{"id":1367,"date":"2012-05-24T15:11:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T15:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/05\/24\/star-in-menu\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:42:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:42:39","slug":"star-in-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/star-in-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Why in Joomla 2.5 is there a star next to a menu item?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"alert\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.joomla.org\/Joomla!_CMS_versions\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>One of the options in the Joomla 2.5 admin menu is <strong>Menus<\/strong>. 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