Joomla/C2/Menus-in-Joomla/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on understanding menus in Joomla.
00:06	In this tutorial, we will learn about: Menus and their importance in Joomla, Menu Manager and how to create menu items.
00:16	We will also learn how to: create sub-menus, change the default Homepage and Unpublish menu items.
00:25	For this tutorial, we will be using: Ubuntu Linux OS 14.04, Joomla 3.4.1, Apache, MySQL and PHP obtained through XAMPP 5.5.19.
00:41	To follow this tutorial, you should know how to create articles in Joomla.
00:46	If not, check the relevant Joomla tutorials on the Spoken Tutorial website.
00:52	Let’s go to our Digital India webpage to understand more about menus.
00:57	On the right of the Homepage, there is a box which says "Main Menu".
01:01	It currently has only one menu, "Home". By default, this is the only menu available in Joomla.
01:10	Menus are a way to help us navigate the website. Every menu has a set of menu items.
01:16	Here "Home" is a menu item which points to all Featured articles.
01:22	This is the reason why any article that is marked as "Featured" appears on our Homepage.
01:29	Every menu item defines a URL to a webpage.
01:33	A menu item can be set to point to an article, like Vitamin A here.
01:39	Or it can be set to list all articles under a category, like Vitamins.
01:45	Let’s switch to the Joomla control panel.
01:49	Click on Menu Manager in the left menu.
01:53	Alternately, you may click on Menus in the menu-bar at the top of the webpage and then on Menu Manager.
02:01	By default, we have one menu called Main Menu.
02:05	Click on the title Main Menu.
02:08	We can see the menu items associated with this menu.
02:12	Notice that Menu Manager: Menu Items has a similar layout as Article Manager.
02:18	Let’s create a menu item which will point to our article "Benefits of Nutrients".
02:24	Click on the New button in the toolbar.
02:27	Menu Item Type field decides the type of page to be shown, when we click on that menu item.
02:33	There are various options like Single Article, List of articles in a category etc.
02:40	Click on Select button, next to the Menu Item Type.
02:44	A new window opens. Click on Articles in the new window.
02:48	We can see a list of options under Articles.
02:52	Click on Single Article.
02:55	Depending on the Menu Item Type, some new parameters may be required.
03:00	Since we have selected Single Article, a new field Select Article has appeared.
03:06	This is a mandatory field. Click on Select button, next to this field.
03:11	A new window opens with a complete list of articles.
03:15	This window has a Search text box which works on the title of the article.
03:20	It also has filters to narrow down the list of articles visible in the window.
03:25	Let’s select the article Benefits of Nutrients.
03:28	For now, we will keep the default settings in all the other fields in this window.
03:34	Right on the top, we have the Menu Title field. This is a mandatory field.
03:39	Let us type: Single Article - Nutrients as the title.
03:44	Click on Save and Close.
03:46	Switch to Digital India web-page and refresh it.
03:50	Notice the new menu item link. Click on it.
03:54	We can see the article Benefits of Nutrients is displayed here.
03:58	Click on Digital India at the top left to go back to the Homepage.
04:02	Switch to the Menu Manager webpage.
04:05	Let's change the Single Article-Nutrients menu item to List of categories.
04:11	So, click on the title Single Article-Nutrients.
04:16	Click on the Select, next to Menu Item Type.
04:19	In the new pop-up window, click on Articles and then on List All Categories.
04:25	We are back to the Menu manager window.
04:28	Notice now that a new field appears. It requires us to select the Top Level Category.
04:34	This is the category whose subcategories will be listed under this menu item.
04:39	By default, it is Root.
04:41	We will leave all the other fields as they are.
04:45	But we will change the menu title to Multiple Categories.
04:50	Click on Save and Close.
04:52	Switch to the Digital India web-page and refresh it.
04:56	In the Main Menu, click on Multiple Categories.
05:00	Notice that two of our categories Nutrients and Food Sources are shown on the top left of the webpage.
05:08	The numbers next to the category indicate the number of articles under that category.
05:14	Also, notice that the category Uncategorized is not shown here.
05:18	That is because it has neither any article nor any subcategory assigned to it.
05:24	Click on Nutrients link.
05:26	The article Benefits of Nutrients and subcategories Vitamins and Minerals are shown up.
