In this article I would like to affect the very part of the Using Menu Type - category blog template. In fact, this item allows you to display the contents of the category. The only nuance is the word " blog". In fact, it's just a type of output. For example, I have on main page (Yes, and in sections), an almost similar option is implemented. However, it is better to see once than hear than a hundred times, so it is better to add a blog blog template in the menu and see the result. And now how to add this type of menu, we will analyze in this article.

When creating a new menu item, you need to select the type - " Category blog template":

But as for " Main parameters"And" Parameters extended"They need to be considered here, as they differ from other types of menus.

Let's start with the group " Main parameters":

• Category. In this drop-down list, you need to choose the category you want to withdraw.
• Description. If you wrote a description when creating a category, here you can either show or hide it.
• Picture description. If you specified a picture for the category, then here you can take it out.
• In full swing. This parameter sets how many materials will be displayed on the entire width of the content. It is better to look at the result, and you will immediately understand what makes this option.
• Introduction. The number of articles that the user sees with a brief description.
• Speakers. The number of columns of the blog.
• Links. The number of simple references to articles that appear immediately after the withdrawal of all materials in full width and introductory.

In general, these parameters are better not to describe, but immediately see, and then you immediately understand. The only thing you need to create at least a few articles to really see the difference.

And now consider " Parameters extended":

• Order categories. This is sorting elements by category. " Alphabetic heading"- This is a sort of alphabetical," Headline against alphabet", on the contrary, sorting against the alphabet. A" Procedure of show"Means that the elements will be sorted according to the order you specified.
• Sorting. Here you need to choose from the drop-down list that the sorting option you want to get. Just in case, hits. - This is the number of views of the article, because it is often found this word in various versions of localization, and not everyone knows.
• Order for multi-columns. Arrangement of category materials in the edges. This applies only to those types of blog, where 2 and more column.
• Split page. Show either hide partitioning on pages.
• Results of splitting page. If the previous option is enabled, then here you can display the result of the partition. For example, " 1-2 of 2.".
• Show link to ribbon. You can turn on RSS-tenta For this category, then people will be able to subscribe to it and receive notifications about updates.

From my own experience, I will say that all these settings are often not necessary to change, so if something is left not clear, then just look at them in practice. Although, most likely, it is not necessary.

We touched wordPress topicHere we will consider Joomla, namely how to create and override output patterns. No, no, not a general template of the site (although we will work with it), and something else than many developers, unfortunately, just neglect. But first things first.

Let's look at first how the template is arranged in Joomla. I will explain in general terms, but so that you become clear about what templates I am talking. We all know that the site has a template that we can change to any, whatever we want. So this template may contain as if under-templates, namely, extension patterns. Imagine you want to change the output style, for example, any module, take, the output module of the latest materials. The module can be both native built-in and third parties, in principle, it does not matter, the essence is one. Imagine we need to change places the title of the article and the picture of the announcement, i.e. It was - first there is a title of the article, then under it the picture, then the date, then the text, etc. And the designer painted us like this - the picture is higher, and the title is lower. How will we change? Here is the most interesting ... Many developers, do not think about the fact that Joomla is a rapidly developing system that is characteristic of the frequent update. But many developers find these same lines in the module files and change them as they need. Is it so impossible? Why, you can, only after updating the module or engine, if it is a native module - we cried your changes and all your works will go nowhere. Those., Modified files are simply set when updating. So, the developers provided it and invented a system of template and in my opinion this is a very correct and convenient approach.

Structure of the article

So how is the templates override? Joomla, like most modern engines running on MVC model - model, view, controller. I will not go deep now, but I will say that this model provides for the logic separation from the template. So, just this pattern and endured in the main joomla template. Joomla is so arranged that if in the main template of the site in the "HTML" folder will not be found patterns of extensions, it will output them from the kernel. To make a clear one example.

Take a standard component com_conten - This is a component of the Joomla article. Let's try to override the type of selected articles. Let's bring them, for example, on the main page. To do this, we need to make the output template of the elected component articles in the Joomla main template. To do this, create a HTML folder at the root of the main website template, then in it the folder "com_content", then in it the folder "Featured" (Favorite materials), i.e. The path will be about the following - / templates / your template / HTML / COM_CONTENT / Featured. Now we go on the next way - / Components / COM_CONTENT / Views / Featured / TMPL / and copy the default.php, default_links.php and default_item.php files in the created folder "Featured" of your template. Now you edit these files as we need. Changes can immediately see on the site. Now when updating Joomla, your changes will be untouched.

