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[deafjoomla Friend deafjoomlaJoin date: July 2008Posts: 6Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#131508

I am using Joomla 1.5.5 with SplitMenu.

I wanted to have the top menu be different than the main menu. However, for some reason the mainmenu is on both the right side and on the top.

Currently the mainmenu module is published but not the topmenu module. Nevertheless, the menus are the same on top and on right side.

What do I need to change?

Secondly, is there a way to “move” the main menu from the default right side to be on the left side of the screen? (I checked Joomla Update and I do not see the files so please point it out)

Thanks for the help.

Update: If I unpublished the Mainmenu module, I only see the top menu and obviously that’s Main Menu. My question is I want to publish the mainmenu module so that it’ll show on the right and I want the Top Menu to be topmenu . I’ve checked module layout and it’s not module so I do not know the code for the top menu links.

I hope to get an answer soon because I’m under a deadline and have spent too much time trying to figure out what the code is on the J 1.5 template.

Update 2: I’ve identified the culprit:
<blockquote> <!– BEGIN: MAIN NAVIGATION –>
<div id=”ja-mainnav” class=”clearfix”>
<?php $jamenu->genMenu (0); ?>
</div>
<!– END: MAIN NAVIGATION –></blockquote>

When I remove, then the duplicate mainmenu on the top is gone. My question (using the code again) is how do I switch mainmenu to topmenu? I don’t know why it was by default in Joomla 1.0 but it wasn’t by default in Joomla 1.5!

[rchapman Friend rchapmanJoin date: July 2008Posts: 13Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#263104

You should be able to switch to top_menu in the menu manager. Click the menu and it’ll have a few options, one of which will be set to mainmenu.

These templates seem to default the topmenu as any menu named ‘mainmenu’. I didn’t have a mainmenu and therefore no menu at all along the top. The other fun thing was… if I unpublish my mainmenu… it still shows up up there, which may be why you had two. When I set my mainmenu to ‘left’ or ‘right’, it was in both places.

I recommend renaming your top_menu to mainmenu, and your mainmenu to something else, so it can be published and shown on the right.

1 user says Thank You to rchapman for this useful post

1. deafjoomla

[deafjoomla Friend deafjoomlaJoin date: July 2008Posts: 6Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#263105

THANKS SO MUCH!!! It fixed two problems I was experiencing!

1) Changing the menus on top of browser to topmenu
2) Getting rid off or hiding submenu that kept popping up on top of main menu!

Now I’m happy the website is done!

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