Magento 2 UB Mega Menu

UB Mega Menu is native with Magento 2.x. Please make sure your system meets the Magento 2 System requirements: here.

Navigate to your profile at Ubertheme to download UB Mega Menu extension:

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Step 1. (Required) Install PHP Mobile Detect Resource APIs

You have to install the PHP Mobile Detect Resource APIs using Composer by requiring the mobiledetect/mobiledetectlib in your project. You can check out How to install PHP Mobile Detect Resource APIs here.

Step 2. Unzip the download package somewhere on your local PC. Then copy the ‘app’ directory and paste into root directory of your Magento 2

Step 3. Open your terminal and go to the Magento directory. In this directory, run the following commands:

• php -f bin/magento module:enable -c Ubertheme_Base
• php -f bin/magento module:enable -c Ubertheme_UbMegaMenu
• php -f bin/magento setup:upgrade

Step 4 (optional): Run code compilation using the command below. This helps to improve your site performance after installation:

• php -f bin/magento setup:di:compile

Once you finish the last command to flush the cache, you have UB Mega Menu installed and ready for your use.

Our Magento 2 Mega Menu supports 8 styles:

• style-default
• style-1
• style-2
• style 3
• style 4 (Full Width)
• style 5
• style 6
• style 7
• Vertical menu
• Accordion/ Drill-down (Mobile)

1. How to call UB Mega Menu

Before going into steps to create and configure menu items as per our demo, let’s learn about general settings of our Magento 2 Mega Menu and 3 ways it supports to create a menu item.

1.1. General Magento 2 mega menu settings

In your Magento backend, go to Content | (UB Mega menu) Settings, you can see the Basic settings of UB Mega Menu. We can leave this configuration as default for now.

UB Mega Menu Params

1.2 Three options to create UB Mega Menu menu item

1.2.1 -- Settings and show a UB Mega Menu via Widgets management module (Content/Widgets)

1.2.2 -- call block

Shortcode to show in CMS Blocks

{{block class="Ubertheme\UbMegaMenu\Block\Menu" name="ub.mega.menu1" menu_key="YOUR_MENU_KEY_HERE"}}

1.2.3 -- Call in XML

Shortcode to call in XML:

<referenceContainer name="page.top"><block class="Ubertheme\UbMegaMenu\Block\Menu" name="ub.megamenu.leftmenu1" ifconfig="ubmegamenu/general/enable">    <arguments>      <argument name="menu_key" xsi:type="string">top-menu</argument>      <argument name="addition_class" xsi:type="string"></argument>    </arguments></block></referenceContainer>

This section provides detailed instructions to configure each style of the Magento 2 mega menu as per our demo site.

2.1 Default style

Step 1 -- Create a menu group
In the Magento backend, navigate to Content | (UB Mega Menu) Manage Menu, then click Add New Menu. In the popup, you can configure as per this screenshot (Make sure you insert menu key as main-menu). Once done, you should see the new menu group visible as an illustration (3) in the following screenshot:

Assign menu groups to a specific group of customers and store view:
(This feature is available from UB Mega Menu v.1.1.7 and later only)

Once you click Add New Menu under the Manage Menu Groups section, you will see a new configuration field -- Customer Groups -- right above Store View field.

• How does it work: You can specify the customer group that can see a specific menu group, within the specific store view. For instance, you want to set up the menus in a way that discounted offers or featured menus only appear for Wholesale customers while they log in to their accounts.
• Demo: You can log in UB Mega Menu demo here (you will find different Customer Group credentials available to log in for testing). Depending on the customer group you log in (General, Retailer, or Wholesaler), you will see different discounts available under the General /Retailer / Wholesale Area menu items for each group of customers respectively. Below is an example of a customer of Wholesale customer group who logged in to his account -- the Wholesale Area menu item is visible for the Wholesale customer group only:
  

  If you log in to the demo of UB Mega Menu’s backend (visit the same demo link above), you should see that we assigned different menu groups to different Customer groups as follows:

  
• Requirement: For each menu group, make sure you configure with a unique combination of 3 sections: menu key & customer group & storeview:
  

  After assigning a menu group to a specific customer group, you start creating associated menu items for that menu group as normal.

