An Introduction to Joomla 2.5 Menus Updated on September 22, 2020 by Brad Markle 0 Minutes, 56 Seconds to Read Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Menus With your Joomla hosting, menus provide the basic site navigation for your website. They allow you to link visitors to other parts of your website. What website visitors see What is displayed in the Joomla Dashboard Menu Items Each Menu contains one or more menu items. Menu items are the actual navigational links that users click on. When setting up menu items, there are quite a few options you have to choose from. The most popular menu items are links that point to either specific articles or to a listing of all articles in a category. What website visitors see What is displayed in the Joomla Dashboard Menu Modules Creating a menu does not automatically add the menu anywhere to your site. When you create a new Joomla 2.5 menu, a module for that menu is created. You then need to enable the menu’s module and select the position in the template where the menu should go. Share this Article Related Articles How to Use the Free Mini Frontpage Extension for Joomla 4.0 How to Change a Joomla 2.5 User’s Email Address How to Configure Joomla 2.5 to Send Email Using SMTP How to Edit a Joomla 3 Template How to install Phoca Gallery for Joomla 2.5 Creating a Menu Item for your Joomla 3 Component Changing Email Settings in Joomla 3.1 Using the Redirect Manager in Joomla 3.1 How to add Bootstrap to a Joomla 3.1 Template How to Use Bootstrap 5.0 Alerts in Joomla 4.0