Menu Item Definition
First you must decide which menu the menu item appears on. The red headings in the menu bar on the left correspond to the names of the menu items. So, for exampe, if you wanted to create a new item under "Classmates" then go to:
Joomla->Menus->Classmates
A Menu Item Manager screen appears, which displays all of the items on the menu. To create a new menu item click on the "New" icon in the top right. The first step in creating a new menu item is to select the menu item type. The basic idea here is that you have to identify the module within Joomla and its extensions that is going to generate the content for your menu item.
The simplest choice is probably Internal Link->Articles->Article Layout. This is the format for a menu item that is going to display a text/images page that you create.
Once you select the menu item type, you will see a page that allows you to make the appropriate configuration choices for that type of menu item.
NOTE: When you create a new menu item pointing to an article, you must select an article before you can save the menu item. This is an incentive to create the article first. Otherwise you have to select some random article, then write the article, then go back and edit the menu item to point to the correct place.
