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CustoMenu is an extremely powerful menu module. It gives you full control over the display of your menu. You can use one of your menu's or work completely independent of the Joomla! menu structure by selecting items from different menu's.

CustoMenu is NOT compatible with Joomla 1.7.

If you use CustoMenu, please post a rating and a review at the Joomla! Extensions Directory.

Description

CustoMenu is an extremely powerful menu module. It gives you full control over the display of your menu. You can use one of your menu's or be completely independent of the Joomla! menu structure by selecting items from different menu's. You get a bunch of Advanced Parameters to your disposal.

Advanced Parameters include:

  • Override item names and/or links.
  • Active state when child item is opened.
  • Active state when any other defined set of menu items is opened.
  • Full control over layouts and styles
  • Turn your menu into a image only menu

Fully stylable

CustoMenu comes with a number of different layouts. You can change these and add your own. So you have full control over the HTML structure of your menu.
Also the stylesheets can be tuned to you liking. This means you have full control over the display properties through the use of CSS. You can use the CSS file that comes with the package, and change that to your likings or add your own.

Output Extra CSS

This feature gives you the ability to include extra CSS files related to the active menu item. This means that you can have different backgrounds, color schemes or whatever per menu item.

1-Level

This menu is a 1-level menu. So if you are looking for a menu with pull downs or trees, look further. But for many sites a 1-level (main) menu is just what is desired.

So the menu you see at the top of this website is NOT a CustoMenu. CustoMenu does NOT support sub menus!!!
(The menu used at the top is a standard mod_mainmenu module with some funky css to create the submenu effects)

Specs

Specifications

CustoMenu is a Joomla extension compatible with Joomla 1.5.

The extension consists of:

  • a frontend module

Requirements

CustoMenu will only work correctly if your setup meets these requirements:

  • Up-to-date version of Joomla!
  • PHP 5.3+
  • PHP mbstring (Multibyte String) functions should be enabled
  • MySQL 5+

Using PHP 5.2 (or lower)?
PHP 5.2 is old and support for it has stopped with the release of PHP 5.2.16 (16-Dec-2010). This means that PHP 5.2 cannot be considered stable or secure anymore.
If your host will not or cannot provide you with an up-to-date version of PHP, then you have reason enough to look for a decent host.
PHP 5.2 mainly has problems with installation of the zip packages. The extensions might work without problems for you once installed, but I can not give any guarantees on that.
>> For more detailed information, read: No more php 5.2 support - move on to php 5.3

I can not provide support for setups that do not meet the above requirements.

The core Joomla files should of course not be altered in any way.

Installation

The easiest way to install/update is via the NoNumber! Extension Manager.

If you have problems installing CustoMenu, please try the manual installation process as described here:
docs.joomla.org/Installing_an_extension

Otherwise, please report this on the forum or let me know via the contact form.

Updating

If you want to update to the latest version, you do not have to uninstall first.

The easiest way to install/update is via the NoNumber! Extension Manager.

You can also update simply by installing the package via the Joomla core installation process.

Downgrading

If for some reason you need to downgrade, it is best to uninstall the extension first.

Also, you will have to uninstall the NoNumber! Framework plugin (system) (and the NoNumber Elements plugin if you have it installed).

After that you can simply install the older version zip file.

Please note that I cannot not provide support on older versions!

Open Source License

CustoMenu is an Open Source Joomla extension. It is in compliance with the GNU/GPL license:
Licence: GNU/GPL GNU General Public License, version 2

Joomla is also Open Source.

Support

Need more help?

Before requesting help, make sure your installation and setup meet the requirements (see the Specs) and your extensions are up-to-date.

If you need more help, please take a look in the NoNumber! Forum.
If you can't find your answer there, please post your question. I am very willing to help!

You can also contact me via the contact form or via chat (if I'm online).

Changelog

Changelog

+ = Added ! = Removed ^ = Changed # = Fixed

26-Jan-2012 : v2.8.2
^ Cleaned code syntax (no longer guaranteed support for php 5.2.x and lower)
# Fixed issue with path to extra stylesheets not being correct
# Fixed issue with installer not removing the folder/zip from the tmp

08-Oct-2011 : v2.8.1
+ Added translations: th-TH
# Fixed security issue in !NoNumber! Framework plugin

08-Oct-2011 : v2.8.0
^ Improved installer
^ Moved translation language files to main package (no more language packs)
^ Cleaned up some code (like no more use of DS)

16-Sep-2011 : v2.7.0
^ Changed !NoNumber! Elements plugin to !NoNumber! Framework
^ Moved common language strings to !NoNumber! Framework files
^ Changed layout of options
! Removed the onfocus/blur actions from the layout templates
# Fixed some css issues

29-Mar-2011 : v2.6.4
^ Changed language files to be J1.6 ready
# Fixed issue with PHP warning about undefined $row

