{"id":78,"date":"2016-06-21T19:11:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T19:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/?p=78"},"modified":"2022-10-26T08:47:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T08:47:06","slug":"how-to-setup-mega-menu-dropdown-multi-column-dropdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/how-to-setup-mega-menu-dropdown-multi-column-dropdown\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup Mega-Menu Dropdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once &#8216;The Maxhost Extensions&#8217; plugin is activated &#8216;Mega Menu&#8217; is available in your admin panel dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega1.png\" alt=\"mega1\" width=\"159\" height=\"279\" 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\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enable WPBakery for Mega Menu (2 Steps)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Navigate to WPBakery &gt; Role Manager<br \/>\n2. In Post Types choose &#8216;Custom&#8217; and then make sure maxhost_mega_menu is checked.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-80\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega2-1024x287.png\" alt=\"mega2\" width=\"980\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega2-1024x287.png 1024w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega2-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega2-768x215.png 768w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega2-60x17.png 60w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega2-150x42.png 150w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega2.png 1330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Add a new Mega Menu item (6 Steps)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Navigate to Mega Menu &gt; Add New<br \/>\n2. Give it a title, lets say &#8220;Mega Menu One&#8221; item. The title is not used anywhere in displaying the menu.<br \/>\n3. Click on Backend Editor. It will display WPBakery Backend Editor. We will use this back end editor to build our Mega Menu item.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-81\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega3-1024x323.png\" alt=\"mega3\" width=\"980\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega3-1024x323.png 1024w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega3-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega3-768x243.png 768w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega3-60x19.png 60w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega3-150x47.png 150w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega3.png 1339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Click on &#8216;Add Element&#8217; and from the elements popup choose <strong>&#8216;Ft- Mega Menu &#8211; Image&#8217;<\/strong>, <strong>&#8216;Ft- Mega Menu &#8211; Paragraph&#8217;<\/strong> or <strong>&#8216;Ft- Mega Menu &#8211; List Items&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega4-1024x395.png\" alt=\"mega4\" width=\"980\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega4-1024x395.png 1024w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega4-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega4-768x296.png 768w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega4-60x23.png 60w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega4-150x58.png 150w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega4.png 1319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\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<p>5. In the Mega Menu elements settings popup you can fill the form by inputting your menus, urls, image, paragraph and icons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-83\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega6-1024x452.png\" alt=\"mega6\" width=\"980\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega6-1024x452.png 1024w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega6-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega6-768x339.png 768w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega6-60x26.png 60w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega6-150x66.png 150w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega6.png 1172w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6. Click on Publish button.<br \/>\nNote: If you use <strong>WHMCS<\/strong>, do not click on Publish button yet. Click on <strong>&#8216;Classic Mode&#8217;<\/strong> button and then remove <strong>vc_row<\/strong> and <strong>vc_coumn<\/strong> shortcodes from first line and from the last line as shown in the below screenshot. After that click on <strong>&#8216;Publish&#8217;<\/strong> button. It is important to follow this step if you implement Maxhost WHMCS template with your website. If you do not follow this step, the Mega menu will look fine in your main website pages, but it may break in WHMCS pages.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega-menu-two-1024x296.png\" alt=\"mega-menu-two\" width=\"980\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega-menu-two-1024x296.png 1024w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega-menu-two-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega-menu-two-768x222.png 768w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega-menu-two-60x17.png 60w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega-menu-two-150x43.png 150w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega-menu-two.png 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adding Mega Menu item as a submenu to a top level menu item (7 Steps)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Navigate to Appearance &gt; Menus.<br \/>\n2. On top right corner of your screen, you will find a dropdown menu Screen Options. Click on it.<br \/>\n3. Make sure &#8216;Mega Menu Post&#8217; and &#8216;CSS Classes&#8217; are checked.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega7-1024x143.png\" alt=\"mega7\" width=\"980\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega7-1024x143.png 1024w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega7-300x42.png 300w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega7-768x108.png 768w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega7-60x8.png 60w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega7-150x21.png 150w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega7.png 1193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><br \/>\n4. Choose the Main Menu as the menu location, since only Main Menu supports Mega Menu in our theme.<\/p>\n<p>5. Now check the Test Mega Menu item and click on Add to menu.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega8.png\" alt=\"mega8\" width=\"327\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega8.png 327w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega8-252x300.png 252w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega8-50x60.png 50w, https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega8-126x150.png 126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6. Drag the Test Mega Menu item box and drop it under any existing menu as a submenu<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega9-1024x348.png\" alt=\"mega9\" width=\"980\" height=\"333\" 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: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7. 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<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega10-1024x485.png\" alt=\"mega10\" width=\"980\" height=\"464\" 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: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>8. Now the Mega Menu is added as a submenu of Blog and it should look like this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89\" src=\"https:\/\/fluentthemes.com\/knowledgebase\/maxhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mega11-1024x353.png\" alt=\"mega11\" width=\"980\" height=\"338\" 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: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\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<p>&nbsp;<\/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 panel dashboard. Enable WPBakery for Mega Menu (2 Steps) 1. Navigate to WPBakery &gt; Role Manager 2. In Post Types choose &#8216;Custom&#8217; and then make sure maxhost_mega_menu is checked. Add a new Mega Menu item (6 Steps) 1. 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