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The Custom Menu allows you to create your own menu entries, specify their order, and specify which users will be able to see the menu entries based on their permissions.


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New in 3.5.10.2. Prior to 3.5.10.2, menu items were a system wide setting. Although the "Custom Menu" option was available in each theme, modifying the menu in one theme would change it for all themes. Starting in 3.5.10.2, the menu configuration in the theme only applies to this theme. 

Background

The Custom menu items text box allows you to add new menu entries; one menu entry per line. To access the custom menu:

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A common requirement is to show different menus to authenticated users and non-authenticated users.  To facilitate this requirement, you should be aware of the following common capabilities:

User Group

Menu Option

Logged in users only

local/dualcode:authenticated

Non-logged in users only

local/dualcode:notauthenticated

Anyone with editing privileges on the site

local/pages:manage

Everyone

no option is required

Note: When a custom menu item is associated with local/dualcode:authenticated, users will need to log into the system to see it.  Likewise, when a custom menu is associated with local/dualcode:notauthenticated, users will see the menu item so long as they have not signed into the application.

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