.. ================================================== .. FOR YOUR INFORMATION .. -------------------------------------------------- .. -*- coding: utf-8 -*- with BOM. .. include:: ../../../../Includes.txt .. _users_bestpractice_navigation_megamenu: Mega-Menu ========= .. figure:: typo3_start_megamenu.jpg :width: 800px :alt: Mega menu TYPO3 START Kreisverband Passau-Land Mega menu TYPO3 START. Here: example Kreisverband Passau-Land Sense and purpose ----------------- You can use a mega menu to replace submenus in your main navigation. You can customize the mega menu - for example in columns and with pictures. A mega menu can be useful if many levels are displayed in a submenu and you want to save your visitors in the nested entries to find your way. Shape ----- .. figure:: typo3_start_megamenu_backend_01.jpg :width: 800px :alt: Mega menu TYPO3 START Kreisverband Passau-Land Mega menu TYPO3 START. Here: example des Kreisverbandes Passau-Land #. You set up a page outside of the navigation, for example with the name "Mega-Menu The Greens" #. You design this page the way you want it. In the picture above for example, four columns are created, each is populated with the content element "Menu sub-pages". Insert ------ .. figure:: typo3_start_megamenu_backend_02.jpg :width: 800px :alt: Mega menu TYPO3 START Kreisverband Passau-Land Mega menu TYPO3 START. Here: example des Kreisverbandes Passau-Land #. Edit the properties of the page in the main menu that you want to assign the mega menu. In the picture above: Main menu > The Greens #. Select the tab [TYPO3 START] and below the field "Mega menu". Choose here the page you set up with the mega menu.