# Menus (Food)

If you do not see this in your menu, your website does not use it.

Menus (Food) comes with our higher plans. Contact us to upgrade, or visit your
customer portal for a self-service upgrade to a supported plan.

A menu here is one whole food menu: Lunch, Dinner, or Catering. One entry is
one menu.

A menu holds a name and a line or two of intro. It does not hold your food.
Your dishes live in [Menu Sections (Food)](/content/menu-sections-food/). A
section is one part of the menu, such as Tacos, Burritos, or Drinks.

Go to **Content**, then **Menus (Food)**.

:::note[Important]
There is a second screen named **Menus**, under **Manage**. That one is the
row of links at the top of your website. It has nothing to do with food.
:::

## The list of your menus

![The Menus (Food) list with three numbered marks: 1 on Add New, 2 on the Lunch Menu title, 3 on the view icon in that row.](../../../assets/screenshots/menus-list.png)

*Most food trucks need one menu. Some have two or three.*

**1. Add New.** Starts a new menu.

**2. The title.** Click it to open the menu and edit it.

**3. The view icon.** Opens your menu page on your live website.

## How a menu and its sections fit together

A menu is the cover. The sections are the pages inside it.

![The live menu page with four numbered marks: 1 on the intro line, 2 on the Tacos heading, 3 on a dish name, 4 on the Download PDF button.](../../../assets/screenshots/menu-live.png)

*One menu, its sections, and the dishes inside them.*

**1. The intro.** Typed on the menu.

**2. A heading.** One Menu Section entry.

**3. A dish.** One row in that section's list of items.

**4. Download PDF.** Covered further down this page.

So which section belongs to which menu?

- **If you have one menu**, every section belongs to it. Leave the **Menu**
  box on each section empty.
- **If you have two or more**, each section names its menu in that box.
- A section with an empty **Menu** box joins the first menu on the list.

[Menu Sections (Food)](/content/menu-sections-food/) walks through that box.

## Making a menu

1. Click **Add New**.
2. Type a **Menu title**, such as "Lunch Menu".
3. Write an **Intro** if you want one.
4. Click **Save**.
5. Click **Publish**.

![The Edit Menu screen with three numbered marks: 1 on the Menu title box, 2 on the Intro box, 3 on the Live View button.](../../../assets/screenshots/menus-edit.png)

*A menu has four boxes. None of them is for food.*

**1. Menu title.** What you call this menu. On a site with one menu, it is
never shown to the public. It is a name for you.

**2. Intro.** A line or two under the heading, such as your serving hours.
Leave it empty and nothing shows there.

**3. Live View.** Opens your menu page in a new tab. A menu has no page of
its own, so this always opens the one menu page.

Two more boxes sit further down the form.

**Printable PDF** is for a menu file you already have. It is covered below.
Leave it empty and your website makes one for you.

**Sort order** sets which menu comes first, and only matters if you have two
or more. The lowest number goes first, and an empty box counts as zero. Two
menus with the same number fall back to A to Z by title.

:::note[Important]
A new menu shows nothing on your website on its own. It needs a published
section with at least one dish in it. Until then, visitors do not see the
menu at all. [Menu Sections (Food)](/content/menu-sections-food/) shows you
how to add one.
:::

:::caution[Warning]
The **Slug** is part of a web address, and it is used to tie a section to
this menu. Set it once, while the menu is new, then leave it alone. [Saving
and publishing](/start-here/saving-and-publishing/) has the full warning.
:::

## Where your menu shows up

Your website has one menu page, at `yoursite.com/menu`. Every menu you
publish is on it, one under the other.

With one menu, that page is headed **Menu** and your menu title is not
shown. Your sections start right away.

With two or more, each menu gets its own heading. A row of buttons at the top
of the page jumps to each one.

To add a link to this page in the bar at the top of your website, go to
**Manage**, then **Menus**.

## The Download PDF button

Every menu on the page has one. It hands a visitor a printable copy: your
business name, the headings, the dishes and the prices. No photos, no
colors.

You do not have to make that file. Your website builds it from what you have
typed.

If you already have a menu file of your own, open the menu and upload it in
the **Printable PDF** box. The button then hands out your file instead. Only
a PDF file can go here.

:::tip[Tip]
Small picture symbols do not print. A dish name with a chilli symbol in it
shows fine on the web page, but the printable copy prints a question mark in
its place. Keep them out of dish names.
:::

## Putting your menu on another page

A **Menu** block puts a short version of your menu on any page. It lists dish
names and prices, then a button through to the full menu page. The home page
is the usual spot for it.

[Pages](/content/pages/) shows how a block is added and changed.

![The Edit Menu block form with four numbered marks: 1 on Headline, 2 on Menu slug, 3 on Maximum items to show, 4 on Button label.](../../../assets/screenshots/menu-block.png)

*The block has its own form. All four boxes can be left empty.*

**1. Headline.** The heading above the list, such as "What is on the truck
today". Leave it empty and no heading shows.

**2. Menu slug.** Which menu to use. Leave it empty and your first menu is
used, which is what most sites want. A menu's slug is in the panel on the
right when you have that menu open.

**3. Maximum items to show.** A number, such as 4. Leave it empty and six
dishes show.

**4. Button label.** The words on the button under the list. Leave it empty
and it reads **See the full menu**.

The block takes dishes from the top of the menu down, section by section. It
shows no headings and no photos. For all of that, a visitor clicks through.

## Changing a price

Prices sit on the dish, not on the menu. Open the section that holds the
dish, change its **Price**, and publish. [Menu Sections
(Food)](/content/menu-sections-food/) covers it.

## Taking a menu off your website

:::caution[Warning]
Both of the buttons below take the menu off your website the moment you
click. Its sections and dishes go with it.

If this is your only menu, your menu page then has no food on it at all.
Visitors see a short setup message where your dishes used to be. Check that
another published menu is in place first.
:::

**Unpublish Menu** hides it and keeps it. Use it for a menu you are resting,
such as a summer one in winter. The entry waits exactly as you left it, and
publishing brings it back.

**Move to Trash** is for a menu you are done with. It goes to the **Trash**
tab, so you can still get it back.

[Saving and publishing](/start-here/saving-and-publishing/) covers both
buttons and how to undo them.