/* $Id: README.txt,v 1.12.2.6 2008-02-24 19:02:55 sun Exp $ */ -- SUMMARY -- Drupal Administration Menu displays the whole menu tree below /admin including all invisible local tasks in a drop-down menu. So administrators need less time to access pages which are only visible after one or two clicks normally. Admin menu also provides hook_admin_menu() that allows other modules to add or alter menu items. For a full description visit the project page: http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu Bug reports, feature suggestions and latest developments: http://drupal.org/project/issues/admin_menu -- REQUIREMENTS -- None. -- INSTALLATION -- * Copy admin_menu module to your modules directory and enable it on the admin modules page. -- CONFIGURATION -- * Configure module settings in administer -> Site configuration -> Administration Menu. * Go to Administer -> User management -> Access control and assign permissions for Drupal Administration Menu: - access administration menu: Displays Drupal Administration Menu. - display drupal links: Displays additional links to Drupal.org and issue queues of all enabled contrib modules in the Drupal Administration Menu icon. Please bear in mind that the displayed menu items in Drupal Administration Menu depend on the actual permissions of a user. For example, if a user does not have the permission 'administer access control' and 'administer users', the whole 'User management' menu item will not be displayed. -- CUSTOMIZATION -- * You have two options to override the admin menu icon: 1) Disable it via CSS in your theme: body #admin-menu-icon { display: none; } 2) Alter the image by overriding the theme function: Copy the whole function theme_admin_menu_icon() into your template.php, rename it to f.e. phptemplate_admin_menu_icon() and customize the output according to your needs. Please bear in mind that admin_menu's output is cached. You need to clear your site's cache (probably best using Devel module, or by manually truncating the cache_menu database table) to see any changes of your theme override function. -- TROUBLESHOOTING -- * If admin menu is not displayed, check the following steps: - Is the 'access administration menu' permission enabled? - Does your theme output $closure? (See FAQ below for more info) * If admin menu is rendered behind a flash movie object, you need to add the following property to your flash object(s): See http://drupal.org/node/195386 for further information. -- FAQ -- Q: After upgrading to 5.x-2.x, admin_menu disappeared. Why? A: This should not happen. If it did, visit http:///admin/build/menu to re-generate your menu cache. Q: After upgrading, admin_menu disappeared. Why? A: Prior to release 5.x-1.2, Drupal Administration Menu was output in a block. Since 5.x-1.2, it is output via hook_footer(). Some custom themes may not (yet) output $closure, so admin_menu could no longer be displayed. If you decided to move the 'administer' tree into a new menu and disabled that menu block, a site could become (temporarily) unmaintainable. Either way, you should fix your theme by adding the following code in front of the closing HTML () tag: Q: After upgrading, the menu item 'administer' is no longer removed. Why? A: Prior to release 5.x-1.2, Drupal Administration Menu was output via hook_block(), which allowed to alter the global menu array. Since 5.x-1.2, it is output via hook_footer() and thus no longer able to alter the menu. As long as there will be no built-in solution in an upcoming release, you may perform the following steps as a workaround: - Create a new menu. - Edit the menu item 'administer' and select the new menu as parent. Q: I enabled "Aggregate and compress CSS files", but I found admin_menu.css is still there, is it normal? A: Yes, this is the intended behavior. Since admin_menu is only visible for logged-on administrative users, it would not make sense to load its stylesheet for all, including anonymous users. -- CONTACT -- Current maintainers: * Daniel F. Kudwien (sun) - dev@unleashedmind.com * Stefan M. Kudwien (smk-ka) - dev@unleashedmind.com This project has been sponsored by: * UNLEASHED MIND Specialized in consulting and planning of Drupal powered sites, UNLEASHED MIND offers installation, development, theming, customization, and hosting to get you started. Visit http://www.unleashedmind.com for more information.