9. How to add a user menu to your Joomla site

If you installed the sample data when setting up Joomla, you should have such a menu already. This tutorial, then, will only be useful if you did not install the sample data, or if you've accidentally deleted the menu

1) Go to Menus...

2) ...then click Menu Manager

3) Once there, click the New button

4) The Unique Name is what Joomla uses to identify this module within the code

5) Enter a Title

6) Type a Description

7) The Module Title is what will display on the front-end. If this field is left blank, the module will not be created and this menu will not show up

8) Click Save

9) Now, click this icon to add items to our new menu

The first item we create will allow users to edit their details, such as e-mail address and password

10) Click New

11) Click User

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12) Click User Form Layout

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13) Choose a Title

14) The Alias is an internal name that Joomla uses in the URL if SEF is enabled

Entering an alias is optional; and, if left blank, Joomla will create a default one by automatically converting the title to lowercase and replacing any spaces with a hyphen

However, you may manually enter an alias, if desired

15) This link is of no use to a guest, so turn the Access Level to Registered

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16) Click Save

17) Now, repeat those steps for the final three menu items as shown, starting by clicking the New link on this page

The next menu item we'll be adding will be a link to Submit an Article

18) Click Articles

For this item, we will be using Article Submission Layout

19) Fill out the form as before

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20) Registered users will not be able to use this page; only Authors and above can submit articles. So, this time, we'll set the Access Level to Special