Step 2 -- Create Magento 2 mega menu item
Supposed that you have some sample products in place already, now we start to create menu items for the mega menu. In the same Menu Group panel, go to Select | Manage Menu Items:

Step 2.1 -- Create Service and its sub-menu items:

NOTE: When you create UB Mega Menu for the first time, you will not see any menu item in place yet. The above-mentioned screenshot just gives you an illustration about the menu hierarchy after you create those menu items.

Click Add New Menu Item button to create each of menu item, and follow configuration below:

1. Service: Configuration steps -- menu setting 1 > menu setting 2
   NOTE: When you create multiple columns, you need to set the width of each column in px. For instance:
   col1=200
col2=200
col3=200
col4=600
   And wrapper of the column width (px), for instance: 600
   Make sure in the Setting 2 step, you insert custom CSS class style-default
2. Gear: Configuration steps -- menu setting 1 > menu setting 2
   NOTE: When you check the setting 2, in the field Description click Show / Hide Editor button, then click Insert Image button and upload the image at your choice. Once you upload an image (eg. clothing.jpg) successfully, the image param should follow this format:
   <div><img src=”{{media url=”wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/clothing.jpg”}}” alt=”Magento 2 Mega Menu” /> /></div>
3. Bags: Configuration steps -- menu setting 1 > menu setting 2
4. Apply similar setting of Bags for other sub-menu items of Gear

Step 2.2 -- Create Men, Women and their sub-menu items
Follow similar steps and settings as per the Gear menu and its sub-menu items.
Step 2.3 -- Create Hot Product
Product’s Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2 > Setting 3

<p>{{widget type="Magento\CatalogWidget\Block\Product\ProductsList" title="Hot Products" show_pager="0" products_count="3" template="product/widget/content/grid.phtml" conditions_encoded="a:1:[i:1;a:4:[s:4:`type`;s:50:`Magento|CatalogWidget|Model|Rule|Condition|Combine`;s:10:`aggregator`;s:3:`all`;s:5:`value`;s:1:`1`;s:9:`new_child`;s:0:``;]]"}}</p>

2.2 Style-1

Step 1 -- Create Training and its sub-menu items:

Click Add New Menu Item button to create each of menu item, and follow configuration below:

1. 1. Training: Configuration steps -- menu setting 1 > menu setting 2
      NOTE: When you create multiple columns, you need to set the width of each column in px. For instance:
      col1=400
col2=300
      And wrapper of the column width (px), for instance: 700
      Make sure in the Setting 2 step, you insert custom CSS class style-1
   2. Column01: Configuration steps -- menu setting 1 > menu setting 2
      NOTE: When you create multiple columns, you need to set the width of each column in px. For instance:
      col1=200
col2=200
col3=400
      And wrapper of the column width (px), for instance: 400
   3. Gear: Configuration steps -- menu setting 1 > menu setting 2
      NOTE: When you check the setting 2, in the field Description click Show / Hide Editor button, then click Insert Image button and upload the image at your choice. Once you upload an image (eg. traning.jpg) successfully, the image param should follow this format:

1. Bags: Configuration steps -- menu setting 1 > menu setting 2
2. Apply similar setting of Woman bags for other sub-menu items of Clothing

Step 2.2 -- Create Men and their sub-menu items
Follow similar steps and settings as per the Gear menu and its sub-menu items.

