{"id":2146,"date":"2013-01-04T22:11:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T22:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/01\/04\/custom-menu-plugin\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:25:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:25:49","slug":"custom-menu-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/dokuwiki\/custom-menu-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the menu plugin in DokuWiki"},"content":{"rendered":"

DokuWiki has a plugin called the \u201cmenu<\/em>\u201d plugin that will allow you to place a custom navigation menu in your pages. This menu has nice icons separated out to each menu link catagory. The \u201cmenu<\/em>\u201d plugin that primarily works in the Wiki page code.\u00a0 The following article will explain how to use the \u201cmenu<\/em>\u201d plugin.<\/p>\n

Important!<\/strong> This menu only appears in the page you place the code in. To create a menu that is at the top of each page, please visit here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adding a menu to your DokuWiki with the menu plugin<\/h2>\n

The menu plugin can be a nice aesthetic to a page in your wiki. The menu plugin can be downloaded at the following link. Visit the following link and right click the download link on that page and save the link location.<\/p>\n

Download menu plugin<\/a><\/p>\n

You should have a link like the following.<\/p>\n

ftp:\/\/ftp.berlios.de\/pub\/pbbuttons\/plugin-menu.tgz<\/p>\n

Take that url and use it in the following steps. The following steps will explain how to install install and use the menu module.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Log into DokuWiki<\/strong>.<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. \"Click<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n

    Click Admin<\/strong> at the top right.
    <\/p><\/li>\n

  3. \"Click<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n

    Click Manage Plugins.<\/strong>
    <\/p><\/li>\n

  4. \"Install<\/a>\n
  5. \"Upload<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n

    Upload the icon images<\/strong> to the page you are adding the menu to.
    <\/p><\/li>\n

  6. \"Insert<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n

    Add the following code to a page.<\/strong> Click here for how to edit a page<\/a>.
    \n<\/strong><\/p>\n

    <menu col=2,itemwidth=20,align=center,caption=\"Menu\">   <item>Item name 1|Item descr 1|[[Wiki link 1]]| {{Image 1}}<\/item>   <item>Item name 2|Item descr 2|[[Wiki link 2]]| {{Image 2}}<\/item>   <item>Item name 3|Item descr 3|[[Wiki link 3]]| {{Image 3}}<\/item> <\/menu><\/pre>\n
    You will need to supplement the following for your menu items.<\/p>\n
    \u2013 Item name:<\/strong> The text you want for the link.
    \n\u2013 Item descr:<\/strong> Text that follows the link with information.
    \n\u2013 Wiki link:<\/strong> The path to your wiki page. For example, frequently_asked_question. This is obtained be visiting the page and getting the last variable in the URL.
    \n\u2013 Image:<\/strong> This is the image name you uploaded in step 5. For example, email.gif.
    <\/p>\n
    \"Final<\/a><\/p>\n
    <\/div>\n
    Save the page<\/strong> and now you should see the menu look like the snapshot to the right.
    <\/p>\n

    <\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    DokuWiki has a plugin called the \u201cmenu\u201d plugin that will allow you to place a custom navigation menu in your pages. This menu has nice icons separated out to each menu link catagory. The \u201cmenu\u201d plugin that primarily works in the Wiki page code.\u00a0 The following article will explain how to use the \u201cmenu\u201d plugin. 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