When you build a menu using AllWebMenus Pro and its Joomla add-in, you need to perform some more actions in order to make it appear in your site.
The procedure you have to follow so as to make your menu work using the Joomla add-in of AllWebMenus Pro is the following:
- Allocate a domain for the site you want your menu to appear. To do that you have to login to your Likno User Area account and click on the link "Allocate/Purchase Domain Licenses" under the "Server-Side Menu Add-in" option in the "AllWebMenus Add-ins" section. There you will find a form in which you will be able to allocate the appropriate domain.
- Reactivate your AllWebMenus Pro application. After you allocate the appropriate domain you need to reactivate your application in order to get this informed about the domain allocation.
- Go to Tools > Project Properties > Folders and define properly the Site_Root folder property, which is the folder you want your menu zip file to reside, after the compilation of your menu project; when you compile your menu (in step 5) a zip file will be generated. You have also to define the Compiled menu name property, which is the name of the zip file that will be generated after the compilation of your menu project (e.g. if you use the menu2 value for the Compiled menu name property the zip that will be generated will be the following awmmenu2.zip)!
- Setup Joomla Menu / Choose domain. You have to go to Add-ins > Joomla Menu > Setup Joomla Menu / Choose domain and choose the allocated domain from the drop down list for your menu (see Images 1,2). In image2 you will see that i choose a sample domain called likno.com.
- Compile your menu for this domain. You have to go to Add-ins > Joomla Menu > Compile Joomla Menu (for domain: localost). Instead of localhost you should see your allocated domain; see image 3 which shows you an example for the sample domain likno.com. After the compilation of your menu ,a zip file will be generated.
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Finally you are ready to link your menu in your Joomla site. To do that you just have to Upload the compiled menu (the ZIP file mentioned above) via the Joomla administrator area. Go to "Components > AllWebMenus > Upload Compiled Menu ZIP file", select the menu (zip) file (which is in the Site_Root folder as described in step 3) and upload it. Your AllWebMenus menu has been successfully uploaded and installed. You will now be able to view the menu on your Joomla website.
If you are a user of AllWebMenus Pro and you have purchased a Theme Pack you need to follow some steps in order to install it and be able to use it within AllWebMenus Pro Web Menu Builder.
First of all, you need to log into your Likno User Area account and download the purchased Theme Pack; click on the link “Themes: Download / Purchase” of the “AllWebMenus Menu Templates / Themes” section.
After you download the Theme Pack which is in a zip file, you have to extract all the files (from the zip file) into the “Theme Gallery” fodler of your AllWebMenus Pro installation. For example, if your AllWebMenus installation is located at: C:\Program File\AllWebMenus5\…. then just extract all files into the following folder: C:\Program File\AllWebMenus5\Theme Gallery. This adds the new Themes into the “Vertical” and “Horizontal” folder of your Theme Gallery.
Note! Theme Packs 1-33 can be used from version 4.x and 5.x of AllWebMenus Pro, whereas Theme Packs 34 and 35 can be used only from version 5.x and above of AllWebMenus Pro.
Version compatibility of future released Theme Packs will be denoted on specific posts accordingly.
The AllWebMenus Joomla Menu add-in & component combination is designed to retrieve your Joomla menu from your Joomla website and import it into the AllWebMenus application to create stylish, feature-rich navigation menus, but not only! Apart from creating menu items derived from your joomla menu structure, fully customize your menus adding your own non-joomla menu items with external or internal links, html-rich content, colors, borders, effects, designs of your choice and many more!
For instructions and suggestions about installation and use of the software combination, visit the relevant page in the Likno Web Site.
See examples of menus already inserted into a Joomla site in the AllWebMenus Joomla Menu examples page.
Now you can easily add in your Joomla site a stylish menu generated by the AllWebMenus PRO software!
Note: the AllWebMenus Joomla Menu add-in & component combination is supported in AllWebMenus PRO v5.1.758 and above.
These are the new features and fixes introduced in version 5.1.758 of AllWebMenus Web Menu Maker (released on December 3rd, 2008):
- The Joomla Menu Add-in & Component released and included in the distribution. Create stylish, feature-rich navigation menus based on the structure of your existing Joomla menu but not only! Fully customize your joomla menus adding your own non-joomla menu items with external or internal links, html-rich content, colors, borders, effects, designs of your choice and many more.
Joomla Menu examples
- New compile option added: The "Place dot.gif in" option, which allows the menu to function on rare server environments that require separate folders for javascripts and images. Read more
- Fixed an issue where the right image of an item (if used) did not appear properly (on Gecko browsers and some cases only).
- The Server-Side Menus API Add-in is now on version 2.0.9: Fixed an incompatibility between the API javascripts and MooTools (if used on your website).
- The WordPress Menu Add-in is now on version 1.0.4: It is now based on the new version 2.0.9 of the Server-Side Menus API Add-in (see above).
- Fixed an issue where the vertical scrollbar did not appear correctly in GUI when the user maximized the window.
