{"id":470,"date":"2022-10-26T08:56:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T08:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/?p=470"},"modified":"2022-10-26T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T09:08:00","slug":"how-to-setup-mega-menu-dropdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/how-to-setup-mega-menu-dropdown\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup Mega-Menu Dropdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Once &#8216;The Maxhost Extensions&#8217; plugin is activated &#8216;Mega Menu&#8217; is available in your admin area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"159\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega1.png\" alt=\"mega1\" class=\"wp-image-79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega1.png 159w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega1-34x60.png 34w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega1-85x150.png 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Enable Elementor for Mega Menu (2 Steps)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Navigate to Elementor > Settings > General<\/li><li>In Post Types check &#8216;Mega Menu Post&#8217; box.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/elementor-mega-menu.png\" alt=\"mega2\"><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Add a new Mega Menu item (5 Steps)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Navigate to Mega Menu > Add New<\/li><li>Give it a title, lets say &#8220;Mega Menu One&#8221; item. The title is not used anywhere in displaying the menu.<\/li><li>Click on &#8216;Edit with Elementor&#8217;. It will display Elementor front-end Editor. We will use this editor to build our Mega Menu item.<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/elementor-mega-menu1.png\" alt=\"mega3\"><\/li><li>Click on &#8216;+&#8217; icon and from the elements area find <strong>&#8216;Ft- Mega Menu &#8211; List Items&#8217;<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/elementor-mega-menu2.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Each element should be in one single column. Do not insert more than one mega menu element in one column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\"><li>In the Mega Menu elements settings popup you can fill the form by inputting your menus, URLs, images.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/elementor-mega-menu3.png\" alt=\"mega6\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Adding Mega Menu item as a submenu to a top level menu item (7 Steps)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Navigate to Appearance &gt; Menus.<\/li><li>On top right corner of your screen, you will find a dropdown menu Screen Options. Click on it.<\/li><li>Make sure &#8216;Mega Menu Post&#8217; and &#8216;CSS Classes&#8217; are checked.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega7-1024x143.png\" alt=\"mega7\" width=\"980\" height=\"137\"><\/li><li>Choose the Main Menu as the menu location, since only Main Menu supports Mega Menu in our theme.<\/li><li>Now check the Test Mega Menu item and click on Add to menu.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega8.png\" alt=\"mega8\" width=\"327\" height=\"389\"><\/li><li>Drag the Test Mega Menu item box and drop it under any existing menu as a submenu<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega9-1024x348.png\" alt=\"mega9\" class=\"wp-image-87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega9-1024x348.png 1024w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega9-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega9-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega9-60x20.png 60w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega9-150x51.png 150w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega9.png 1173w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"7\"><li>If you want the menu as wide as you see in the theme preview, write &#8216;wide-menu&#8217; in the CSS Class field of the parent menu. In this case &#8216;Blog&#8217; is the parent menu of the sub Mega Menu<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega10-1024x485.png\" alt=\"mega10\" class=\"wp-image-88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega10-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega10-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega10-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega10-60x28.png 60w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega10-150x71.png 150w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega10.png 1167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"8\"><li>Now the Mega Menu is added as a submenu of Blog and it should look like this:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega11-1024x353.png\" alt=\"mega11\" class=\"wp-image-89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega11-1024x353.png 1024w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega11-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega11-768x264.png 768w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega11-60x21.png 60w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega11-150x52.png 150w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega11.png 1246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important Note: Please do not use Mega Menu as a top level menu item or as submenu menu item beyond level 1. Do not use other menu items with Mega Menu item.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once &#8216;The Maxhost Extensions&#8217; plugin is activated &#8216;Mega Menu&#8217; is available in your admin area. Enable Elementor for Mega Menu (2 Steps) Navigate to Elementor > Settings > General In Post Types check &#8216;Mega Menu Post&#8217; box. Add a new Mega Menu item (5 Steps) Navigate to Mega Menu > Add New Give it a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}