The custom module menu shows under Role Resources. Under Role Resources I click the check-box and save. I then reload the role and the check-box is no longer checked. I basically copied the menu items to the ACL XML element. Why is this happening?
config.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
...
<adminhtml>
<menu>
<customModuleHeader translate="title" module="custommodule">
<title>customModule</title>
<sort_order>60</sort_order>
<children>
<custommodule_configform translate="title" module="custommodule">
<title>custommodule Configuration</title>
<sort_order>50</sort_order>
<children>
<custommodule_configform translate="title" module="custommodule">
<title>Settings</title>
<action>custommodule/adminhtml_configuration</action>
<sort_order>10</sort_order>
</custommodule_configform>
</children>
</custommodule_configform>
</children>
</customModuleHeader>
</menu>
<layout>
...
admin.html
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<acl>
<resources>
<admin>
<children>
<customModuleHeader translate="title" module="custommodule">
<title>customModule</title>
<sort_order>60</sort_order>
<children>
<custommodule_configform translate="title" module="custommodule">
<title>custommodule Configuration</title>
<sort_order>50</sort_order>
<children>
<custommodule_configform translate="title" module="custommodule">
<title>Settings</title>
<sort_order>10</sort_order>
</custommodule_configform>
</children>
</custommodule_configform>
</children>
</customModuleHeader>
</children>
</admin>
</resources>
</acl>
</config>
Best Answer
This is syntax how to create the Menu in Magento Admin Panel you can follow this
/app/code/local///etc/adminhtml.xml