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A very productive extension. I'm hoping for an 1.7 version.

I have a fussy client who wanted drop down menu items in the main nav and corresponding sub navs to be highlighted when active. Not easy to achieve with 2 entirely different menu modules I can tell you. With this module, I was able to achieve this but not after pulling a few strands of hair out of my head!

In order to customize my sub menu items, I utilized the default_1.css file but no matter how many times I modified it, the links in my sub nav wouldn't change. After inspecting the code in the helper.php file, I located an error. The path to the default_1.css file is incorrect. It reads: modules/mod_customenu/customenu/css_extra/ when it should be modules/mod_customenu/customenu/css/extra/.

So, for those of you considering this module and in particular, the custom features, keep this in mind but don't let it deter you from giving this mod a go as it is really very good indeed.

Note: I've notified the developer of the error.

I needed to create an overlapping tabs menu which required some layout customisation and css techniques. CustoMenu was ideal for this. I don't believe it could have been achieved easier.

I needed help with some css styling and Peter responded almost immediatly to resolve my issue. Truly professional.

Hi, this was the first module i ever downloaded for Joomla.and it was right away very easy to use. helped me a lot implementing my modest css knowledge in getting exactly the menu my designer had me make.
thanks a lot. hope all my downloads will be as accurate and comfortable.

I too used it for specific links in my footer - worked like a charm. I did need to do a small hack as I needed to overwrite the Joomla specific Itemid=xx in order to make sure another menu showed after I clicked on one of these links. An option to overwrite the itemid with one from another menu item would have been brilliant :) Thanks so much for this module!

My client requirements included an accessible plain text menu located at the bottom of each page. This module does the trick, and supports both internal joomla content and external content (like Facebook). Very easy to configure and style as needed. I like this module!

excellent, simple but amazing, a great touch for my site.... thanks!!!

Exactly what i said in the title, it is the best module available on joomla by far and allows the most flexibility with the utmost ease possible!I see no better way to design one, it is just what i have imagined and dreamt about.I hate to nag like a lot of people here but if there was a support for submenus, wich does not affect the present structure by adding a new smarty-like variable in the template it would be the precise definition of perfection! I would love if it the module would get an upgrade with this feature and then i would also consider giving a donation along with my deep respect for the developer wich i have at the present time! Keep up the wonderfull work and i certanly hope you'll get the time to take this module to it's 100% potential so it can claim it's throne as the best module ever created! Cheers!

I don't understand the hue and cry over drop-down menus, but I do use two and three level menus on occasion. CustoMenu can't handle anything beyond the top level of a menu and if you need more keep looking. To be fair, the developer is very up front about this and there is a way around that limitation with some work.
First, I'll touch on the core feature: the ability to override Joomla's sometimes limited menu output. If a single level works for you but you want your own styles, use CustoMenu and create your own template. It's easy and you can do just about anything.
But for me the real strength is the ability to create a menu of up to 20 items from items in any menu. It's a bit of work because you can override just about any menu setting, but when you're done you've got... well... a custom menu. I've done just that, creating a menu for the footer of my site that had just 6 items pulled from a much larger menu system. And I've created a copy of my main menu and added a link to the site map in the footer as well. Yes, I suppose I could have used standard Joomla menus and menu links, but I wouldn't have been able to style them as easily and I wouldn't have had nearly as much control over the code.
So CustoMenu gets four stars for being so very useful, but I'm holding one back because you can do much the same with Joomla (although with more work on your part).

Absolutely flexible. Just two words: it works.
Looking forward to the possibility of having more than one level menus on it. If you have a simple one level menu and you want complete control over each menu item, you have found it.

Does almost everything I was looking for. Wishlist: A way to toggle center, left or right alignment would be a big bonus. As it is a quick hack to the template and the addition of tags solved the problem. Inelegant but it works.

I got this module after spending a weekend pulling my hair out trying to get active states on 2 different menus to coincide. CustoMenu allowed me to define the behaivor of one menu completely independent of the others,which worked perfectly!

The module is easy to set up and super easy to get going with content. The CSS is easily understood and everything works fine with Cufon!

One suggestion... The admin panel needs to be something like an accordion menu. That would make it easier to jump right to the menu item you want to edit and keep everything neat.

In closing, it's a perfect 10, 5 stars and 2 thumbs way up! CustoMenu saved what little hair I have left! CustoMenu is highly worthy of a donation, which I'm going to do right now! THANK YOU!

Relatively new to Joomla, CustoMenu was exactly what I was looking for to get my menu system working!

Took me 20 minutes to figure out how to get started on customizing, but once I did, it was pretty simple.
All the problems that I encounter I manged to solve when browsing the forum from the link in the backend of Joomla.

I did have to pick up some more knowledge on CSS, but it was worth the time.

Do you think this module is to simple for your site?
I say you, this is one of the best ways to extend your possibilities on your website. It is not a replacement, it is an addition. Simple, fast, NoNumber....

Additonal:
- all nonumber extensions are directly installable from the server without download
- for updates, you don't have to uninstall first the older version
- you get it without a, absolutly senseless, terrible registration procedure

Don't forget to make a Donate with paypal for many further extensions and updates from NoNumbers.

I really like this extension.

I've struggled with customizing my menus in the past and when I found this I was relieved. The CSS structure is simple and makes it easy to understand what it is you want to change.

Using this extension, I was able to wipe out all of the menu / nav css from my core template and just work within the "styles" css that's part of CustoMenu. (Note - that might not work for you... I have a pseudo custom / stripped template).

Just wished I had found this one earlier.

This module does exactly what the author says it does. I have used it on my website and it has new facelift.

However i have a question for the author. How can i make the menu to cover the entire horizontal width from left to right? I want to get rid of the gap between the menu and the right border.

Thanks

This is a plug n play menu with default style. A lot choises in back-end for every button. The two thing makes this extansion overules from other menu systems are: 1) It is very easy to customaze every button differently 2) Excellent support.

Nice job

This mod is an absolute god send. Like all new things it takes a little getting used to, but the support from the developer Peter is better than any support I have had from paid developers. He deserves every donation he gets.

The long and the short of it is that you really can customise your menu styles, link by link if you should so wish, in a way to my knowledge completely impossible in a standard joomla! install. I am using the latest version of joomla! to date (Version 1.5.9).

Joomla is a fantastic tool, but a simple desire to stray just a touch from the golden path, turns a nice design into a compromise.

For example: You have a menu item, you want a line break, and to have the first line in bold... seems simple enough does it not? The menu is working great without it... how the heck do you put that 'little style change' in position. Ummm.. Well to be honest, use this mod.

The mod admin interface is well commented with help bubbles all over where needed, the associated forum at the developer's site contains plenty of questions you may have, which already have answers.

I was a little surprised at the lack of documentation, until I asked a question late one night, and in the morning it was answered, a follow up question in the day (europe time) was answered so quickly and accurately, the need for documentation faded away.

This plugin does exactly what is described, I have found no clashes with anything else... all in all 100% thumbs up, I am looking forward to trying out some other of this chap's mods.

Thanks a lot for this great module!

I wanted each item in my menu to have a different background color. I installed CustoMenu! and the edited the css template (which was very well commented) and I had exactly what I needed.

btw.. I have to second a previous reviewers PRAISE for the developer. I had several other questions/wishes for my site that were all answered and fixed with the help of the developer. He knows his Joomla :-)

Amazing service for something that was free!!