the Summer Cart system automatically creates a new box for it.

 

Important:

Remember to add items into a menu before activating it.A new menu will instantly appear on the website provided that it has an active status, even if it doesn't have contents to show.

 

Step 2: Add items into a menu

  1. Find the menu you have just created and click on  at the end of its row. 'Edit menu' page appears.
  2. A menu is composed of menu items. Menu items can be links, pages and forms, you can easily create, edit and delete them.

    'Edit menu' page, Menu Items section


  3. To create an item click on 'New Menu Item' button. 'Create menu item' page appears.

    Create menu item

     
  4. Once you created menu items, you can arrange their sort order within a menu.

Submit URL

Use 'New menu item' button to open 'Create Menu Item' page. Now select with radio button URL and submit the address.

Usually this feature is used for a link out of your website. It could a direct link or a referral link. To submit an URL start with www.


Select a page from the available list of pages

Use 'New menu item' button to open 'Create Menu Item' page. Now select with radio button Rich Text Page and select from drop-down list one of your existing Rich Text pages (RT pages).

If you are not satisfied with the available list of pages, you need to create a new page, and then come back to 'Menu items' and add it.


 
Select a form from the available list of forms

Use 'New menu item' button to open 'Create Menu Item' page. Now select with radio button Form and select from drop-down list one of your existing forms.

If you are not satisfied with the available list of forms, you need to create a form, and then come back to 'Menu items' and add it.