Hiding DNN Admin and Host menus - The easy way!

In previous DotNetNuke versions, it was difficult to remove the Admin and Host menus from the root DNN menu. In 5.x versions, there is an easy way to do this.

Why hide the Admin and Host menus?

In many skins applied to a DNN web site, the menu's real estate is limited.  In fact, the root menu is usually intended to hold a specific number of pages.  When an Admin or Host logs in, additional menus appear in the root. In this example, they are forced to wrap to the next line, breaking te style of the site.

There have been other options, such as using a third-party menu that can give more control of the menu. DNN 5 provides an easier approach.

Hiding the menus

1. In the Control Panel, in the upper right, select Admin.
   
   
    
2. In DNN 5, both the Admin and Host pages display a list of the pages beneath them.  Since these are always available from the Control Panel, the 
   
   
   
    
3. On the Admin page, click Settings.  On the Admin page's settings, deselect Include in Menu.
   
   
    
4.  Repeat for Host page.

Now the Admin and Host pages will not appear in the site's menu.  They are accessible through the Control Panel.