Step 2.3 -- Insert Free Shiping Banner into Mega Menu
Create Free Shiping item (by clicking Add New Menu Item) as a sub-menu of Training > Column01 following configuration steps: Setting 1 > Setting 2

Step 2.4 -- Create Hot Product and Best Seller menu items
Column02: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2 > Setting 3

<p>{{widget type="Magento\CatalogWidget\Block\Product\ProductsList" title="Best Product" show_pager="0" products_count="2" template="product/widget/content/grid.phtml" conditions_encoded="a:2:[i:1;a:4:[s:4:`type`;s:50:`Magento|CatalogWidget|Model|Rule|Condition|Combine`;s:10:`aggregator`;s:3:`all`;s:5:`value`;s:1:`1`;s:9:`new_child`;s:0:``;]s:4:`1--1`;a:4:[s:4:`type`;s:50:`Magento|CatalogWidget|Model|Rule|Condition|Product`;s:9:`attribute`;s:12:`category_ids`;s:8:`operator`;s:2:`==`;s:5:`value`;s:1:`8`;]]"}}</p>
<p>{{widget type="Magento\CatalogWidget\Block\Product\ProductsList" title="Hot Product" show_pager="0" products_count="1" template="product/widget/content/grid.phtml" conditions_encoded="a:2:[i:1;a:4:[s:4:`type`;s:50:`Magento|CatalogWidget|Model|Rule|Condition|Combine`;s:10:`aggregator`;s:3:`all`;s:5:`value`;s:1:`1`;s:9:`new_child`;s:0:``;]s:4:`1--1`;a:4:[s:4:`type`;s:50:`Magento|CatalogWidget|Model|Rule|Condition|Product`;s:9:`attribute`;s:12:`category_ids`;s:8:`operator`;s:2:`==`;s:5:`value`;s:1:`4`;]]"}}</p>

2.3 Style-2

Step 1 -- Create Clothing and its sub-menu items

We do similar steps as per Style-1 to create menu items.

Click Add New Menu Item button to create each of menu item, and follow configuration below:

1. 1. Men: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
      NOTE: Make sure you add CSS class style-2 in the setting #2 step.
      And wrapper of the column width (px), for instance: 700
   2. Column01: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
      NOTE:
      -- when you create multiple columns, you need to set the width of each column in px. For instance:col1=140
col2=140
col3=140
col4=280
      -- And wrapper of the column width (px), for instance: 700
      -- When you check the setting 2, in the field Description click Show / Hide Editor button, then click Insert Image button and upload the image at your choice. Once you upload image successfully, the image param should follow this format:

      <div class="full-banner"><img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/banner-01.jpg"}}" alt="Magento 2 mega menu" />
      <h3>New arrivals</h3>
      <h4>Discover the women collections</h4>
      </div>
      

   3. Women: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
   4. What’s New: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
   5. Apply similar settings of What’s New in for other sub-menu items of

Tops and Shorts menu items follow the same steps.

Step 2 -- Create Product’s menu item

This item is actually a Magento 2 widget (Catalog New Product List) being loaded into mega menu. Click Add New Menu Item again, to create Best Product item and follow these configuration steps: Setting 1 > Setting 2 > Setting 3

<p>{{widget type="Magento\CatalogWidget\Block\Product\ProductsList" title="Best Products" show_pager="0" products_count="2" template="product/widget/content/grid.phtml" conditions_encoded="a:2:[i:1;a:4:[s:4:`type`;s:50:`Magento|CatalogWidget|Model|Rule|Condition|Combine`;s:10:`aggregator`;s:3:`all`;s:5:`value`;s:1:`1`;s:9:`new_child`;s:0:``;]s:4:`1--1`;a:4:[s:4:`type`;s:50:`Magento|CatalogWidget|Model|Rule|Condition|Product`;s:9:`attribute`;s:12:`category_ids`;s:8:`operator`;s:2:`==`;s:5:`value`;s:1:`3`;]]"}}</p>

2.4 Style 3 (one-column)

We do similar steps as per Style-1 to create menu items.

Click Add New Menu Item button to create each of menu item, and follow configuration below:

• Women: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
• Men: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
• Bottoms: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
• Video Download: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
• Apply similar settings for the rest of sub-menu items

2.5 Style 4 (Full Width)

Step 1 -- Create Sale and its sub-menu items
We do similar steps as per Style-1 to create menu items.

