SM Megamenu19

SM Megamenu 1.9.x is an upward trend for web design especially e-commerce stores. If your site involves a variety of products, a number of categories, Mega Menu is what you have to put in to consideration. The reason is that Mega Menu offers an effective way to improve website usability and navigation!
It takes your customers fewer clicks, thus, saves their time to get to where they really want. Using this module it can be possible for you to display not only category list but also special products, banners or contact form, etc.
This guide will help you install SM Megamenu extension step by step.

1COMPATIBLE WITH MAGENTO

This module is fully compatible with Magento Community Edition version 1.9.x, 2.x.

Click here to view documentation SM Megamenu 2.x.

2INSTALLATION – Back to top

2.1 Extension Installation

There are two ways to install extension:

Step 1: Download and unzip extension contents on your computer and navigate inside the extracted folder.
Step 2: Upload folders skin, js, lib, media and app from our download package to the root of your Magento site on your server.

Step 3: Login your Magento Admin
Step 4: Navigate to System => Configuration => find SM Megamenu module to configure this module

Step 5: You will see installed extension, click extension’s name tab to go to extension configuration page.

OR you also install the steps as following:

Step 1: In the Administrator page, Navigate to System >> Magento Connect >> Magento Connect Management

Step 2: Click Browse and Upload package file

Important Note:

After installing extension, you should logout first and then login Admin Panel to ensure all functions work normally.

You should disable all caches in cache management in the installation and configuration process.

3EXTENSION CONFIGURATION – Back to top

3.1 Layout Demo

3.2 Setup

Note: We used the images of module’s installtion on Magento 1.9.x to illustrate

After installing, log in to Admin Panel, go to SM Mega Menu then create list Menu Items. The following guide is step by step to create list Menu Items for your menu:

STEP 1: ADD MENU GROUP

Go to SM Megamenu -> Menu Manager -> Add Group

STEP 2: CONFIGURE EXTENSIONS

In the Administrator Page, navigate to Stores -> Settings -> Configuration and find SM Megamenu to configure.
Let’s look at the parameter in detail:
General Settings

Enabled : Enable or disable the module displaying on Frontend area.
Title : Enter title of module.

Module Settings

Menu Group Id: Enter menu group id that you created step 1.
Select Template: We support 2 templates for presenting of menu (Horizontal and Vertical)
Select Effect: We support effects for Mega menu (CSS/Animation/Toggle).
Start Level: Level to start rendering the Menu at
End Level: Level to end rendering the Menu at

STEP 3: CREATE MENU ITEMS

To create menu items, In the Admin Panel go to SM Mega Menu -> Menu Items Manager-> Add Item

Example:

Title: Enter the name of the menu.

Show Title:Choose “Yes/No” to “Enable/Disable” the title.

Status: Choose “Yes/No” to “Enable/Disable” the menu.

Description: Enter the description of menu. This parameter can empty.

Align: Align position of menu: left or right.

Parent Items: Select parent items. If you set menu is level 1, you must select parent items is “menu group”.

Column Number: If you are using mega submenu, the elements in a mega submenu will be organized into columns. You can set width for each columns (maximum 6 columns in one row as percentage of the submenu width) by chaning this param.

Icon: Display a small image next to the menu name.

Target Window: Allow to display the target link in Same Window/ New Window/ Popup Window

Menu Type: We provided list of menu types that you can select.

55. SUPPORT

Thank you so much for using this module, your support is truly appreciated. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this document, please feel free to contact us via our Support Tickets System