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Seeting up the Default Menu Template
When a person clciks on ADD MENU ITEM a default template is assigned to this NEW menu.
When a user clicks on a link from a MENU LIST or Dropdown menu display they are taken to a deatiled template referred to as the 'Default Menu Template'
 

A deafult template MUST have at least one entity assigned.
The summary infromation held for the MENU item can be extracted and automatically assigned to the 'default menu template'.
This means when a person clicks on a NEW menu item they don't get a blank screen, but have information already loaded.

Reserved Menu Entities
Note: The reserved Menu Entities wil not display as an ENTITY you can edit.
{menu_return}Allows you to place a return link back to where the summary information was located
The link will detects where you have come from and take you back to the correct location
If you are in MANAGE MENUS the link will take you back there automatically
If you are in EDIT PAGE mode and clcik on a link you will be taken back to the EDIT PAGE automatically
If you have come to the default template from a "GLOBAL SEARCH' the link will take you back to the search list
{menu_template_title}Extracts information from the Summary information known as the Name or Menu 1st heading
{menu_template_description}Extracts information from the Summary information known as the Short Description or Menu 2nd Heading
{menu_template_date}Extracts the date the template was created - ideal for NEWS items
{menu_links}Allows you to add navigation links to your 'Default Template' <<previous | next>>
Adding additional information to the default menu template
You can predefine additional information by editing the 'default menu template' under manage menus and add additional information to any editable entity.
This should be done before any one ADDS a menu item as any changes to the editable content assigned to the default menu template will only take affect when the next MENU ITEM is added.
You can change the look and feel of the default menu template at any time - even by adding or deleting entities.

UnderMANAGE MENU you have several options, one of these being EDIT PAGE
This allows you to add additional information to the 'default menu template' to any editable entities attached to the template.

For Example:

 
In this instance some information has been defined by editing the EDIT PAGE option to include a TABLE and some predefined information so a client can ADD new products to their catalogue, without worrying about setting up tables etc

OR

 
The 'Default Menu Template' editable entity has a TABLE attached for a price list for a 'Beauty Therapist' allowing the therapist to ADD new services and enter the information into a TABLE.
This means the end user does not have to worry about HTML table functions, but as a web deveoper you set these up.

Under the GRAPHICAL editor mode any tables are outlined in a ligh shade of GREY so the end user knows where the editable regions on a table are.
The TABLE outline is NOT SAVED