Introduction

Menu Systems

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

Note: Unfortunately I can't reply to comments. If you believe there is a bug or it is not working as advertised then please do contact me or raise an issue in the bug tracker.
e.g. this module is compatible with Joomla 1.7 since the snapshot version 2011-11-10.
(1.0.6 on the other hand was not compatible)

Not for IE6



Posted on 13 November 2007
Pros: excellent modual, simple to use.

Cons: Not IE6 (or earlier) compatible. (opens all sub-menus)
I use Extended Menu to generate a treeview. Since the generated HTML is very basic and smart laid out I added a couple of css rules and a javascript file to make the content item list popup when hovering the categories. Since the menus are now entirely dynamic my workload has significantly dropped. Simple a great module.
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 :)
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



Posted on 31 August 2007
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.
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.
This module seems to be great, but the documentation is so poor (or maybe just dry and unorganized) for it to be usable, even if you have more advanced coding ability. This is to the point I cant use it.

Ok for me



Posted on 25 May 2007
Is just fit that I need for my site. No problem with configuration.
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.
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.

Extended Menu

Version:
1.3.1
Developer:
Daniel Ecer
Last updated:
Oct 12 2023
7 months ago
Date added:
Mar 05 2006
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
m
Compatibility:
J3 J4
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