Manage menus

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ICA-AtoM includes a menu customization feature that allows administrators to change menu labels, move menus to different positions on the screen, create new menus and delete existing menus.

Menu list page

To see a list of menus, click the "Admin > Menus" menu. This will open the menu list page. Note that some menus have a lock icon next to them; this means that they cannot be deleted, although they can be edited.

Menu edit page

Edit an existing menu

In the menu list, click on a blue menu link to edit the menu. This will open the menu edit page. You can edit the name, label, parent, path or description of the menu. Click Save in the button block to save the changes.

Move a menu

There are two ways to move a menu:

1. In the menu list page, click on the up or down arrow to the left of each menu link.
2. In the menu edit page, use the drop-down menu in the "Parent menu" field to select a new parent menu. For example, if you wish to make the "Archival institution" menu a sub-menu of the admin menu in the main menu, select "Admin" from the drop-down menu.

Add a new menu

1. Click the "Add new" button in the column header on the menu list page. This will open an edit page for the new menu.
2. In the "Name" field, enter a name for the menu.
3. In the "Label" field, enter the label (this need not be the same as the menu name).
4. In the "Path" field, enter the URL of the menu. This may be either a database table or a static page.
5. In the "Parent" menu field, use the drop-down menu to select a parent menu.
6. In the "Description" field, enter descriptive information about the menu if desired.
7. Click the "Save" button in the button block.

Delete a menu

To delete a menu, click on the delete button in button block in the menu's edit page. Although this action cannot be undone, the menu can be restored as a new menu, see Add a new menu, above.