Are you using the most current version of Drupal 7?
When I do the same thing, I get this result: http://i.imgur.com/Mgh8O.png - you should see a list of available content types for you to post with.
If you have javascript disabled, and/or using NoScript in Chrome / Firefox, you would see the same thing as a page-refresh, instead of a Modal overlay.
If that's still presenting a problem, check your permissions - maybe you don't have the rights to post any content. You could try using http://yoursite.com/node/add/article and see if it lets you add one, and then go back to your menu to see if it works now.
I would not suggest adding/eliminating things from the stock D7 admin menu. If you want a custom menu, just make a normal menu and add the things you want, and make sure all of your permissions are set up correctly.
I will check the suggested links. I stopped using NoScript which I had used but decided it was not worth the hassle. I did expect to see the result as you posted in your .png. Originally, I saw that result.
This is what happened. I wanted to limit the Navigation Menu to just 2 Items or links that I created. The obvious logical thought was to uncheck all the other enable boxes. The next time I decided to add content in the Admin Toolbar, I got a message "you have no content". Panic! Do I need to reinstall Drupal 7? The issue is not a rights issue at all. The issue is the relationship of the Drupal 7 Admin Toolbar to the Navigation Menu block! By de-selecting or disabling links in the Navigation Menu I then had no content in the Admin Toolbar/content. Judging from other people asking the same question in their posts I can see this is a confusing situation to many people so I am not alone. If you don't want the Navigation bar to show add content and all the content types you still have to leave all the content types enabled or they will not show up on the Admin Toolbar/content. Just disable the parent link and the children links will not display in the Navigation Menu. But if you disable the children links they will then not be available to the Admin Toolbar/content when you click on that menu item.
I posted this because I have found no clear explanation of the link between the Admin Toolbar and the Navigation Menu. Personally I would have expected any link to be to the management menu instead of the navigation menu. The problem is fixed now that I know the relationship between the Admin Toolbar/content and the Navigation Menu. Unfortunately documentation that I have found does not explain that relationship. When you go to add content and there is no content to add.... it is real easy to panic! Of course, we all know what should be there but when that disappears what does one do? As far as modifying the "stock D7 Admin Menu" I had no intent to do that. The fact is that the system modified the stock admin menu. That is why I wrote this comment.
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Are you using the most current version of Drupal 7?
When I do the same thing, I get this result: http://i.imgur.com/Mgh8O.png - you should see a list of available content types for you to post with.
If you have javascript disabled, and/or using NoScript in Chrome / Firefox, you would see the same thing as a page-refresh, instead of a Modal overlay.
If that's still presenting a problem, check your permissions - maybe you don't have the rights to post any content. You could try using http://yoursite.com/node/add/article and see if it lets you add one, and then go back to your menu to see if it works now.
http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu is the module for D6 that makes administration easy. You know, its great for D7 too. I also recommend you download this, http://drupal.org/project/rubik and its related parent theme http://drupal.org/project/tao. It makes administration on D7 even easier.
I would not suggest adding/eliminating things from the stock D7 admin menu. If you want a custom menu, just make a normal menu and add the things you want, and make sure all of your permissions are set up correctly.
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I will check the suggested links. I stopped using NoScript which I had used but decided it was not worth the hassle. I did expect to see the result as you posted in your .png. Originally, I saw that result.
This is what happened. I wanted to limit the Navigation Menu to just 2 Items or links that I created. The obvious logical thought was to uncheck all the other enable boxes. The next time I decided to add content in the Admin Toolbar, I got a message "you have no content". Panic! Do I need to reinstall Drupal 7? The issue is not a rights issue at all. The issue is the relationship of the Drupal 7 Admin Toolbar to the Navigation Menu block! By de-selecting or disabling links in the Navigation Menu I then had no content in the Admin Toolbar/content. Judging from other people asking the same question in their posts I can see this is a confusing situation to many people so I am not alone. If you don't want the Navigation bar to show add content and all the content types you still have to leave all the content types enabled or they will not show up on the Admin Toolbar/content. Just disable the parent link and the children links will not display in the Navigation Menu. But if you disable the children links they will then not be available to the Admin Toolbar/content when you click on that menu item.
I posted this because I have found no clear explanation of the link between the Admin Toolbar and the Navigation Menu. Personally I would have expected any link to be to the management menu instead of the navigation menu. The problem is fixed now that I know the relationship between the Admin Toolbar/content and the Navigation Menu. Unfortunately documentation that I have found does not explain that relationship. When you go to add content and there is no content to add.... it is real easy to panic! Of course, we all know what should be there but when that disappears what does one do? As far as modifying the "stock D7 Admin Menu" I had no intent to do that. The fact is that the system modified the stock admin menu. That is why I wrote this comment.
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