History: MultiLevelMenus

This solution is by xia (Forum post). I am merely documenting it here in the wiki.

Tikiwiki version: 1.8.5.

Let's say we want to have a menu that's collapsed by default. Upon expanding it should be like this:

1. Open templates/tiki-admin_menu_options.tpl

Find:

<option value="o" {if $type eq 'o'}selected="selected"{/if}>{tr}option{/tr}</option>

Add below:

<option value="p" {if $type eq 'p'}selected="selected"{/if}>{tr}submenu1{/tr}</option>
<option value="q" {if $type eq 'q'}selected="selected"{/if}>{tr}submenu2{/tr}</option>

('p', 'q', 'submenu1', 'submenu2' can be any names you choose)

Save and close.

2. Open lib/smarty_tiki/function.phplayers.php

Find:

if ($cd["type"] == 'o' and $indented) {
				$output.= ".";

Add below:

} elseif ($cd["type"] == 'p') {
				$output.= "..";
} elseif ($cd["type"] == 'q') {
				$output.= "...";

Save and close.

3. Click on 'Admin' menu and then 'Features'. Tick 'PhpLayers Dynamic menus' and press 'Change preferences' button.

4. Admin -> Menus. Create a new menu of 'dynamic collapsed' type. Configure the menu to add menu items.

5. Admin -> Modules. Scroll down to 'Create new user module' section. Give it a name, title. The latest menu we just created should be selected for 'phpLayersMenus:' drop-down. Click on 'use phplayermenu' and press 'create/edit'.

6. Assign the module to set it left or right at a desired order.

You can check the live demo at http://sridharkatakam.com/tiki/.