{"id":217,"date":"2024-08-12T08:48:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T08:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-portal\/?p=217"},"modified":"2024-08-12T08:48:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T08:48:57","slug":"access-and-configure-menu-settings-in-news-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-portal\/access-and-configure-menu-settings-in-news-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"Access and Configure Menu Settings in News Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Menus are a very important part of any website. The menu provides your site with easy navigation options so that your users can easily surf around your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two simple ways to access and configure menu settings. You can either configure menu settings from the admin dashboard itself or from the theme customizer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure menus using the WordPress admin dashboard itself!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Configuration of your site\u2019s menu from the WordPress Dashboard is relatively easy. You just have to know a few steps to create a functional menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, open your\u00a0<strong>WordPress dashboard\u00a0<\/strong>by logging in with your credentials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigate to\u00a0<strong>Appearance >> Menus\u00a0<\/strong>from the sidebar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under the Edit Menus tab, click on\u00a0<strong>Create a New Menu<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/storeflex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/02\/Menu-Dashboard-Setting-New-Menu-Image-1024x502.jpg\" alt=\"Menu Dashboard Setting-New Menu Image\" class=\"wp-image-173\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enter your menu name in the menu name input field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under\u00a0<strong>Menu Settings<\/strong>, check one display location amongst the available locations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eventually, click on the\u00a0<strong>Create Menu\u00a0<\/strong>to save the changes and to be able to edit your new menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/storeflex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/02\/StoreFlex_-New-Menu-Creation-1024x425.jpg\" alt=\"StoreFlex_ New Menu Creation\" class=\"wp-image-174\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After you\u2019ve created it, it\u2019s time to add your elements to the menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After you\u2019ve created your menu, go to\u00a0<strong>Edit Menu\u00a0<\/strong>at the top of the screen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then, select your\u00a0<strong>preferred elements<\/strong>\u00a0from the given options on the screen to either add pages, posts, categories, custom links, products, or any other given options to your menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/storeflex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/02\/Add-Menu-Elements.jpg\" alt=\"Add Menu Elements\" class=\"wp-image-175\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Save your changes by clicking on the\u00a0<strong>Save Menu\u00a0<\/strong>button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you want a more thorough menu tutorial, then check out the blog:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wpallresources.com\/add-navigation-menu-on-wordpress-website\/\">How to easily add Navigation menus on WordPress websites?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Customize your menu settings using the theme customizer.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now manage your menu with the live preview from News Portal&#8217;s customizer. This will help you have more personalized, precise, and effectiveness-oriented customization of your menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To do so,<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, open your\u00a0<strong>WordPress dashboard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open your theme customizer by navigating to\u00a0<strong>Appearance > Customize<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the menu options to open the menu settings interface.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the\u00a0<strong>Create New Menu\u00a0<\/strong>link to create a new menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then, enter your menu name in the Menu Name Input field, and then set a location for that menu to either the primary header or the footer by checking one box.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then, click on the next button below.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on Add Items under the Menu Name section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can then add menu items for your newly created menu from the array of options, which are Custom Links, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Tags.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expand any of your preferred panels and click on the\u00a0<strong>+<\/strong>\u00a0icon to add them to the menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can also reorder menus to create a drop-down effect by clicking on\u00a0<strong>Re-order items<\/strong>. Use arrows to create a slight indentation for drop-down menus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on\u00a0<strong>Publish\u00a0<\/strong>to save the changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menus are a very important part of any website. The menu provides your site with easy navigation options so that your users can easily surf around your website. There are two simple ways to access and configure menu settings. You can either configure menu settings from the admin dashboard itself or from the theme customizer. 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