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This list is taken from the help file available from the CMSMS menu manager layout page. References to additional parameters appear in the forums.

The parameters for the $node object used in the template are as follows:

• $node->id -- Content ID
• $node->url -- URL of the Content
• $node->accesskey -- Access Key, if defined
• $node->tabindex -- Tab Index, if defined
• $node->titleattribute -- Description or Title Attribute (title), if defined
• $node->hierarchy -- Hierarchy position, (e.g. 1.3.3)
• $node->depth -- Depth (level) of this node in the current menu
• $node->prevdepth -- Depth (level) of the node that was right before this one
• $node->haschildren -- Returns true if this node has child nodes to be displayed
• $node->menutext -- Menu Text
• $node->alias -- Page alias
• $node->target -- Target for the link. Will be empty if content doesn't set it.
• $node->index -- Count of this node in the whole menu
• $node->parent -- True if this node is a parent of the currently selected page

Optional Parameters

• (optional) includeprefix="" - Include only those items who's page alias matches one of the specified (comma separated) prefixes. This parameter cannot be combined with the excludeprefix parameter.
• (optional) excludeprefix="" - Exclude all items (and their children) who's page alias matches one of the specified (comma separated) prefixes. This parameter must not be used in conjunction with the includeprefix parameter.
• (optional) template="bulletmenu.tpl" - The template to use for displaying the menu. Templates will come from the database templates unless the template name ends with .tpl, in which case it will come from a file in the MenuManager templates directory (defaults to simple_navigation.tpl)
• (optional) start_page="home" - Starts the menu displaying at the given start_page and showing that element and it's children only. Takes a page alias.
• (optional) start_element="1.2" - Starts the menu displaying at the given start_element and showing that element and it's children only. Takes a hierarchy position (e.g. 5.1.2).
• (optional) start_level="2" - This option will have the menu only display items starting a the given level. An easy example would be if you had one menu on the page with number_of_levels='1'. Then as a second menu, you have start_level='2'. Now, your second menu will show items based on what is selected in the first menu.
• (optional) show_root_siblings="1" - This option only becomes useful if start_element or start_page are used. It basically will display the siblings along side of the selected start_page/element.
• (optional) show_all="0" - This option will cause the menu to show all nodes even if they are set to not show in the menu. It will still not display inactive pages however.
• (optional) number_of_levels="1" - This setting will only allow the menu to only display a certain number of levels deep.
• (optional) items="contact,home" - Use this item to select a list of pages that this menu should display. The value should be a list of page aliases separated with commas.
• (optional) collapse="1" - Turn on (set to 1) to have the menu hide items not related to the current selected page.
• (optional) lang="en_US" - Parameter is used to specify what language to use for display on the frontend. Not all modules support or need this.