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Menu Tricks #4: Menu Block with Bootstrap Dropdowns

Linnea Ann Williams — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:05:49 +0000

Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post about using Menu Block module. In this post, I'll talk about how Menu Block integrates with Stanford's Drupal 7 themes to create dropdown menus.

To properly leverage the dropdowns in Twitter Bootstrap with Drupal, there are a few things to keep in mind...

Note: This post pertains to these Drupal 7 themes:

Creating a Menu Position Rule Programatically

John Bickar — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:03:28 +0000

The Menu Position module provides a powerful way for Drupal to create "virtual" menu items, and provides a graphical user interface to do so. However, as a developer, sometimes you want to create those rules in code. Here's how.

Menu Tricks #3: Automating Virtual Menu Position for Specific Content Types

Linnea Ann Williams — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000

As a serious navigation advocate, it drives me crazy to have an active "Blog" or "Calendar" link in my main menu when I'm looking at the overview pages for that section, but then the active link goes away when I look at a specific Event or Blog Post. Am I in the Calendar section or not?

Enter one of my favorite Drupal modules: Menu Position.

Menu Tricks #2: Automating Page URLs Based on Menu Position

Linnea Ann Williams — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:48:13 +0000

In my last post on Menu Tricks, I outlined a module called Menu Block, that made it possible to use just one giant main menu to manage your site navigation, while still displaying lower level items in different regions of your design and on different pages on your site.

Menu Tricks #1: Improve Site Navigation with Menu Blocks Module

Linnea Ann Williams — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:59:04 +0000

The main menu in Drupal is a very powerful tool when partnered with the right modules and configurations. The menu can be used to automate URLs, build breadcrumbs and create secondary navigation.

In this post, I'll be walking through a module that can help you use the main menu to automate all of your menus and simplify your secondary navigation.