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How To Access

To create a new List Category Menu Item:

• Select Menus → [name of the menu] from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation (for example, Menus → Main Menu).
• Click the New Toolbar button to create a new menu item.
• Click the Menu Item Type Select button and then click the 'Category List' menu item link under Articles link.

To edit an existing List Category Menu Item, click its Title in Menu Manager: Menu Items.

Description

Used to show articles belonging to a specific Category in a list layout.

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Details

Details Tab

For more information please see Menu Item Manager: Details Tab

Required Settings

This layout requires that you select a category.

• Choose a Category. The items that are within this category will be displayed.

• Menu Title. The title that will display for this menu item.

• Parent Item: The menu that this menu item (choice) will be part of. The menus defined for the site will show in the list box.

Advanced Tab

Category Options

The Category Options control the way that category information is shown in the layout. The Category List Layout has the following Category Options, as shown below.

• Category Title. (Use Global/Hide/Show) If Show, the Category Title will show as a subheading on the page. The subheading is usually displayed inside the H2 tag.

• Category Description. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Show or Hide the description of the selected Category.

• Category Image. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Show or Hide the image of the selected Category.

• Subcategory Levels. (Use Global/None/All/1-5) The number of subcategory levels to display. Select All to show all levels in the subcategory hierarchy.

• Empty Categories. (Use Global/Hide/Show) If Show, empty categories will display. A category is only empty if it has no items or subcategories.

• No Articles Message. (Use Global/Hide/Show) If set to Show, the message 'There are no articles in this category' will display when a category contains no articles.

• Subcategories Descriptions. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Show or Hide the subcategories descriptions.

• # Articles in Category. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to show or hide the count of articles in each category.

• Page Subheading. Optional text to show as a page subheading.

List Layouts

List Layout Options control the appearance of the list layout.

• Display Select. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the Display # control that allows the user to select the number of items to show in the list.

• Filter Field. The Filter Field creates a text field where a user can enter a field to be used to filter the articles shown in the list. The possible options in the Backend menu item edit:
  • Use Global: Use the value from Articles → Options. Only appears in Menu Item Type Options.
  • Hide: Don't show a filter field.
  • Title: Filter on article title.
  • Author: Filter on the author's name.
  • Hits: Filter on the number of article hits.

• Table Headings. (Use Global/Hide/Show) If set to Show, this heading will show above the list. If set to Hide, the list will show with no headings.

• Show Date. This option allows you to show a date in the list. The options are as follows.
  • Use Global: Use the value set in Articles options.
  • Hide: Don't show any date.
  • Created: Show the created date.
  • Modified: Show the date of the last modification.
  • Published: Show the start publishing date.

• Date Format. Optional format string to control the format of the date (if shown). If left blank, the date will use the DATE_FORMAT_LC1 format from the language file (for example, "D M Y" for "31 December 2021" or "m-d-y" for "12-31-21"). See PHP Date Documentation for more information.

• Show Hits in List. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the number of hits for this item.

• Show Author in List. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to show or hide the name of the author.

• Category Order. Order of Categories in this Layout. The following options are available.
  • No Order: Articles are ordered only by the Article Order, without regard to Category.
  • Title Alphabetical: Categories are displayed in alphabetical order (A to Z)
  • Title Reverse Alphabetical: Categories are displayed in reverse alphabetical order (Z to A)
  • Category Order: Categories are ordered according to the Order column entered in Categories.
  • Use Global: Use the default value from the component options screen.

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• Date for Ordering. The date used when articles are sorted by date. The following options are available.
  • Created: Use the article created date.
  • Modified: Use the article modified date.
  • Published: Use the article start publishing date.

• Pagination. Show or hide Pagination support. Pagination provides page links at the bottom of the page that allow the User to navigate to additional pages. These are needed if the listed items will not fit on one page.
  • Use Global: Use the default value from the component options screen.
  • Auto: Pagination links shown if needed.
  • Show: Pagination links shown if needed.
  • Hide: Pagination links not shown. Note: In this case, Users will not be able to navigate to additional pages.

