How can I add an icon and a subtitle to a Joomla menu item?

Question

In Joomla 3.2 I need a to show a group of "buttons" (colored boxes) that are links to other articles or pages. These buttons must have an icon, a title (with bold text and a larger font) and a subtitle with a smaller font.

It's possible to do this with the standard menu component and some CSS customization, or shall I install or create a new component? If so, do you know any component that does this things?

Thank you!

Answer 1

I was also confused once to find the simple solution to attach an icon to menu-item links, but it was in version 2.5.12

The solution for version 3.0 and above is also same.

While adding a menu item you will find another tab with heading "Advanced Options"

In that you will find "Link Type Options" Tab.

  "Advanced Options"-> "Link Type Options"

From that you can set "Link Image" and the image will get attached to the same menu item.

 "Advanced Options"-> "Link Type Options"->"Link Image"

You do not need to use any other extensions if the requirements are paused at menu-item icons only and you can use tool-tip option to inform users more about the links, I think sub-title is not possible to set here.