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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- To add more items to the menu, click +Add "menu" and repeat the step above.
- When you've finished configuring your menu, click Save.
URL
- type - Choose URL from the drop-down menu.
A new section displays. - 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
- type - Choose Menu from the drop-down menu.
- label - Enter the Menu label (name of the menu)
- 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':
- Type = Menu
- Label = Resources
- link = https://knowledge.kaltura.com/
- sameWindow =No
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.