Set Menu Type

RokNavMenu provides a feature rich platform for extending the menu, allowing for overrides and plugins for the menu itself, in addition to versatile theming capabilities and so much more.

To find all the parameters for Dropdown Menu & SplitMenu on Alerion template, such as position, please navigate to:

  • Extensions → Template Manager → rt_alerion
  • Then go to Menu tab, and set the Menu parameters

Descriptions of each template parameter can be seen when you mouseover the label of each option.

Set Menu

RokNavMenu is the core of all the powerful Alerion menu system. Please ensure you are using the latest version of RokNavMenu, available here.


Dropdown Menu

The Dropdown Menu is an advanced CSS drive dropdown menu system. It offers advanced structural features such as multiple columns, inline icons and text, inline modules and positions, custom column widths, item distribution and menu offset. All of these are configurable for each menu item.

Dropdown Menu
 

SplitMenu

A static menu system that displays 1st level items in the main horizontal menu and further children in the Sidebar.

SplitMenu
 

All Menu Items can be edited from Admin → Menu → Menu NameMenu Item.


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Responsive Mode: Smartphone

For mobile devices, there are two options, a dropdown panel menu with items in a tree format or a select box using the browsers own UI elements. Chose a format in the template's menu settings.

The mobile menu is active for both the Dropdown Menu and SplitMenu.


Creating child menu items

Go to Admin → Menu → A MenuA Menu Item → Select a Parent Item, and it will appear as a child of it.

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Dropdown Menu

A CSS driven dropdown menu, with subtext line, multi-columns, icons and more.

Switch to Dropdown Menu

Split Menu

A static menu system that displays 1st level items in the main horizontal menu and all children in the Sidebar.

Switch to SplitMenu

No Menu

An option to disable the menu, allowing for normal module use of the navigation position.