Menu Item Type: Bridge

Bridges are a unique feature of Elxis CMS. A bridge allows Elxis to connect to an external applications and make it look and act like it is part of Elxis. That way, you can combine the best between two worlds. One of the best open source CMS and great third party applications.

You have to install a bridge for the application you are interested to connect. Please visit www.elxis.org and www.goup.gr for available bridges.

This screen, adds a new menu item of type "Bridge". A menu item of this type is used to link Elxis to a third party application through an installed and published Bridge.

 

Toolbar Icons

Back: Return to previous screen and select a new menu item type to create.

Save: Save changes and return to previous screen.

Apply: Save changes and remain to this screen.

Cancel: Aborts the creation of the new menu item. Changes are discarted if you are editing a menu item.

Help: This Help Screen.

 

Details

Name: This is the name of the menu item, as it will be shown in this site.

Bridge: Select the Bridge you like to link to.

On Click, Open in: Select from the list how you want the bridge output to be shown. Available options are:

Parent Item: You can select an existing menu item as the parent of this new menu item. That way you create hierarchical structures.

Ordering: You select the order you want this menu item to appear. Available only after saving the new menu item. New menu items default to the last place.

Language: Select the language under which this menu item will be available. If you select "All", it will be available and viewable, under all languages.

Access Level: Select the user group a user must belong, in order to view this menu item.

Published: Select "Yes" to make the menu item avaialble to this site. Select "No" to hide this menu item.

 

Parameters

Menu Image: If you want you can show a small image next to the menu item. Select this image from the dropdown list. Note: For this image to be visible, the "Show Menu Icons" parameter of the menu module, must also be set to "Yes".

Use only the Menu Image: If you set this parameter to 'Yes', then instead of the menu name the menu item will be drawn only using the menu image.