This menu module offers almost all features of the mainmenu module plus many many more.... Like:
- CSS- Menu with Sub-Menues
- patTemplate support
- split the menu up (e.g. sub-navigation on the side)
- navigate through sections, categories, content items (you can even make it expand regular section/category link menu items)
- plugin support (load menu items from a custom database table or create complex views)
- use one of the available menu templates (mainly based on other great resources like the suckerfish CSS menu, an accessible dTree menu, mountain-top rounded corners...) or create/modify your own menu template (you may want to make this one then available to others).
(please see the homepage for more details)
Just an additional note as some may misunderstand some things about this module:
- it main emphases is not to make it simpler than the built in mainmenu but add some more possibilities and sacrifices some simplicity for flexibility (separate sub modules could probably be created to overcome this)...
- those are mainly focused on giving the web developer/designer the possibility to create standard based web sites (menu wise)
- that is to be able to separate structure (HTML) from design (CSS)
- for integration, design and other reasons this is not a component but just a module with it's limitation
- (a required step may not be required for a later Joomla version)
This may help your decision:
- don't use this module if you don't need/want any of it's additional features
- don't use it if you are not sure what HTML/CSS is and you actually don't care about web standards (accessibility etc.)
- if you desperately want JavaScript/Flash effects other menu modules may suit you better (even though possible there is not a lot effort put into making such easier)
- otherwise just check it out.. it depends on your knowledge, preferences and what you actually want to archive
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| Flexible and powerful by rybik, October 17, 2007 |
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1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
This is the best menu system for Joomla. Plenty of options and easy templating. Of course needs some knowledge about CSS but ... CSS is basic :) |
| Enables great css only drop down menus! by saetveit, September 22, 2007 |
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1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
This isn't the easiest extension to work with, but its output can be used to make a great horizontal or vertical css-only suckerfish menu!
I tried it a year ago, and my knowledge was insufficient to get it working properly (as a suckerfish menu) but upon second try, it worked great! |
| The best menu system by calamusid, August 31, 2007 |
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1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
Extend menu is a great module to manage the menu system in Joomla.
With extend menu you can hide the HOME link (the home page link generally is the logo), you can also split the menu system from any level. |
| Absoultely fantastic by teddyboy, June 18, 2007 |
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This is a extension with a fairly steep leaning curve that repays you many times over for the time spent.
So far, I have been able to build a drop-down suckerfish menu (with a little help from my friends), child menus directly from other menus and section/category menu items all from the same extension.
This is a truly amazing extension that you only appreciate when you work with it. |
| Ok for me by cdulbecco, May 25, 2007 |
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Is just fit that I need for my site. No problem with configuration. |
| Useful. But buggy. by garfield, May 23, 2007 |
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Here are what I found using this module.
It can show unpublished categories and hide published. For no visible reason.
And it is EXTREMELY difficult to configure the module itself. Tooltips explain nothing.
Above described problems anything that offers this module is excellent. |
| Very Versatile! by riceguitar, May 21, 2007 |
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I tried a couple of other alternatives such as FWSubmenu (which is not bad). However this does kind of leave them in the dust. Lots and lots of options. If you want to have a drill down type site also complimented by a drop down menu somewhere else, this is a great solution for that. |
| It's not 1.5 compatible :-( by h4nneke, May 21, 2007 |
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I really like Extended Menu! But.....
I'm already preparing to upgrade to joomla 1.5 so I won't have too much work left when the stable version is released.
Extended Menu is not (yet) compatible with Joomla 1.5 :-(
Question for the developer: when will it be?? |
| Extremely flexible, well documented IMHO by rdorfman, May 11, 2007 |
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Compared to many open source projects, Daniel has done fine job on documentation. Some coding knowledge is required to get maximum benefit from this tool but once you master the fine points this module will give you unmatched power and flexibility. |
| rawkin and simple by puckalish, May 8, 2007 |
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dig. all i wanted was a menu module that orders the items as nested list items. this did as much and nothing more, which is awesome. i love having the leeway to set up the design and markup my way and, though it has features i never use, this certainly allows for that.
now if i could figure out how to create multiple instances of it. |
| Great work by rojer_31, May 7, 2007 |
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Use this menu when you need to customize your menu in any way at all. Took some time to get an understanding on PatTemplate, but it really is customizability to the max!
My thanks to the developer |
| Editors pick? how? why? by rudedog, March 14, 2007 |
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I really needed to extend the functions of the Joomla menu system. I've recently taken over a site with a dhtml menu system and it was driving the users crazy, they hate it. I currently have three sites and was looking for a solution that would fit all three. This seemed to be the answer to my problems. I downloaded it, the install went perfect, then i went to work on the set up. That is where the problems began. is there such a thing as to many
features? This module has settings for everything but the kitchen sink. that would not normally be a bad thing, most are very useful, and many were exactually what i need. but the implementation of them is way to complex. even after hours of working with the menus i still could not get a simple menu to fit into any of my templates. so far i have yet to achieve even one of the effects that are shown on the demo site. at this point i don't believe i ever will either, simply because at one point the menu simply disappeared and i cant seem to find it. its just gone. no matter how many times i move it,publish, unpublish, and redo the settings its just hiding somewhere.
while i would not recommend this to anyone it has great potential, it looks like a huge amount of work has been done, and im looking forward to a stable release. this one is most definitely not stable.
one thing that does have me both confused and amused at the same time is the fact that in selection box for the menu type it says "horizontal(not recommended)" "vertical(not recommended)" and there is another option that is not recommended. lets see, if the developer doesn't recommend these options, what does he recommend? all my other menus use one of those options. perhaps im missing out on a new fad, disappearing diagonal menus. :)
whats more confusing then the module is the fact that this is an editors pick. how? why? |
| Excellent for my needs by zinzeldorf, February 15, 2007 |
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I was simply looking for a way to style my menu items individually without having to wade through confusing admin interfaces and javascript settings of many DHTML menus out there. This module allowed me to do just that with the click of a button. Obviously I am not using any of the more advanced features, but for my needs, this was what I needed. Thanks!
If ever I decide not to use this in the future, my original menus will remain in tact as they are simply being referenced by this code. |
| Great work by Daniel by absalom, February 6, 2007 |
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Daniel has created a stable, well thought out package for designers with the Extended Menu system. Apart from the obvious usability and accessibility benefits that this menu system brings, it is a breeze to set up and customise. |
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