Extended Joomla! Settings
Alternative Layouts
In general, an alternative layout can be created in each module or component. The alternative layouts based on the Joomla! Template Output Override technique. From Joomla! 1.6 we have a very nice way to put several files such "Output Overrides". This fact makes it possible to create modules or components for several individual and totally independent variations.
Read more...Menu Variations
As you learned in the section Alternative Layouts are already included in JYAML 4.x several navigation elements.
Read more...Dropdown Menu
Dropdown-Menus (also called Flayout-Navigation) there are a dime a more. However, a general layout-independent implementation designed for such is much difficult. Why is included in JYAML now a separate dropdown menu concept, is because, as with almost all possible solutions has limited or no keyboard navigation (keyword: Accessibility). Therefore the focus was on accessibility. Also it expand the submenus completely without javascript, if the browser does support this.
Read more...Menuitem Subtitles (multiline)
With this JYAML feature you can add additional text lines (subtitles) in the menuitem settings.
Read more...Insert a Module in a Menu Item
With this JYAML function you can assign one or more module positions on a menu item. For example you can add a search module, creating so-called Megamenus in conjunction with the Dropdown-Menu or show a multi-column grid of several modules. And this in the middle of a menu. The possibilities are endless. Let your creativity freedom.
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JYAML is a Open-Source-Project from Reinhard Hiebl (HieblMedia).