Headermenu

About

About

This module allows you to specify the items visible at the top right of the navigation bar ('header') or within the user drop-down menu. Additionally, you can use it to add a link to your My Profile page, whether it's accessed through the user menu or directly from the navigation bar.

Enable the module

  1. Go to your KMS Configuration Management console, and navigate to the Headermenu module. Your link should look like this: https://{your_KMS_URL}/admin/config/tab/headermenu.
  2. enabled - Set to 'Yes' to enable the module.

Configure the header menu

Click +Add "menu".

A new section appears with configurable fields.

Personal page options

To configure the URL or Menu option, follow the steps in the next section.

  1. type - Choose one of the options (My Media, My Playlists, My Channels, My History, My Live Rooms, My Powtoons, My recycle bin, My Content Analytics) from the drop-down menu.
  2. To add more items to the menu, click +Add "menu" and repeat the step above.
  3. When you've finished configuring your menu, click Save.

URL

  1. type - Choose URL from the drop-down menu.
    A new section displays.
  2. Configure the following:
    • label - Enter the URL label (name you want to display in the menu)
    • link - Enter a URL. The URL may link to external sites (should start with http://) or an internal page (should start with /).
    • sameWindow - Select whether the link should open in new window (target = _blank) or in the same window. This is applied to external links only(absolute URLs).
    • linkLocation - Select whether the link should appear in the Header or in the User Drop Down.

Example

To add My Profile to the user menu:

  • Type = URL
  • Label = My Profile
  • link = /profile
  • sameWindow = Yes
  • linkLocation = User Drop Down

To add My Profile to the header: 

  • Type = URL
  • Label = My Profile
  • link = /profile
  • sameWindow = Yes
  • linkLocation = Header

Menu

  1. type - Choose Menu from the drop-down menu.
  2. label - Enter the Menu label (name of the menu)
  3. Click +Add "items".
    A new section displays.

    • label - Enter the label for the menu item.
    • link - Enter a URL. The url can link to an external site or to an internal page.
    • sameWindow - Select whether the link should open in new window (target = _blank) or in the same window. This is applied to external links only (absolute URLs).

Example

In our example below, we added a menu called 'Resources': 

Note that if administrators opt to keep the search bar open for all users in the Search module settings, any header menu items will be covered by the search bar.

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