10-Feb-2011 : v2.6.3
^ Changed extension icon / logo

13-Dec-2010 : v2.6.2
# Fixed installer

13-Dec-2010 : v2.6.1
# Fixed issues with document being called to early
# Fixed some issues with loading of language strings
# Cleaned up some code

25-Nov-2010 : v2.6.0
+ Added Itemid to menu item classes
+ Added checks to see if !NoNumber! Elements plugin is installed/enabled
^ Fixed and updated all language strings
# Fixed issue with classnames not being trimmed (spaces were added)

24-Jul-2010 : v2.5.3
^ Changed way version and license information are displayed (now via ajax)
^ Changed way versions and licenses are checked (no more base64)

19-Jul-2010 : v2.5.2
# Fixed issue with custom links with anchors (#...)
# Fixed issue with non-existing extra css files being added

02-Apr-2010 : v2.5.1
# Fixed license check (checked for Cache Cleaner instead of !CustoMenu)
# Fixed location of Joomla! DTD files
# Fixed issue with deprecated syntax for php 5.3+

19-Jan-2010 : v2.5.0
+ Added Commercial License Code support
^ Moved elements to separate global plugin (also used by other extensions)
^ Made settings react a little faster (toggling options)

10-Nov-2009 : v2.4.0
# Fixed issue with settings not being visible in IE (due to toggler)

04-Nov-2009 : v2.3.5
^ Changed settings toggler (lighter)
# Fixed issue settings not being visible in !JoomFish
28-Oct-2009 : v2.3.4
^ Changed file encoding to UTF-8
# Fixed issue with toggling of settings

06-Oct-2009 : v2.3.3
^ Changed update notification
# Fixed issue with active on other items option not working
# Fixed issue with toggler script in admin sometimes being run twice
# Fixed little typo in language file

23-Sep-2009 : v2.3.2
^ Changed the display of the module settings
# Fixed issue with custom items not working

21-Sep-2009 : v2.3.1
# Fixed issue with links of normal menu not rendering correctly
# Fixed issue with alias links and separators

17-Sep-2009 : v2.3.0
^ Changed the display of the module settings
^ Changed different administrator elements
^ Changed installation procedure (automatic installer/updater)
# Fixed issue with links to new window not working

25-Nov-2008 : v2.2.3
+ Added extra menu class suffix field (classname will use this instead of stylesheet name)

17-Nov-2008 : v2.2.2
# Fixed issue with active on child items not working correctly
+ Added global php variable with active ids list (to be able to use in other extensions)


Commercial License

CustoMenu is completely free and you DON'T need a Commercial License Code to use it.

However, if you use my extensions on websites that you make money from, I would appreciate it if you purchase a License Code.
The License Code will remove the license message from the extensions administrator screens.

Note: If you don't want to pay for the License Code and want to continue to use the extension for free, please do. You will just have to ignore the license message in the administrator.

Note: If you have donated before and feel you should get some reduction on the price, please contact me about it... we'll sort it out :)

more information...

 

 

Here you can see the difference between the use of the extensions without and with Commercial License Code.

WITHOUT Commercial License CodeWITH Commercial License Code
Full version download yes YES yes YES
Full functionality yes YES yes YES
Message in administrator license_invalid license_valid
Encrypted no NO no NO
Free updates yes YES yes YES
Free support yes YES yes YES
Free RSS news subscription yes YES yes YES
Free holiday to Barbados no NO no NO

Download

Downloads

CustoMenu is compatible with Joomla 1.5 only! (so NOT compatible with Joomla 1.7 / 2.5)

NOTE: CustoMenu needs PHP 5.3+. Please see the specs for more requirements.

  • Are you going to use this extension on a commercial website? Please consider buying a License Code

More downloads...

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Tip!

Are you using multiple NoNumber! extensions?
Install the NoNumber! Extension Manager to easily keep them up-to-date.

Languages

This extension comes with the following languages:

  • [pt-BR] Brazilian Portuguese
  • [bg-BG] Bulgarian
  • [ca-ES] Catalan
  • [da-DK] Danish
  • [nl-NL] Dutch
  • [en-GB] English
  • [de-DE] German
  • [it-IT] Italian
  • [ja-JP] Japanese
  • [lt-LT] Lithuanian
  • [ru-RU] Russian
  • [th-TH] Thai
  • [uk-UA] Ukrainian

No language pack for your language?

I welcome you to help out and get involved with translations for NoNumber! extensions.

I am using Transifex for the translations of all NoNumber! extensions. So I kindly ask you to join Transifex.

There is a translation team/group set up especially for Joomla projects: OpenTranslators.

To join, see the different steps on the right under: Translator Guide: http://opentranslators.org/en/how-to

You can find all the NoNumber! projects here: https://www.transifex.net/projects/tag/nonumber/

All language files will be updated and packed with every new release of the individual extensions.

OpenTranslators

 
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