{"id":1173,"date":"2012-02-21T15:19:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T20:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/02\/21\/introduction-to-menus-in-drupal-7\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:47:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:47:01","slug":"introduction-to-menus-in-drupal-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/drupal\/introduction-to-menus-in-drupal-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to menus in Drupal 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Menus are one of the most powerful attributes of Drupal 7 and have been around since the early days of Drupal. Menus are powerful because they provide ways for your visitors to get to specific pages on the site. Menus are intuitive as well. If you edit the alias or path of a page, the menus do not need to be updated. They simply update on their own as you make changes.<\/p>\n<h2>Default Menu Types<\/h2>\n<p>By default, there are two menus always visible on your screen, the <strong>\u201cMain<\/strong>\u201d menu and the \u201c<strong>User<\/strong>\u201d menu. This allows for easy navigation and gives you and your visitors the ability to log into the site from any page. There are two other menus as well, bringing the total number to four. The \u201c<strong>Navigation<\/strong>\u201d menu resides in the first sidebar. The navigation menu is a great place to use specific links that may be important to the visitor. The \u201c<strong>Management<\/strong>\u201d menu is generally hidden and will appear only when you are logged in as an administrator.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Menu Location<\/h2>\n<p>The four basic menus in Drupal 7 are listed below along with their general location on the screen. 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