Thus, you can override the output pattern of almost any component or module, both built-in and third-party. There are no templates. Override templates may seem on the one side of the routine - to create folders in a specific sequence, if something incorrectly make templates will not work. IN recent versions Joomla, starting with Joomla 3.2, it became possible to create overrides automatically directly from the site admin. To do this, go to extension -\u003e Template Manager -\u003e In the list of templates opposite the template used in the Template column, click on the template name and fall into the template editor.

Now it is enough to click on the extension to interest and override will be automatically created in the folder of the selected template. In my opinion, this greatly simplifies life, because No need to steam out which folders create what to invest, etc.

Also, in addition to the patterns of components and modules, we can override the type of layouts. What is layouts? For example, we need to change the page navigation template. To do this, it is enough to create a "pagination" layout template and change it as needed. Layouts are a novelty that appeared in Joomla 3.

Alternative layout

Now we understand that before changing the design of the output of a certain expansion, it is necessary to create its template. But imagine that one and the same module need to set several decorations, i.e. In one site, the design is one, in another section of the design of another. How to be here? I will say that this developers have provided and created a special option called "Alternative Layout". You can see this option in the settings of the module or component. Here, for example, in the module settings it looks like this.

Let me be override the authorization form module template on the site and create two templates. To be clear what they differ from each other will make the input button in one orange template, by default, the input button in the template "PROTOSTAR" blue. To do this, first go to the templates manager and create a redefinition for the module "Mod_login" - Extensions -\u003e Template Manager -\u003e In the Column "Template", choose our template, I have this template "PROTOSTAR" -\u003e Tab "Create Override" and in the "Modules" column click on the link "Mod_login".

Next, we receive a message that override is created and the following that we will move in the "Protostar" template folder (if the site is on hosting, then it is better to use the FTP client, for example, Total Commander) and see that the folder appeared in the root of the template "HTML", open this folder, then the folder "Mod_login" And we see two template files: default.php. and default_logout.php.. We can change these files as we want it and the result can immediately be observed on the site after updating the page. But these changes are cited immediately to all created modules "Mod_login"And we need to create two different designs.

In order to understand the essence of an alternative layout, go to the module settings Login Form -\u003e Tab " Extra options"And we are convinced that in the drop-down list "Alternative layout" There is only a default template and everything.

Now let's create copies of override templates in the folder mod_login. Site template (highlight the file, click Ctrl + C, then Ctrl + V), we will have files with the prefix "- copy". We rename both files by replacing the prefix "- a copy" for, for example, "-Alternative" (file names must be strictly latin and do not contain the signs of the lower underscore), i.e. We must have two additional file: default-alternative.php. and default-alternative_logout.php.. Now we are looking for a button code in the file default-alternative.php. Class "BTN BTN-PRIMARY" And change "BTN-PRIMARY" on the "BTN-Warning" (Warning buttons class B), i.e. like this - class \u003d »BTN BTN-WARNING».

Now go to the module settings mod_login. And we see that an additional "Default-Alternative" appeared in the Alternative Layout list.

All, now we can clone our module and select the "Default-Alternative" template in the "Alternative Layout" option. Now this template will be displayed on the site with an orange entrance hemp.

Alternative category and articles layout

Also, as well as modules, articles and categories can also assign their alternative output layout. We can override the withdrawal of any article or category. When creating a site often have to resort to such methods, especially if it is a big site and there is a lot of all different information on it.

Alternative layout We can assign a separate category and separate article.

It is worth noting that the alternative layout of the category will work only if the category is not tied to the menu item with the type "Blog of category" or "List of category materials". To output an alternative category layout that is tied to the menu item will use the other method, but about it below ...

Alternative layout of a separate article

Let's create an alternative layout of a separate material. For example, in a separate material, I specified the header H2 class PageTitle, so this material has become unique to others. How can this be achieved? Just create an alternative page layout and assign it to the desired article. To do this, first create a redefinition for the article: Extensions -\u003e Template Manager -\u003e Template Column, select your template -\u003e Create Override -\u003e In the Component Column, we find "COM_CONTENT", reveal the list and click on the "Article" link.

