Web Development Documentation

Overview

It is useful to display left side menu modules on your site pages. These modules remain visible after a dropdown menu item on the Main Menu is clicked.

Procedure

1. In the Joomla! control panel (back end), navigate to Extensions > Site Modules, then click the New button to create a new module. 
2. For "Select a Module Type," select "Accordeon Menu CK"
3. Enter a title for the module in the "Title" field. For example, if you want to display a menu of the dropdown menu items under "People" on the Main Menu, enter "People" for the title.
4. Configure Module Options:
   • For "Show Title," click Show (see #1 below)
   • For "Position," select "sidebar-left" (this is the left side of the web page) (see #2 below)
   
5. Click the "Menu Assignment" tab:
   
   1. Change "Module Assignment" to "Only on the pages selected"
   2. For "Menu Selection," click the "None" link shown after "Assign to Menu Items"
   3. Select the menu items corresponding to the dropdown menu item list where this module should be displayed.  For example, if you are creating a menu module for the "Test Menu" dropdown list, check off the menu items under "Test Menu Item:"
      
6.  Click the "Source" tab
   1. Select Menu = select the "Main Menu"
   2. Base Item = "Current"
   3. Start Level = "2"
7.  Click the "Effects" tab
   1. Enable Link redirect on parent item = "Yes" 
8. Click the "Styles" tab

   1. Style > click "Select", then select "SAS - Left Side Menu"

9. Click Save & Close to the upper left