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Website menus are generally limitedto boringtext links, but ifyou install the Mega Menu plugin onyour

WordPresswebsite, you can fillyour menus with anything –even pictures and videos

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Install WP Mega Menu in the usual

way. Click Appearance, then Menus,

(^1) then click‘create a new menu’. 2
Give it a name and click the Create
Menu button.^3 Click Manage
Locations^4 and choose one ofyour
theme’s menu slotsto position the
menu, then click the Save Changes
button.
2
Return to the Edit Menus tab.^1 In
Mega Menu Settings, tick the box
next to Enable^2 and choose one of the
themes.^3 Select an option from the
regular menu and drag it acrossto begin
buildingyour menu.We’ve started witha
Custom Link, whichwe’ve labelled Home
and chosento have pointingto our front
page.^4
3
Hover your mouseover the itemto
see a WP Mega Menu button. Click
this, then click theswitch^1 to
configure it as a Mega Menu, then click
Add Row and choose the layout you
want. Lastly, drag options from the
menu on the leftto the empty slotsto
build your menu.^2
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Web-building Helpdesk
Q
I have aWordPresswebsiteand
want tobuild an application
form that peoplecanfill in and
submit. Is there afreepluginfor this?
Olubunmi Adewumi, via email
A
Everest Forms isa relatively new
form-buildin g pluginfor WordPres s.
Ithas a lovely drag-and-drop
interface,which letsyou take typical form
fieldsanddrop theminto yo urlayout. The
plugin’s page ( bit.ly/ever477) has a video
you can watch to see if you think it wi llbe
right for you.Ifit is, you can downloadthe
free version orinstal l itfromyourdas hboar d.
Andy Shaw, Technical & Reviews Edit or
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