Now we go to the directory - / templates / your template / HTML / COM_CONTENT / ARTICLE / and create a copy of the DEFAULT.php file. Next are renamed this fileFor example, so - Default-Alt.php. We introduce the necessary edits into the template (I asked the page title of the PageTitle class, if you remember). Now appoint this template of the desired article - Materials -\u003e Material Manager -\u003e Select the desired material -\u003e Material display options -\u003e Go down and in the Alternative Layout field, select our layout - default-alt.

Now, if you restart the page, we will be able to see our changes.

Now give our alternative "Default-Alt" layout. We will give an adequate name. For example, let's call it - my alternative layout. To do this, we must add a constant with the translation - TPL_ Name of your template _Com_Content_Article_Layout_ Alternative layout file name \u003d "My alternative layout" - in the template localization file - RU-RU.TPL_ template name .sys.ini.

I use the standard "Protostar" template and the name of the alternative layout file for me - default-alt.php. In my case, I added to the translation of the TPL_PROTOSTAR_COM_CONTENT_Article_Layout_Default-Alt \u003d "My alternative layout" to the file RU-RU.Tpl_protostar.sys.ini (/ Language / RU /). Now, when choosing an alternative layout, my name is displayed.

There is a simpler method for localizing an alternative layout by overriding the Joomla Language Constant. I wrote about this in, you can also read. The translation is created from the admin and you do not need to climb files. To do this, we go - extensions -\u003e Languages \u200b\u200bManager -\u003e Override Constant. Next, in the Filter field, switch to the area of \u200b\u200bthe control panel with the desired language (I have Russian, in the multilingual site will have to create for each language).

Now we click on the "Create" button and in the Language Constant field we enter our constant, I have it - TPL_PROTAR_COM_CONTENT_ARTAR_LAYOUT_DEFAULT-ALT. In the "Text" field, we introduce its translation - my alternative layout. Click Save. Everything, the layout will also be translated.

I would like to add that our alternative layout can be determined and globally, i.e. By default will be applied to all materials. To do this, we go to the settings of the materials - the material manager -\u003e click on the "Settings" button in the upper right corner -\u003e in the first tab "Materials" at the top we see the field "Select layout".

Alternative category layout

Also, as well as the article creates an alternative layout of the category. Create an override of the list of articles in the category (when creating a redefinition, click already on the "Category" link). Next, we go to our template and open the Definition folder created - Category. In this folder find files: blog.php., blog_Item.php. and blog_children.php. and create copies of them (allocate, Ctrl + C -\u003e Ctrl + V). We rename copies of these files, I called them like this: myBlog.php., myBlog_Item.php. and myBlog_children.php.. You can replace the prefix " myBlog_»By your name, but the sequence of actions should be exactly the same, otherwise errors may occur. Now in the admin site of the site, we open the category that we want to assign an alternative layout and in the "Parameters" tab find the "Alternative Layout" field. Opening a list We will see the layout we create (by default there are already two layouts: a blog and list).

Let us remind you again! This alternative layout will be applied only if the category is not attached to the menu item with the Type of Blog Categories or Category List.

You can also give an adequate name to the layout by creating a linguistic constant - TPL_ Template name _Com_content_category_layout_ The name of the layout file (copy of the Blog.php file). In my case it will be - TPL_PROTAGORY_COM_CONTENT_CATEGORY_LAYOUT_MYBLOG, in the Translation field I gave my name - my blog.

So we overdered the Categories blog template, but if you noticed in the Category Override folder there are also files: default.php, default_item.php and default_children.php - these are the category list template files. So, if you want to create an alternative category list layout, then you need to create copies of these files. The rest is similar.

Everything would seem, but here there is another moment that I also want to tell. Here I submit our list of category materials, they are displayed in the blog format. Let's now change the title of the material in the category list. By default, it is H2, and we remove it in H3. Edits are entered into the Blog_Item.php file, but I will change to make an alternative layout in the MyBlog_Item.php file. So if we open this file, it turns out that some blocks are put in separate files, including our article title. Remember the third layout column when creating override in the template. So, now we will turn to this column. We need to create overrides the layouts of the standard component of the Joomla article. To do this, we go to override and in the "Layouts" column click on the "Content" link. Now go to the folder of our template, then the "HTML" folder and see that another folder appeared there - "Layouts". Excellent! Now let's go to this folder -\u003e Joomla -\u003e Content and here we need to find a file that contains the title of our article. To do this, we will return to our MyBlog_item.php file (in my case) and looking for a line where the title is displayed. I have it 23 row. It looks like this:

