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title: "An Introduction to Joomla 2.5 Menus"
description: "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..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/intro-to-joomla-menus/
date: 2012-02-14
modified: 2020-09-22
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 2.5"]
tags: ["Joomla v2.5"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# An Introduction to Joomla 2.5 Menus

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](https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla!_CMS_versions).

## Menus

With your [Joomla hosting](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/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 |
| --- | --- |
| [![a-highlighted-joomla-menu](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_understanding-menus_a-highlighted-joomla-menu.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_understanding-menus_a-highlighted-joomla-menu.gif) | [![menus-administrative-view](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_understanding-menus_menus-administrative-view.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_understanding-menus_menus-administrative-view.gif) |

## 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 |
| --- | --- |
| [![highlighted-joomla-menu-items](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_understanding-menus_highlighted-joomla-menu-items.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_understanding-menus_highlighted-joomla-menu-items.gif) | [![menu-items-administrative-view](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_understanding-menus_menu-items-administrative-view.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_understanding-menus_menu-items-administrative-view.gif) |

## 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.

[![module-menu-in-joomla-admin-view](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_understanding-menus_module-menu-in-joomla-admin-view.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_understanding-menus_module-menu-in-joomla-admin-view.gif)