Click Add New Menu Item button to create each of menu item, and follow configuration below:

• Sale: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2

  NOTE: Full-width mega menu is a new feature introduced in UB Mega Menu ver 1.1.2. You will see a new setting ‘Set Base Width’ with two values:

  • Fixed Width (px)
  • Dynamic Width (%)

  In order to set the mega menu to full width, you need to set the Base Width as ‘Dynamic Width (%)’ first. Then, you specify the individual column widths:

  • If you have 1 column in your mega menu, your column width equals to 100%
  • If you have 5 columns in your mega menu and set the ‘Grid Column Submenu’ blank, each column width equals to 20%.
  • If you want to set column width individually, enter the percentage value for each respective column under the ‘Grid Column Submenu’ field. For instance:
    • col1=25
    • col2=25
    • col3=25
    • col4=25
    • col5=100

    With this configuration, your mega menu will end up with a full-width mega menu where the first 4 columns will be located on the first row and the fifth column on the second row with max 100% width.

• Gear: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
• Bags: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
• Bras & Tanks: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
• Apply similar settings for the rest of sub-menu items

Step 2 -- Create What’s New menu item
Click Add New Menu Item again, to create What’s New item and follow these configuration steps: Setting 1 > Setting 2

<div class="intro-megamenu">
<div class="intro">Our Magento 2 mega menu is developed from the ground up. Simple yet powerful enough to create highly customisable Magento 2 mega menu, either horizontal or vertical for your store. With many goodies in place like Drag n Drop admin interface, flexible configuration options, you can show off your product categories and sub-categories in a multi-column drop down menu. You can promote items, banners and clips right in the Magento 2 Mega Menu, just a few clicks away.</div>
<div class="func-01"><img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/image03.jpg"}}" alt="Multiple Column Magento 2 Mega Menu" />
<p class="title">Multiple Column Magento 2 Mega Menu</p>
<p>Easier than ever to build professional multiple column layout to show off all of your categories and subcategories. Shoppers can see all of featured product options or navigate from pages to pages with ease.</p>
</div>
</div>

2.6 Style 5 -- Tab Style (Vertically stacked category dropdown)

This is a new menu type introduced in UB Mega Menu ver1.1.3. On mouse hover, each primary category expands as a mega menu with corresponding level-2 and level-3 subcategories. The mega menu is visually divided into two columns (one for main categories and another column is for their sub-categories).

We follow similar steps as per the Style-1 to create menu items.

Click Add New Menu Item button to create each of menu item, and apply the following configurations:

• Home: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
  NOTE:
  -- Make sure you set ‘Set Base Width’ as Dynamic Width(%) and Wrapper Width: 100.
  -- In the Setting 2 step, you insert the custom CSS class style-tabs.
• Column 1: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
• Shorts: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
  NOTE:
  -- Make sure in the Setting 2 step, you insert the custom class tab-head (This extra class is just for JS function, not defined in the LESS file).
• Gear: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
• Bags: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
• You simply apply similar settings for the rest of sub-menu items

2.7 Style 6 -- Tab Style (Horizontally stacked category dropdown)

This is a new menu type introduced in UB Mega Menu v.1.2.0.

Setting up the menu structure for Style 6 -- Horizontally stacked category dropdown is similar to the style 5 (Tab Style -- Vertically stacked Category Dropdown).

Just keep in mind that you fill in the style-tabs-hz extra class like this screenshot, instead of using the style-tabs like the style 5.

2.8. Style 7 -- Tab Style (Adding thumbnails to UB Mega Menu)

There are two options to add a thumbnail to a menu item:

• Using the Category image as the thumbnail of a menu item.
• Adding a custom image via the Custom Content field of the menu item.

2.8.1. Using a category image as the thumbnail

To display the thumbnails of menu items using the category image, please follow the steps below:

Step 1: Go to CATALOG | Categories, click the Upload button to upload an image that you want to use for the category.