item); ?\u003e

Based on this code, we see that the file with the title is connected - blog_style_default_item_title, I just will look for it in the Layouts folder. I have this file present - blog_style_default_item_title.php.. You can immediately open it and edit it, but I also propose to create an alternative layout of this title template. To do this, create a copy of this file and rename it, for example, I called it like that. Now go to file myBlog_Item.php. And change the line

item); ?\u003e

item); ?\u003e

Now, template file myBlog_style_Default_Item_Title.php. You can change anything and changes will be applied specifically in the category that an alternative layout of the category is appointed. That's how it all arranged. In the same way, other templates of the "Layouts" column are redefined.

This alternative layout can also be determined globally, i.e. By default will be assigned to all categories. We go to the settings of the standard component of the Joomla article and in the "Category" tab, select the desired layout.

Alternative menu item layout

Now let's consider another option to create an alternative layout with reference to the menu item. We go to the directory - / templates / your template / HTML / COM_CONTENT / CATEGOTY and create a copy of the Blog.xml file and then rename to (in my case) myblog.xml. Now let's open this file. At the beginning of the file, we will see the structure of the following type:

This structure is just determining the menu item for our layout. Change the following constants to your own, replacing the dedicated fragment in accordance with the created alternative template and create override for them in language files:

COM_CONTENT_CATEGORY_VIEW_ Blog._Title
COM_CONTENT_CATEGORY_VIEW_ Blog._Option
Jhelp_menus_menu_item_article_category_ Blog.
COM_CONTENT_CATEGORY_VIEW_ Blog._Desc.

I called them as follows:

COM_CONTENT_CATEGORY_VIEW_MYBLOG_TITLE
COM_CONTENT_CATEGORY_VIEW_MYBLOG_OPTION
Jhelp_menus_menu_item_article_category_myblog
COM_CONTENT_CATEGORY_VIEW_MYBLOG_DESC.

We go to the language manager and create redefinitions of the constants for the control panel area with the language you need. I was enough to create overrides for two constants: COM_CONTENT_CATEGORY_VIEW_MYBLOG_TITLE and COM_CONTENT_CATEGORY_VIEW_MYBLOG_DESC.

Create a new menu item, choose the type "Materials" and see that there has been a new type of created our alternative layout. I called it "Alternative Blog Blog Layout.

Now the output of the articles in this menu item will be displayed in accordance with the created layout.

I want to warn that if you create an alternative menu item layout, then this alternative layout to choose globally or from the category you will not succeed, because It will not be available.

Module style

Let's go back to our modules and see what else you can do to simplify our life. So far, we have understood the internal layouts of each expansion, said that they can be overridden, but the modules have, as it were, the outer shell, which was not available to us with the above methods. What is this shell? This, for example, a block with a class of ModuleTable, which envelops each module with the standard XHTML output style. You can also turn on the module header, which is displayed by default in the H3 tag. Now imagine the situation - you need one of the modules, or rather its header to change the H3 tag to a regular DIV block with a specific class, say, the class Moduletitle, + still add inside this block SPAN tag, i.e. Form the title even further than the Span tag. It concerned a separate module. And what if you need to withdraw all the modules in a certain modular position?

Let's be able to understand. We can create a unique wrapper and assign it to any module. To do this, create a Modules.php file in the folder of your template, namely the full path looks like that - / templates / your template / html / modules.php. We open this file and insert the following code into it:

content)):?\u003e

But do not rush to save, we need to edit it else, and if you need to create a unique module style, otherwise the error in the form of a white screen will pop up on the site (with a disabled error display), because This style already exists. We are interested in function "MODCHROME_XHTM" Let us give her a unique name, I called it - "MODCHROME_MYSTYLE". All, now the contents of the function can be constructed as we need it. As a result, if we reached the intended code, I upgraded the code as follows:

content)):?\u003e

Now you can save this file. The next thing we will do, go to the module manager and open the desired module to edit. Go to the "Advanced Settings" tab, descend down and in the last "Module style" filter see that we have an additional style - I have this mystyle.

