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Allows you to add and edit custom named menus similar to Wordpress menus

Project description

Django CMS Named Menus

An extension for Django CMS that allows you to create multiple menus like Wordpress

Replaces Previous Versions

This replaces the previous versions by Ryan Bagwell and Rogerio Carrasqueira which are no longer actively updated

Originally forked from:

Installation

  1. Install with pip pip install djangocms-named-menus

  2. Add cms_named_menus to INSTALLED_APPS

  3. Run migrations python manage.py migrate

Upgrading from Previous Version

  1. Uninstall previous version with pip pip uninstall -y django-cms-named-menus

  2. The migrations and code will pick up previous versions correctly.

Usage

After installation, place the {% show_named_menu 'MenuName' %} template tag where you want your menu to appear.

{% load named_cms_menu_tags %}
<ul>
  {% show_named_menu "Main Menu" %}
</ul>

Next, create your menu in the admin area using the drag and drop interface. Drag items with child menu items:

screenshot

Drag items without child menu items:

screenshot

Settings

The following settings can be changed by adding to your project's settings.py file:

  1. Override the default cache duration for Named Menus, default = 3600 seconds
CMS_NAMED_MENUS_CACHE_DURATION = 3600
  1. Set the application namespaces that can be used with Named Menus as a list, default is CMS pages only - as the page id will not be unique for other applications e.g. Aldryn NewsBlog etc. (default = ['CMSMenu',])
CMS_NAMED_MENUS_NAMESPACES = ['CMSMenu',]

or to allow ALL namespaces:

CMS_NAMED_MENUS_NAMESPACES = None
  1. Automatically remove pages that have been unpublished, deleted, or removed from Navigation (default = True)
CMS_NAMED_MENUS_REMOVE_UNAVAILABLE_PAGES = True

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