Create a menu component

You can only use a menu element by creating a menu component.

You cannot add a menu element to authoring templates, sites, site areas or content items.

1. From an authoring portlet, click New > Component > Menu .

2. Enter identification information for the component.

3. Define your menu search parameters.

4. Define your menu formatting parameters.

5. If workflows are enabled for components, select a workflow.

6. Set access properties.

7. Save the component form.

• Defining menu element search properties

  Specify the search criteria to be used when generating the menu element. You can limit the search according to content item profile settings including authoring templates, site areas, categories and keywords.

• Defining menu element formatting options

  Define how search results will be displayed for the menu element.

  This includes defining the sort order for results, paging options for menu elements with multiple pages of results, and formatting options controlling how the menu is rendered.

Parent topic:

Use a menu element

Next topic:

Menu element design examples

Related tasks

Entering identification information
Select a workflow
Granting users or groups access to an item

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