Choose this style and observe the result. If you write to see that instead of the usual header H3, we have a DIV block with a ModuleTitle class, which also contains the inner tag of Span.

This feature is assigned a unique style to each module appeared in Joomla 3. In Joomla 2.5 I have not seen such an opportunity. So, if you have not done this yet.

Now let's look at how to make the output of all modules on the specified style in a specific modular position. The modular position in the template is inserted in the following way:

name \u003d "Header" - instead header. Enter your name of the modular position.

If you notice a standard style is displayed in this position - XHTML. I will replace it on our created - MyStyle, i.e. like this:

Everything, now all the module in this modular position will be displayed in our style. Respect to developers that they gave this opportunity so flexibly tune the template!

Additional features

If you notice in the same tab of the "Advanced Parameters" module, in addition to the "Alternative Layout" and "Module Style" fields, there are also fields such as, CSS-class suffix, "caching", "HTML-tag of the module", " Bootstrap size, "HTML Tag Header", "CSS Class of the title". Well, the field "caching" to the template of the relationship does not have, therefore, so far it is lowered. Consider the remaining fields.

Suffix CSS-class module - Adds suffix to the block with the ModuleTable class. An additional class can be set, both through a space, and through a hyphen or to write ply. Thus, we can uniqueize the class of the module block and write such styles for him as we want.

HTML module tag - works if we choose the module style hTML5.. This style is created by default. The option allows you to replace the standard Div unit to one of the selected - Section, NAV, article, etc.

Size bootstrap - Works with the selected style of the module hTML5.. This option is relevant only if you use in your site template

Hello, dear blog readers Website. Today we will continue, which was already raised at times earlier, as well as learned. Today we will try to consider various options for outputting articles on site pages using different menu items.

The menu is one of the fundamental parts and protrudes, usually, as navigation items. But besides navigation, they define that it will be displayed on a dynamic page after transition to it by reference. In fact, they define what will be displayed on a page or another page.

What is needed and how to work with the menu items Joomla

It is not so easy to understand, especially those users who dealt with static sites in which the role of the menu was only reduced to ensuring navigation. In general, the question of organizing content and the ways of conclusion content is one of the most difficult for beginner Jumlovodov.

At first, it is very difficult to catch the entire relationship between the menu, its items, the contents of the web and modules in which they are output. But let's do everything in order. First, they, as in any other website, can be located as horizontally (most often in the upper part of the window, but the creation of the lower) and vertically (either in the left or in the right column of the template).

What is noteworthy, the Navigation menu item in Jumle can lead both a page with one single or blog or a list of materials contained in any category or section. Moreover, one and the same publication may be available at different links from the menu.

For some link, it will open one-cell on the web page, and on some kind of list in the form of a list or in the form of a blog of category or partition to which it belongs. Probably, you still do not quite understand what we are talking about, but I hope that this understanding will come when you read this guide.

So, all this wealth you can see in one place - in the menu manager. It will be possible to get from the administrator, choosing from its top string "All Menu" - "Menu". For each of them you can create items that will form a web page with one way or another.

Their appearance is set from the settings of these most menu items. It is very important to understand, for knowing where to look for certain settings, you will greatly facilitate your task. , as well as setting up modules for them.

Going to the Menu Manager You can click the icon in the column opposite you need, as a result of which the list of all items will open, which are already available in it. Access to this page can also be obtained by simply choosing "All Menu" from its top line - "name you need":

As a result, the window opens:

Creating a menu item

At the top of it you will see the buttons, among them there will be a button "Create", by clicking on which a wizard of creating a new navigation element will open:

In this window you will see the tree structure of the menu links that you can create in Jumla. This tree contains nested items that will open after clicking the mouse over the chosen parent branch. Everything is quite simple and clearly.

It serves so that we can choose the version of the page presentation to which the transition will be executed after clicking on the menu link created. In other words, you will need to choose one of the page templates in Joomla. Different templates allow combining one or more articles based on partitions and categories to which they belong.

Please note that in the above tree options are quite a lot and are broken by the types of components (this), on the basis of which the content of content will be converted to the site. We are primarily interested in options that are offered to create a default integrated component that is responsible for working with materials.

But besides the main component to work with articles, there are other, which, too, in turn, will add their own options to this tree, allowing you to refer to the web brings with the content formed by our Content.

