Menu

Many authors will never need their menus edited or they will have their content buddy or OET edit them.  This is because:

• their menus don't change;
• someone else in the unit is editing them;
• editing menus is too complex;
• their menus change too infrequently to bother learning to edit them

Which Menu Does a Page Use?

The menu used for a given page is the first menu file (menu.html) found above that page.  For example consider the following folders:

• /oet
• /oet/web
• /oet/web/publishing

The url http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/oet/web/publishing/ will use the menu found in /oet/menu.html because there are no menu files in the folders /oet/web or /oet/web/publishing

Creating A New Menu

To create a new menu, use the create new page and use the menu template.  Be sure to name the filename menu.html.

How Do I Edit the Menu?

1. Determine which menu file you are editing and type the URL of that menu in the Contribute address bar in browsing mode (if you are currently editing a page hit the save for later icon). 
   
   You will see the menu file appear as a list of lists as below.  Hit the Edit Page button to start editing the menu..
   
   
2. The menu template will now appear in the form below.  This is the editing mode and the directions are at the top of the page.  The menu template is a little tricky, but you'll get the hang of it.
   
   
   
3. Hit the publish button and go to a web page that uses the menu to see the menu.