Raw Edit

Days, lists, groups, items and description for complete menu can be edited on one page - in text mode. In Phoca Restaurant Menu administration, go to selected menu and click on Raw Edit button.

Phoca Restaurant Menu - Raw Edit - semicolon is item delimiter

Items can be separated by TAB or SEMICOLON (;). It is recommended to use SEMICOLON because TAB is not visible.

Example:

Your menu will be ready in LibreOffice (or OpenOffice, MS Office, ...) and you have enabled TAB as item delimiter.

Phoca Restaurant Menu - Preparing menu in office document

Just copy the text and paste it into form in Phoca Restaurant Menu Raw Edit:

Phoca Restaurant Menu - Raw Edit - item delimiter is TAB

Click Save and your menu will be ready for frontend displaying. Frontend displaying of menu with help of Bootstrap 3:

Phoca Restaurant Menu - Frontend displaying with help of Bootstrap

Be aware that adding wrong format data can cause deleting of current items (make a backup before editing). See the following syntax of raw edit.

DAILY MENU
#Date
###Group
>Group Description
Quantity;Title;Price1;Price2;Item Description; Image ID

WEEKLY MENU
#Date From-Date To
##Day
###Group
>Group Description
Quantity;Title;Price1;Price2;Item Description; Image ID

BEVERAGE LIST
WINE LIST
Bill of Fare
##List
###Group
>Group Description
Quantity;Title;Price1;Price2;Item Description; Image ID

BREAKFAST MENU
LUNCH MENU
DINNER MENU
###Group
>Group Description
Quantity;Title;Price1;Price2;Item Description; Image ID

When editing menu with Raw Edit, don't use the following characters in Day, List, Group or Item name (even in the Description): #, ##, ###, >, ; TAB

These characters are used for formatting menu:

# Date

## Day or List

### Group

> Description

; or TAB is delimiter for items