But we will still focus on the review of the materials, and everything else will be considered as much. So, the menu item in Joomla can refer to the pages of the three main types: with a separate article, to a whole category or section.

In addition, the menu item may indicate both a separate component and the category of this component. For example, it will be possible to create a link leading both on the list of all categories of the gallery created by you and on the page with the contents (photos) of one single.

It may look like this:

At the same time, the following options were selected in the tree, which were added after installing the PhoCa Gallery component:

The main task when creating a site on Joomla is to properly organize information content (content, content). I mean the structure of sections and categories, both for articles and, for example, for the photo gallery component. Well, methods for the output of well-structured content are provided quite a lot.

True, it is often a manifold of ways of output and causes complexity from novice users. But, I hope that at the end of reading this publication, you will slightly decrease with a confused system, and clarity will be clarity at least on some issues.

If you want to achieve the most convenient navigation, it is worth it with the correct formation of sections and categories and the distribution of existing articles between them. And to form already on this database the branched menu system and their elements for convenient and understandable withdrawal users will already be the case of technology.

Menu items allowing to display articles on the site

To display the content to the site, which includes articles, you will need to add new elements from the tree branch under the title "Materials". It is quite logical, I suppose. By clicking on this branch of the tree, you will see a list of all possible options that you can use to derive materials on your website's web page:

They are not so much, but they will allow you to make an output content in a variety of form - starting from individual publications and ending with a blog of a whole section on one page of the Website.

Now we have only to understand why one or another is a variant in this tree branch, well, and then deal with their settings that allow you to display blogs or lists of articles in Joomla. Using these settings, you can set the appearance and procedure for displaying materials. But first things first.

The output of one single article we will look at the end of the publication, and there is nothing difficult and requiring attention. And now I want to stay in detail on two main output templates:

1. The blog template (categories or partition) is called the way, because the method of output articles in this case resembles standard blogs. In this case, the web page formed in Joomla will generally be a series of announcements (input parts) of articles that will end with reference "More". All of them will belong to either one partition, or one category you select when setting up.
2. Standard partition pattern or list of categories, which is essentially the same. The web page formed in Jumle will be a table that lists either categories headers from a specific partition, or headers of articles from a specific category.

Of course, the blog template has much greater flexibility than the standard, which displays the contents of the page in the table only in the form of headers that are links to full versions of articles.

The category or partition blog format allows you to display not only the titles of articles, but also add a small announcement, which allows you to awaken an additional interest from visitors to this page to continue reading and transitioning on the link "More details".

At the same time, you can flexible enough to configure the appearance of the display of articles. You can set how many announcements will be output to the entire width of the page, how much will be broken by the column, set the number of columns and determine the number of materials from the bottom in the form of links.

How to create in Joomla Blog based on category articles

Let's first try to create a menu item in Joomla based on a category blog template (or partition) and consider all the settings that can be changed. They will be practically identical for them. Therefore, we consider only the option based on the category template, and you can deal with the section you can independently by analogy.

So, go to the joomla administrator, select their top string "All Menu" items - "name you need." On the page that opens, click the "Create" button above. In the tree opened, click on the "Material" option - "Category" - "List Template". As a result of these actions, a window will open with the settings of the menu item based on the template you selected:

In the "Title" field, as usual, enter the name for this menu item, which will be displayed on the site. The field "pseudonym" should be filled only in the event. Then you will need.

In the case of using third-party components, it will not be necessary to fill it for the organization SEF. I already wrote.

The "Link" field displays a hyperlink to a page generated based on this element. You can copy it and use to simply affect the text from the text of other articles of your site. In the "Show in" field, you will need to select a menu in which the item is created.

In the column "Parental Element" you can choose a parent for the generated element, when you click on which our invested item will be displayed. If you do not want to make it invested, then you should leave the default "top".

In the area "Access" you can ask, who will be visited by this item. Or everyone (used most often), or only registered or only Joomla administrators (option "Special").

In the "Open in" field, you choose whether the page will be open in the same window or in a new window or in the new browser tab.

Configuring a blog on Jumle

Go to the right-hand part of the settings where tabs are concentrated with parameters that are responsible for representing the web page that will be opened as a result of the transition to this link. Let's start consideration from the basic parameters located on the tab of the same name:

In the "Category" field, you must select the contents of which will be displayed as a blog. In the graph "Description" you can hide or show a description of the description for this category, which will be displayed at the top of the blog page. The same applies to the "picture description".