• Pagination Results. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Show or Hide the current page number and total pages (e.g., "Page 1 of 2") at the bottom of each page. Use Global will use the default value from the component options.

• # Articles to List: The number of articles to include in the list. Select the desired number from the list box.

Article Options

The Category List Layout has the following Article Options, as shown below. These options determine how the articles will show in the list layout.

In addition to Yes/No or Hide/Show, these options allow the following settings.

• Use Global: Use the default value from Article Manager Options.

The Article Options are as follows.

• Show Title. (Use Global/Show/Hide). Whether or not to show the item's Title.

• Linked Titles. (Use Global/No/Yes) If the item's Title is shown, whether to show it as a link to the item.

• Show Intro Text. (Use Global/Hide/Show) If set to Show, the Intro Text of the article will show when you drill down to the article. If set to Hide, only the part of the article after the "Read More" break will show.

• Show Category. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether or not to show the Article's Category.

• Link Category. (Use Global/No/Yes) If the Article's Category is shown, whether to show it as a link to a Category layout (list or blog) for that Category.

• Show Parent. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether or not to show the Article's Parent Category.

• Link Parent. (Use Global/No/Yes) If the Article's Parent Category is shown, whether to show it as a link to a Category layout (list or blog) for that Category.

• Show Author. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to show the author of the Article.

• Link Author. (Use Global/No/Yes) If the Article's author is shown, whether to show it as a link to a Contact layout for that author. Note that the author must be set up as a Contact.

• Show Create Date. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether or not to show the Article's create date.

• Show Modify Date. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether or not to show the Article's modify date.

• Show Publish Date. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether or not to show the Article's start publishing date.

• Show Navigation. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether or not to show a navigation link (for example, Next or Previous article) when you drill down to the article.

• Show Voting. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the a voting icon for the Article.
  Note: The Plugin Content - Vote has to be enabled.

• Show "Read More". (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether or not to show a "Read More" link to allow a drill down to the entire Article.

• Show Title with Read More. (Use Global/Hide/Show) If set to Show, the Article's title will show in the "Read More" button.

• Show Icons. (Use Global/Hide/Show). If set to Show, Print and Email will use icons instead of text.

• Show Print. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Show or Hide the Print Article button.

• Show Email. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Show or Hide the Email Article button.

• Show Hits. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Show or Hide the number of times the Article has been hit (displayed by a user).

• Show Unauthorised Links. (Use Global/No/Yes) If Yes, the Intro Text for restricted Articles will show. Clicking on the "Read More" link will require users to log in to view the full Article content.

Integration Options

The Featured Articles layout has the following Integration Options.

These determine whether a news feed will be available for the page and what information it will show.

• Show Feed Link. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Show or hide an RSS Feed Link. A Feed Link will show up as a feed icon in the address bar of most browsers.

• Include in Feed. (Use Global/Intro Text/Full Text) If set to Intro Text, only the Intro Text of each article will show in the news feed. If set to Full Text, the whole article will show in the news feed.

Common Options

See Menu Item Manager: Edit/New Menu Item for help on fields common to all Menu Item types, under the Advanced Details Tab which includes:

• Link Type Options
• Page Display Options
• Metadata Options

Module Assignments Tab

See Menu Item Manager: New Menu Item for help on fields in Module Assignments for this Menu Item.

Toolbar

At the top left you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

• Save. Saves the menu item and stays in the current screen.

• Save & Close. Saves the menu item and closes the current screen.

• Save & New. Saves the menu item and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another menu item.

• Save as Copy. Saves your changes to a copy of the current menu item. Does not affect the current menu item.
  Note: This toolbar icon is only shown if you edit an existing menu item.

• Cancel. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.

• Help. Opens this help screen.

Quick Tips

• The Category List layout is a convenient way to list a compact directory of articles in a category that can include filtering and searching.

Related Information

• To create a new Category see Category Manager: Add or Edit.
• To create a new menu see Menus Menu Manager.