You can create your menus and add menu items to them in the Menu Manager. To access the Menu Manager, do the following:

  1. Login to your Joomla Administration panel.
  2. Go to Menus > Manage.
  3. Click New to create a new menu.

Create Joomla Menus

To create a new menu item, do the following:

  1. Login to your Joomla Administration panel.
  2. Go to Menus > Menu Name (this is name of menu where you need to add new menu items).
  3. Click New button to add a new menu item.

Create Joomla Menu Items

Your menu types must not contains special characters, such as quotes, dashes, etc. So, a correct Menu Type would be, for example, "mycoolmenu". Incorrect Menu Type would be "my-cool-menu".