In the "All Width" field, you can specify the number of articles (most often only their introductory parts - announcements), which will be displayed in the entire width of the webcle, without splitting on the column. In the column "Introduction", you specify the number of materials that will be divided into columns, and in the field "Speakers" - set their number. They will be output to those articles that are displayed in full width.

In this way, you can, for example, to put into these four fields: 1 6 2 4, as a result of which a blog shaped page will look like this: At the very top, one Announcement of the article will be displayed, for another six announcements from This category, well, and at the bottom there will be a list of four more links.

Clear? Not? Then try to experiment with the numbers in these settings yourself and everything will become clear and understandable to you. To implement in Joomla output of articles on a blog category or section first in the columns, and then on the entire width of the page - at the moment it is not possible. Therefore, you will have to be content with what is.

Yes, by the way, the digit of zero in any of these four fields, except for the "column", will mean that none of the materials of this category will use this possibility of display. This we reviewed the basic parameters that can be changed when creating a menu item in Jumle. Now let's go to the Advanced tab:

The settings that are responsible for the order of articles are concentrated here. There are a lot of options - by date, alphabetically, in the order of the display, which you specified in the content manager (this category).

The "order" field will need if you create a menu item for a partition containing more than one category. In this case, you can select the category sorting method in the section, according to which their list will be displayed on the page formed on the basis of the Blog Template.

The "Sort" field defines the method of following the articles themselves when they are derived. By the way, when creating a menu item under the code name "section of a block block", you can sort all articles without taking into account their belonging to a particular category, but for this you need to select the "Default" option in the previous field.

If you choose the option of the "display order", then the articles from the category you selected will be displayed on the page in the order you specify in the materials manager by putting the filter only on it.

Sort the articles in the materials manager relating to the category you need in two ways. You can place the desired numbers in the Sort column and click on a diskette located next to the title of this column. And also you can take advantage of green arrows in the same column, but with a large number of articles it will probably be inconvenient.

In the column "partitioning to pages" and the next few graphs of advanced menu item settings based on a category blog or partition template, you can hide and show partitioning on pages. Suppose if the materials in the displayed category will be larger than you specified in the settings described above, the Joomla will add at the bottom of the formed web page with the Numbering (Papagination) if you do not prohibit this in the section "Framing on Pages".

Do not forget that articles designed to withdraw in the blog in Joomla must be prepared accordingly, namely, you will need to open it in the visual editor to edit, put the mouse cursor after several paragraphs and click on the button " More details"Located at the bottom of the editor window.

As a result, at the site of the cursor, the detachable announcement of the announcement will appear. Only the announcement located above this feature will be displayed on the blog.

Conclusion of a separate material, list of categories or articles

Let's now run on the settings that you can specify when creating or editing the menu item based on a standard partition template. To begin with, visit the admin panel, select from the top line "All Menu" - "Name of the desired one". In the window that opens, click the "Create" button, located at the top.

In the tree items opened, which you can create, click on the "Material" option - "Category" - "Standard section template". As a result of these actions, a window with settings opens.

What is noteworthy, his left side will look exactly the same as in the previously considered. The main difference is the points of the main parameters:

In the section "Section" you will need to select a section, the list of the categories of which will be displayed during the transition from this link to the menu. By the way, the visitor, when viewing a list of categories, can view the list of materials in each of them by simply by clicking on its name with the mouse. Appointment of fields "Description" and "picture" is similar to the above.

The destination of the rest of the fields will be easier for you to look in action than to read about it. All other settings are no different from those discussed above.

Let's try to create a menu item in Joomla based on the category list template and see what the settings will differ:

In the following settings, you can set the number of articles displayed in the list, as well as allow or disable the display of the listing of the list columns, the creation dates (you can specify your format for it) and the filter that allows you to sort materials by headers, authors or hits (quantity Material views by visitors).

Well, finally, I will say a few words about creating a menu item in Jumle based on a standard material template. It's all right here, in the basic parameters there is only an opportunity to choose from the material manager the article you need, which will open when you go on the menu item link.

It is possible that this is a Bourgeois vision of a successful blog promotion you will be useful to you (the author of the most popular blog on SEO is in bourgeoiste):

Good luck to you! To ambiguous meetings on the blog pages Website

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