Web Development Documentation

Create the Menu Item:

1. Log on to your site using the Administrator Login.
2. Go to Menus > Main Menu  (or whichever menu you'd like to create the menu item in) and click Add New Menu Item:
   
3. Enter the name for the menu item (as it should appear in the Menu) in the Menu Title field (see #1 below). You may leave the box for Alias blank; one will automatically be generated.
4. Next to the box for Menu Item Type, click the Select button (see #3 below).
   
5. A "Menu Item Type" pop-up window will open. Click Articles, then click Category List (see #2 below):
   
6. Once this option is chosen, there will be a field titled "Choose a category". Select the appropriate category from the drop down list:
   
7. If your new menu item should appear as a drop-down selection, go to the Parent Item drop-down menu and select the existing menu item that the new menu item should appear under (see #2 below).  If you leave "Menu Item Root" selected for Parent Item, your new menu item will appear as a top-level item:
   
8. Click Save to the upper left:

Changing the Parameters of the Menu Item:

1. While still in the "Menus: New Item" window, click "List Layouts" - see number 1 below
2. Change "Display Select" to "Hide" - see number 2 below
3. Change "Show Hits in List" to "Hide" - see number 3 below
4. Change "Author in List" to "Hide" - see number 4 below
5. Change "# Articles to List" to "All"
6. Click Save & Close - see number 5 below

A "Category List" Layout is appropriate for larger categories, or categories with long articles (such as faculty pages or course descriptions).  For displaying a smaller category, or a category with shorter articles (such as "News" or "Announcements"), a "Category Blog" may work better.