README

Silverstripe Menu Manager

A simple menu manager for Silverstripe CMS 6, using the silverstripe/linkfield module for managing links. It allows you to define menu sets (e.g., "Main Menu", "Footer Menu") in your configuration and manage their items in the CMS.

Features

• Manage multiple menu sets.
• Nested menu items (if allowed).
• Uses LinkField for versatile link types (Internal, External, Email, Phone, File).
• Permission-based editing for each menu set.
• Subsite support (if silverstripe/subsites is installed).

Requirements

• PHP ^8.4
• Silverstripe Framework ^6
• Silverstripe CMS ^6
• Silverstripe LinkField ^4
• GridField Extensions ^5

Installation

composer require wernerkrauss/silverstripe-menumanager

Configuration

You can define your menu sets in a YAML configuration file (e.g., app/_config/menu.yml).

---
Name: Site-menus
---
Netwerkstatt\Menumanager\Model\MenuSet:
  sets:
    main:
      title: 'Main Menu'
    footer:
      title: 'Footer Menu'
      allow_children: true

After adding or changing this configuration, make sure to run a dev/build. The module will automatically create or update the MenuSet records in the database.

Usage

Template Helper

The module provides a global template variable MenuSet to access links of a specific set by its slug.

<% with $MenuSet('footer') %>
    <nav>
        <ul>
            <% loop $Items %>
                <% if $IsEnabled %>
                    <li>
                        <a href="{$Link.URL}" <% if $Link.OpenInNew %>target="_blank"<% end_if %>>
                            {$Title}
                        </a>
                        <% if $Children %>
                            <ul>
                                <% loop $Children %>
                                    <% if $IsEnabled %>
                                        <li>
                                            <a href="{$Link.URL}">{$Title}</a>
                                        </li>
                                    <% end_if %>
                                <% end_loop %>
                            </ul>
                        <% end_if %>
                    </li>
                <% end_if %>
            <% end_loop %>
        </ul>
    </nav>
<% end_with %>

Note: In the context of MenuSet('slug'), you get a list of LinkItem objects.

Built-in Template

You can also include the provided default template:

<% with $MenuSet('footer') %>
    <% include Netwerkstatt\\Menumanager\\Model\\Includes\\MenuSet %>
<% end_with %>

Permissions

For each menu set defined in the config, a specific permission is created (e.g., "Manage links within 'Footer Menu'"). This allows you to delegate menu management to specific CMS users or groups without giving them full access to all menus.

License

This module is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause license.

Thanks to

GorrieCoe for creating menu manager modules for previous Silverstripe versions.

Need Help?

If you need some help with your Silverstripe project, feel free to contact me ✉️.

See you at next StripeCon 👋