Thursday, 25 March 2010 10:05

MediaLibrary Documentation

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   In this article we will create a menu entry in Joomla for MediaLibrary 1.5.x Shop.

 

Menu entry for MediaLibrary 1.5.x Shop

In order to access MediaLibrary in the frontend of your website, you will need to create a menu item for it.

• In the Joomla Admin panel, choose the menu you want MediaLibrary to belong to, for example for the main menu choose [Menu] - [Main Menu]

• Choose [New]

 

 

• Click on [MediaLibrary] ->All Categories

That will give for you possibility create menu items to all MadiaLibrary categories. Also you have possibility create alone menu items to all videos, musics, books or games.

 

You will then enter the screen with the detailed settings for your menu entry:

 

 

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• Name

Choose a name for your menu entry. This will also be the name which reflects in the URLs. You can choose any name you want, it does not need to be MediaLibrary.

• Alias

The Alias you choose for your menu entry.

• Link

This will be automatically filled in:

index.php?option=com_medialibrary&task=category

• Display in:

Choose the menu which this link to MediaLibrary will display in.

• Parent Item

Choose the parent menu item which you want your MediaLibrary menu item to be under.

• Published

Select [Yes] to publish the new MediaLibrary menu item.

• Order

Choose where in the list the MediaLibrary entry will appear

• Access Level

Set the user rights level which will be allowed to access the MediaLibrary menu item in the frontend.

• On Click, Open in:

Choose "Parent window with browser navigation" Save your menu entry. Once it is saved, you are returned to the menu you chose earlier. Now you can rearrange the menu items until you are happy with the ordering. You now have a menu item in the frontend of your website which allow your users to access MediaLibrary.