Step 1 – Navigate to the Menu > Add New from the WordPress dashboard.
Step 2 – You will see a standard WordPress editor and post creation screen.
Step 3 – You can add a title and description to the menu item. The expected controls for saving it as a draft or publishing it are present.
Step 4 – Just like regular WordPress posts you can use taxonomies.
- Categories: You can select/create categories that describe the type of the menu item.
- Tags: You can select/create the tags for the menu item.
Step 5 – Upload a featured image from the ‘Featured Image’ field. Also, you can define a excerpt from the ‘Excerpt’ field.
Step 6 – Now scroll a little to the bottom of the page and you will see the menu settings section. This area contains the menu settings and the menu management controllers. This area is divided into sections for easier use.
- Pricing: In this section, you can define a price and enter price variations.
- Blocks: In this section, you can create content blocks.
- Order Button: In this section, You can add order buttons for manual/e-commerce.
Step 7 – Currently, the menu item is ready to be published, but you can turn the menu item into a higher quality content by filling out the other fields. Below I will explain in detail what all the fields do, so that you can fill them in easily. You can also check out the demo of Bouffe, it might give you a good idea.
- Pricing:
- Price: You can enter the price of the menu item.
- Price Variations: If there is more than one price variation, you can create it here. Example: Small, medium, large, etc.
- Blocks:
- Blocks Status: You can choose status of the content blocks.
- Blocks: You can create content blocks. Example: Ingredients, nutritions, etc.
- Order Button:
- Button: You can choose status of the button.
- Button Type: Choose a button type: Link or WooCommerce Product. You can sell products with WooCommerce or you can redirect to an external link.
- Button Link: You can enter a link if you want to redirect to an external link.
- Button Text: You can enter a custom text for the button. Default: Buy Now.
- WooCommerce Product: If you want to sell products via WooCommerce, you can select a product.
For all areas where you select the ‘Default’ option, the selection in the theme settings will be used automatically.
With these features, you can visualize your venue and better promote your content.
Step 8 – Now that everything is ready, you can press the ‘Publish’ button to publish your content.