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{{Chunk30:Help_screen_Description_Header/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Description_Menu_Item_List/en|2=blog}} Controls the Leading Article, additional Articles with intro text, and additional links to more Articles in the same category.

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{{Chunk30:Help_screen_Menu/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Parent_Item/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Menu_Item_Ordering/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Status/en|menu item|}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Default_Page/en|menu item}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Access/en|menu item}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Language/en|menu item}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Note/en|Menu item|menu item}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Form_Category_Header/en}} The Category Options control the way that category information is shown in the layout. The Category Blog Layout has the following Category Options, as shown below.

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*Featured Articles. (Use Global/Hide/Show/Only) Select to show, hide or only display featured articles. {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Form_Options_Header/en}} The Category Blog Layout has the following Article Options, as shown below. These options determine how the articles will show in the blog layout.

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In addition to Yes/No or Hide/Show, these options allow the following settings. *Use Global: Use the default value from Article Options. *Use Article Settings: Use the value from the Article Edit. This setting allows you to have different options for different articles in the blog layout. For example, one article could show the author and other articles could hide the author.

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*Position of Article Info. (Use Global/Use Article Settings/Above/Below/Split) Puts the article information block above or below the text or splits it into two separate blocks, one above and the other below

*Article Info Title. (Use Global/Use Article Settings/Hide/Show) Display the 'Article Info' title on top of the article information block. {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Category/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Link_Category/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Parent/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Link_Parent/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Associations/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Author/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Link_Author/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Create_Date/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Modify_Date/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Publish_Date/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Navigation/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Voting/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Read_More/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Title_with_Read_More/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Icons/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Print_Icon/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Email_Icon/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Hits/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Tags/en|3=}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Show_Unauthorised_Links/en}}{{Chunk30:Help_screen_Form_Integration_Header/en}} The Article Category Blog layout has the following Integration Options.

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{{Chunk30:Help_screen_Quick_Tips_Header/en}} The Category Blog layout replaces the Section Blog and Category Blog layouts from Joomla version 1.5. To simulate a version 1.5 Section Blog, select 1 for the Subcategory Levels option to include one level of subcategories.

{{Chunk30:Help_screen_Related_Information_Header/en}} * To create a new Category see Category Manager: Add or Edit. * To create a new menu see Menus Menu Manager.

Related Help Screens  !! Description
Components Article Manager Options || Used to set global defaults for menu items that display articles. These default values will be used when "Use Global" is selected for an option in an Articles menu item. For example, to show the 'Create Date' for an article in your Articles menu items, then set that option to "Show" here and it will be the default value. You do not need to set any of these options. Your Joomla site will work with the default settings.
Content Article Manager || The Article Manager is used to find, mark featured, add and edit articles. See Toolbar for a detailed list of all functions.
Content Article Manager Edit || This is the back-end screen where you can add and edit Articles. The same screen is used for adding a new Article and editing an existing Article. You can also select the Category for an Article and indicate whether or not it is Published and if it is selected to appear on the Front Page.
Content Featured Articles || Used to control which 'Featured Articles' are displayed on the Front Page and in what order they are displayed. The Front Page is often the Home page of a web site, but it can be any page in the site. The Front Page is created using a Menu Item with the 'Featured Articles' Menu Item Type.
Menus Menu Item Article Archived || Used to show a list of Archived Articles. The Archived Article list can be displayed by date, filtered, and intro text added as shown below.
Menus Menu Item Article Categories || Used to show a list of Categories. Categories are shown in a hierarchical list, as shown below. Depending on the selected options for this layout, you can click on a category Title to show the articles in that category.
Menus Menu Item Article Category List || Used to show articles belonging to a specific Category in a list layout.
Menus Menu Item Article Create || Allows users to submit an article. Normally this is available only to users who have logged in to the front end of the site. Users must have permission to create articles. When the Create Article page is shown in the front end, the screen shows as examples in the following Front End Screenshots section.
Menus Menu Item Article Featured || Used to show all Articles that have been tagged as Featured. Articles are shown in a Blog Layout.
Menus Menu Item Article Single Article || Used to show one article in the front end of the site.