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Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition

By : Eric Tiggeler
Book Image

Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition

By: Eric Tiggeler

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – adding a link to a Category List layout


Let's find out what the differences are between Category Blog and Category List. Earlier, you created a Category Blog link that points towards the News category. Now let's create a list overview of the same category.

  1. Navigate to Menus | Main Menu | Add New Menu Item.

  2. In the Details screen, click on the Select button next to the Menu Item Type option. In the Select a Menu Item Type pop-up screen, click on Category List, as shown in the following screenshot:

  3. In the Choose a category drop-down box, select News. In the Menu Title field, add a descriptive menu link text: News Articles Overview.

  4. Click on Save. Done! Click on View Site to see the home page of your site, and click on the News Articles Overview link to see the new list page. It should look similar to the following screenshot:

What just happened?

You have created a category page that displays a list of hyperlinks to articles instead of a series of teaser texts. Clicking on an article...