The instructions below can be roughly separated into the following smaller tasks (sections/parts):
- Create a new Menu
- Add a new Module and position the Menu through the Module
- Add URL as a new Menu Item
The above concepts (ie. Menu, Module) are similar to other platforms such as WordPress:
- Module(s) → equivalent to a container that displays content (Menus) on a chosen position
- Menu → equivalent to navigation in other platforms
The assumption here is that the user wants to add a link to the footer.
Here are the steps to add a Privacy Policy URL on Joomla 4:
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Log in to your Joomla website.
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Let's start with the first step - create the new Menu.
From the website's Dashboard, go to Menus:
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From the Menus menu, select Manage:
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From the Menus Editor page, click on the + New button:
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The Add Menus editor page will open. Fill in the required fields: Title and Unique Name. For this example, we named both as Footer Menu:
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Click Save & Close:
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The new Footer Menu has been created. Now continue to add a Module for this Menu.
To add a new Module to the Menu, go back to your website's Dashboard and select Content:
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Select Site Modules:
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From the Modules (Site) editor page, click the + New button:
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A list of Modules will open. Scroll down and select the Menu module:
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Name your Module using the Title field. We used "Footer Menu" in our example here.
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On the right side, under the Position section, click on the dropdown menu and select the desired menu position. For this example, we selected the Footer position for our Footer Menu:
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Click Save & Close:
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Now, as a last step, add a URL as the new Menu Item. In order to add your URL to the footer menu, you need to go back to the Dashboard and go to the Menus (again):
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Select the newly created Footer Menu from the Site menus:
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From the Menu Items editor page, click on the + New button:
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Name your New Menu Item using the Title field. Since we want to add our Privacy Policy link to the Footer Menu, we named this new menu item Privacy Policy:
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From the Details section, click on the Select button to add a new menu type:
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From the new Menu Item Type window, select System Links:
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Select URL:
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The empty and required Link field will become active now. It's a place to link your Privacy Policy URL that will appear in the footer section of your website.
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To get a Privacy Policy URL link, go to the TermsFeed Privacy Policy Generator to create a Privacy Policy and get the hosted Privacy Policy URL.
Once you have a Privacy Policy created by TermsFeed, click Copy from the Link to your Privacy Policy section to copy the URL:
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Paste the Privacy Policy URL in the Link field:
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Click Save & Close:
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The Privacy Policy URL is now added as a new item to the Footer Menu. To preview changes, go to the Preview button at the top menu:
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You're done!
