How Do I Manage the Addition, Deletion and Modification of Menu Items?

About The Menu Resource:

The Menu Resource is an OASIS resource fundamental to the development of navigation at a website. It allows you to create, edit, modify level and delete menu items, and to attach web pages created in your site to menu items. 

Accessing a Menu Resource Instance:

• Put the page in layout mode (see section Layout Manager Palette).
  • Click on the Layout Manager Palette button to enable access to resource instance editing tools!
• Click the Manage Resource icon adjacent to the menu to be accessed.
  • This will load a management screen which renders the current structure of your menu.  Top-level menu items are listed to the far left of the tree and sub-menu items are listed below them. 

Adding New Top Level Menu Items:

• Click on the Add link beside the Top Level Menu title. 
  • This will provide you with a simplified view of the File system in a dialog box.
• Check off the Web Pages or components you would like to link to through the menu
• Click the Add button.
• Complete the dialog.
  • To add links to external websites, click the Link tab and enter the menu item title, which is the http:// web address of the website.
• Click the Save Settings/Order button to commit your menu changes.

Adding a Sub-Menu to an Existing Menu Item:

• Click the Add link to the right of the associated menu item. 
• This will load the Add a Menu Item dialog box.
  • This will prompt you with a simplified view of the File system in a dialog box.
• Check off the Web Pages or components you would like to link to through the menu
• Click the Add button.
• Complete the dialog.
  • To add links to external websites, click the Link tab and enter the menu item title, which is the http:// web address of the website.
• Click the Save Settings/Order button to commit your menu changes.

Removing a (Sub-)Menu from an Existing Menu Item:

• Click the Delete link located to the right of the associated menu item.
• Click the Save Settings/Order button to commit your menu changes.

Managing Menu Item Order:

• While in the Menu management screen, drag and drop the items, using the mouse, to the correct position in the order.
• Click the Save Settings/Order button at the bottom of the management screen.