05:32	Click on Digital India link at the top left to go back to the Homepage.
05:37	A menu item can have sub-menus, similar to how a category can have sub-categories.
05:43	Switch to the Menu Manager webpage.
05:46	Let's create a submenu under Multiple Categories.
05:50	On the Menu Items page, click on New button.
05:54	Click the Select button next to Menu Item Type and then on Articles.
05:59	Select Category List.
06:03	This will display a list of articles in a category.
06:06	A new field Choose a Category appears.
06:10	By default, the selected category is Uncategorised.
06:14	Let's select Nutrients in the drop-down list.
06:18	On the right, there is a field to select the parent item. Click on it. Then select the option Multiple Categories.
06:27	Lastly, let's give this menu a title - we will call it Nutrient Articles.
06:33	Click on Save button.
06:37	Let’s have a look at all the changes on the Digital India web-page.
06:41	Let’s refresh the webpage and click on Multiple categories menu item.
06:48	Immediately, we see the sub-menu item Nutrient Articles displayed below it. Click on it.
06:56	This page lists all the articles under this category in a tabular format.
07:01	The sub-categories-Vitamins and Minerals are listed separately.
07:06	Now, let’s have a look at the title that is displayed for this web-page.
07:11	It says Nutrient Articles, as you can see here.
07:15	How can we change this title to a different one?
07:18	We can do this through the Menu settings.
07:21	Switch to the Menu Manager webpage.
07:24	Let’s click on the tab Page Display.
07:27	Note that here all the page settings are optional.
07:31	In Browser Page Title field, type Nutrient Category.
07:36	Then click on Save and Close button.
07:39	Switch to the Digital India webpage and refresh it.
07:43	Notice the browser title now.
07:46	It says Nutrient Category.
07:49	Click on the Digital India link to go back to the Homepage.
07:53	Let us switch back to the Menu Manager.
07:56	Notice the Home button in the top toolbar.
07:59	This makes the page associated with the selected menu as the website Homepage.
08:04	By default, the menu item Home is set as the default Homepage.
08:10	We can verify this by hovering the cursor on the Home column button.
08:15	The tool tip says “Default”.
08:18	Let's make the Nutrient Articles submenu as the default Homepage.
08:23	Click on the check-box to the left of the title and click on Home button in the toolbar.
08:29	Notice that the yellow star now appears next to this submenu.
08:33	Switch to the Digital India webpage and refresh it.
08:37	Notice that the Homepage has changed.
08:41	Menus are important in Joomla because content can be displayed only via menus and every website must have at least one published menu.
08:51	Switch to Menu Manager webpage.
08:54	Select the check-box to the left of Nutrient Articles submenu.
08:58	Click on the Unpublish button on the top toolbar.
09:02	The system shows an error Can't unpublish default home.
09:07	This means that the menu associated with the Homepage cannot be unpublished.
09:13	However, we can unpublish the parent menu.
09:17	Click on the check-box to the left of Multiple Categories.
09:21	Click on Unpublish button in the toolbar.
09:25	Unpublishing a menu also un-publishes all its submenus.
09:30	Let's go to the Digital India webpage and check what we have done. Refresh the Homepage.
09:35	Notice that the Homepage now shows an error The requested page cannot be found.
09:42	This is because the default Home menu - Nutrient Articles also got unpublished.
09:48	Let's go back to the Menu Manager.
09:51	Publish the Multiple Categories by clicking on the Status icon.
09:56	Switch to the Digital India web-page and refresh it.
10:00	Note that the error on the Homepage has now gone. We can see the Nutrient Articles being displayed.
10:07	Let us summarize. In this tutorial, we learnt about: Menus and their importance in Joomla, Menu Manager and how to create menu items.
10:18	We also learnt how to: create sub-menus, change the default Homepage and unpublish menu items.
10:26	Here are 2 assignments for you: Create a new menu item - Category Blogs and Lists under the Main Menu. Create 2 submenus under this menu item.
10:37	Hint is, to use the guidelines given in the assignment-text file provided with this tutorial.
10:43	Refresh the Homepage. Click on the newly created menu items and understand the difference between the 2 menu types.
10:51	Delete the menu item Nutrient Articles. See if you can restore it back. Hint is, to use the Search Tools filter.
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