Step 2: Create a menu item with the Catagory Page type, select the category that you configure in Step 1, and enable “Menu Thumbnail” to show the thumbnail.

2.8.2. Adding thumbnails via the Custom Content field

You follow similar steps as per Style-1 to create menu items.

Click Add New Menu Item button to create each of menu item, and follow the configuration below:

• Home: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
  NOTE:
  -- Make sure you set ‘Set Base Width’ as Dynamic Width(%) and Wrapper Width: 100.
  -- In the Setting 2 step, you insert the custom CSS class style-tabs.
• Column 1: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2
• Gear: Configuration steps -- Setting 1 > Setting 2

<div class="mega-with-thumb">
<ul class="mega-menu">
<li class="mega"><a class="mega" href="{{config path="web/unsecure/base_url"}}gear.html"><img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/thumb/thumb01.jpg"}}" alt="" /><span class="menu-title">Bengal Tiger</span></a></li>
<li class="mega"><a class="mega" href="{{config path="web/unsecure/base_url"}}women/tops-women.html"><img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/thumb/thumb02.jpg"}}" alt="" /><span class="menu-title">Fruits Hanging</span></a></li>
<li class="mega"><a class="mega" href="{{config path="web/unsecure/base_url"}}women/tops-women/tanks-women.html"><img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/thumb/thumb03.jpg"}}" alt="" /><span class="menu-title">Autumn Season</span></a></li>
<li class="mega"><a class="mega" href="{{config path="web/unsecure/base_url"}}women/bottoms-women/pants-women.html"><img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/thumb/thumb04.jpg"}}" alt="" /><span class="menu-title">Butterflies</span></a></li>
<li class="mega"><a class="mega" href="{{config path="web/unsecure/base_url"}}women/tops-women/tees-women.html"><img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/thumb/thumb05.jpg"}}" alt="" /><span class="menu-title">Heart Red</span></a></li>
<li class="mega"><a class="mega" href="{{config path="web/unsecure/base_url"}}training.html"><img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/thumb/thumb06.jpg"}}" alt="" /><span class="menu-title">The eye</span></a></li>
<li class="mega"><a class="mega" href="{{config path="web/unsecure/base_url"}}women.html"><img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/thumb/thumb07.jpg"}}" alt="" /><span class="menu-title">Smoking</span></a></li>
<li class="mega"><a class="mega" href="{{config path="web/unsecure/base_url"}}women/tops-women.html"><img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/thumb/thumb08.jpg"}}" alt="" /><span class="menu-title">Red Squirrel</span></a></li>
<li class="mega"><a class="mega" href="{{config path="web/unsecure/base_url"}}women/bottoms-women.html"><img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/thumb/thumb09.jpg"}}" alt="" /><span class="menu-title">Scarlet</span></a></li>
<li class="mega"><a class="mega" href="{{config path="web/unsecure/base_url"}}women/bottoms-women/shorts-women.html"><img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/ubmegamenu/thumb/thumb10.jpg"}}" alt="" /><span class="menu-title">Tiger Famile</span></a></li>
</ul>
</div>

2.9 Style 8 (Vertical menu)

Some stores might need a vertical menu, instead of the top main menu. It’s possible for the UB Mega menu to create the sidebar one column menu (vertical).

Step 1: Create a menu group with menu key ub-left-menu for vertical menu, then add menu item as you wish:

(If you are new to Magento, scroll back to section 2.1 Default Style to learn on steps to create menu group)

Step 2:
In your Magento admin, navigate to Content | Widget, then click Add Widget, and configure as follows:

Once done, simply add your own menu items the same way we do in the Top Menu above.

