Menu

Headlines

If you need a header, enter it in the field provided, as you know it from the content element Header only.

Selected pages

Click the Page button or the folder icon to the right of the field. Select a page that contains subpages. In the page properties of each page you will find a field for a table of contents in the Metadata tab. This text is displayed as a summary.

When you create the content element, you will see a red exclamation mark in the General tab, indicating that this TYPO3 content element has not yet been filled in correctly. Categorized content can only be saved when at least one category is selected.

Headline

If you want to add a heading to the element, enter it in the field provided, as you know it from the content element Header only.

Selected Categories

In this field, you can see all categories available in the system. Choose categories for which you want to display a menu of content elements. You do not need to consider any other fields or setting options.

You can assign categories in edit mode of a content element in the Categories tab.

As you create the menu, you will see a red exclamation mark in the General tab, indicating that this TYPO3 content element has not yet been filled in correctly. Categorized pages can only be saved when at least one category is selected.

Headlines

If you want to add a heading to the element, enter it in the field provided, as you know it from the content element Header only.

Selected Categories

In this field, you can see categories that exist in the system. Select categories for which you want to output a menu of pages. You do not need to consider all other fields.

You assign categories in the page properties on the Categories tab.

Headlines

If you need a heading, enter it in the field provided, as you know it from the content element Header only.

Selected pages

Click the Page button or the folder icon to the right of the field. Select a page in the page tree of the context menu. Repeat this with all the pages you want to be listed in the menu. 

Pages that are not activated in the frontend menu (the URL is accessible, but the page does not have a navigation point) are not displayed in the created menu. You set whether a page is visible in the page properties in the Access tab.

In the page tree you can see which pages are activated in the menus and which are not. Pages that are not activated are marked by a paler color/greyed out in the page tree.

Headlines

If you need a heading, enter it in the field provided, as you know it from the content element Header only.

Selected pages

Click the Page button or the folder icon to the right of the field. Select a page from which you want to output subpages as a menu. Repeat this with all pages you need.

Subpages that are not activated in frontend menus (URL is accessible; page is not in the navigation) are not displayed in the created menu. If the selected page is not activated in the menus, but the subpages are, they are listed anyway.

You can see whether a page is visible in the page properties in the Access tab of the page. In the page tree you can see which pages are activated in the menus and which are not: The symbol of non-activated pages is paler/greyed out.

Headlines

If you need a heading, enter it in the field provided, as you know it from the content element Header only

Selected pages

Select a page or a page branch from which the last updated pages should be listed. If you select a branch that does not contain any of the 10 most recently updated pages on the entire website, the menu in the frontend will remain empty.

To add a page, click the Page button or the folder icon to the right of the field. Select a page from which to list the updated pages. Repeat this with all pages you need.

Selected pages

For related pages, you specify an initial page that contains a specific keyword. The selected page will not be in the menu, but all other pages with the same keyword. For example, select the page on which you want to insert the menu as the initial page.

To select the source page, click the Page button or the folder icon to the right of the field. Select a page whose related pages you want to output as a menu.

Keywords

You enter keywords in the page properties on the Metadata tab. In the penultimate column there is the area for meta tags and a field for keywords. If several keywords are entered, they are separated by a comma.

Headlines

If you need a heading, enter it in the field provided, as you know it from the content element Header only.

Selected pages

The selected page will be listed as the first item in the output menu, followed by all the content elements it contains. Content elements without headings are listed 'empty' and are not linked. For a complete menu, content elements must have a header.

To add the starting point, click on the Page button or on the folder icon to the right of the field. Select a page from which you want to display content elements as a menu.

Headlines

If you need a heading, enter it in the field provided, as you know it from the content element Header only.

Selected pages

The selected page is not displayed in the menu, but only the sub-pages and the content elements contained in them. Content elements without headings are listed 'empty' and are not linked. So for a complete menu, all content elements must have a title and subpages must be available. The order of the pages corresponds to the order in the backend. The content elements are listed under each link of a subpage. The screenshot shows that such a menu can become very long. Therefore, it should only be used in appropriate places.

To add a page, click on the Page button or on the folder icon to the right of the field. Select a page whose subpages and sections you want to output as a menu.

Headlines

If you need a heading, enter it in the field provided, as you know it from the content element Header only.

Selected pages

The selected page is not listed in the menu, but only all subpages and sub-subpages. Pages that are 'not activated in the menus' are not output. The subpages of such pages are also not displayed, even if they are 'activated in the menus'.

All pages and subpages are displayed in the order in which they appear in the backend.

To add the page, click the Page button or the folder icon to the right of the field. Select a page whose sub-pages and sub-sub-pages you want to appear in the menu.