NOTE:
The UB Mega Menu v.1.1.5 supports a new extra class flattened-menu. Once the flattened-menu is added to the first level menu item, the vertical menu should look like this:

In order to use this newly added extra class: flattened-menu, please note the following required conditions:

• Applied to Vertical menu only
• Applied to the first level menu item only
• Make sure you set Enable Group Item of the first level menu item to Yes (Menu item settings > Mega Settings > Enable Group Item: Yes)

2.10 Mobile Menu (Accordion/Drill-down)

By default, UB Mega Menu enables Accordion menu on mobile devices. In UB Mega Menu v1.1.9 and later, you can switch to another menu approach -- Drilldown menu if you choose to:

• Accordion: a pull-down menu where clicking the main item expands the section below it
• Drill-down: shows only the submenus of the last selected menu item

To specify the menu for mobile devices, navigate to Ubertheme’s Extensions | (UB Mega Menu) Manage Menu, then click to Edit your Menu group and set Menu on Mobile with the option you want:

Import categories into UB Mega Menu

Supposed that you have existing product categories, you can simply import all categories or a few specific categories into your Magento 2 mega menu. If you select to import all categories, UB Mega Menu (starting from version 1.0.3) allows to import categories and sub-categories recursively. That means, your whole category tree is fully imported and reserved.

NOTE: Only Categories with ‘Enable Category’ and ‘Include in Menu’ enabled are imported.

The import steps are as simple as follows:

In the same Menu Group panel, go to Select | Manage Menu items. In the Menu item panel, click Import Categories, you’ll be directed to a popup window. In the ‘Select Import Type’ field, specify the option you wish to import.

In case you import a few specific categories, simply fill in and select the name of categories you wish, then proceed import as per the screenshot below.

Then (optional) assign the parent menu item to which the selected categories are imported and click the ‘Import Categories’ button. Once done, your categories tree should be in place. See the sample below for reference:

Then you should go to your admin dashboard, click System | Cache Management, and tap the ‘Flush Cache Storage’ button to flush the cache. Now open up the menu on your frontend, you should see them in place:

EXTRA NOTE:
(New improvements in UB Mega Menu 1.0.4 and later)

During your development process, chances are that you might need to add or delete a huge list of menu items. UB Mega menu now allows you to remove (recursive) menu and sub-menu items easily. For instance, if you delete the Gear menu item as shown in the screenshot below, all its sub-menu items will be removed too. You can delete every single sub-menu item though.

Or when you change the URL key or add a new sub-category, it will be automatically synced to the menu. And a menu item will no longer exist if its linked category is deleted.

Below you can find an example of a newly added sub-category:

• In your Magento admin, navigate to Category | Add Subcategory and create a new Sub-category (eg. Shoes under Gear category), then click Save button.

• Supposed that the Gear category menu item is already in place, then the new subcategory Shoes should be automatically synced to your Gear menu item.

If you want to have Magento 2 Mega Menu extension uninstalled, please follow steps below:

• Step 1: [Important] Remove related widgets if they were created

Go to your Backend | Content | Widget, delete all created widgets with Widget Type UB Mega Menu

• Step 2: Disable UB Instant Layered Navigation module and clean associated database tables

-- Open your terminal, go to your Magento2 folder <your magento install path> and run the following CLI commands:
php -f bin/magento maintenance:enable
php -f bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer
php -f bin/magento module:disable -c Ubertheme_UbMegaMenu
rm -rf app/code/Ubertheme/UbMegaMenu

-- Open your Mysql cpanel (eg. PHPMyAdmin), and run the following SQL:
NOTE: Make sure you replace with your own <table_prefix>:
DELETE FROM '<table_prefix>setup_module` WHERE `module`= 'Ubertheme_UbLayeredNavigation'
DELETE FROM `<table_prefix>setup_module` WHERE `module` = 'Ubertheme_UbMegaMenu';
DROP TABLE `<table_prefix>ubmegamenu_item`;
DROP TABLE `<table_prefix>ubmegamenu_group_store`;
DROP TABLE `<table_prefix>ubmegamenu_group`;


• Step 3: Once done, run the following commands:

NOTE: You can still keep the developer mode if you continue development process. Otherwise, run the following commands to switch to production mode:
php bin/magento deploy:mode:set production
php bin/magento maintenance:disable