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Description

The Category List menu item type is used to show articles belonging to a specific Category in a list layout.

How To Access

To create a new Category List menu item:

• Select Menus → [name of the menu] from the Administrator menu (for example, Menus → Main Menu).

• • Then select the New button in the Toolbar.

• • Then select the Menu Item Type Select button

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• • Then in the modal dialog popup, select the Articles tab link and then select Category List from the list of link types.

To edit an existing Category List menu item:

• Select its Title in the Menus: Items list.

Screenshot

[[File:Help-4x-Menus-Menu-Item-Article-Category-List-screen-en.png|800px]]

Form Fields

{{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Menu Title/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Menu Item Type/en}}

Details Tab

Left Panel

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Right Panel

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Category Tab

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.

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{{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Category Title/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Category Description/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Category Image/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Subcategory Levels/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Empty Categories/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header No Articles Message/en}}

• Show Subcategories Text: (Use Global/Hide/Show) If show, the "Subcategories" will show as a subheading on the page. The subheading is usually dispayed inside the "H3" tag.

{{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Subcategories Descriptions/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header No Articles in Category/en}}

• Show Tags: (Use Global/Hide/Show) Show the tags for the category.

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List Layouts Tab

List Layout Options control the appearance of the list layout.

[[File:Help-4x-Menus-Menu-Item-Article-Category-List-layout-options-parameters-en.png|800px]]

{{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Display Select/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Filter Field/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Table Headings/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Date/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Date Format/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Hits in List/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Author in List/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Votes in List/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Ratings in List/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Category Order/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Article Order/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Date for Ordering/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Pagination/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Pagination Results/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header No Articles to List/en}} *Featured Articles: (Use Global/Hide/Show) Select to show, hide or only display featured articles.

Options Tab

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

[[File:Help-4x-Menus-Menu-Item-Article-Categories-article-options-parameters-en.png|800px]]

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

• Use Global: Use the default value from Articles: Options.

The Article Options are as follows. {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Title/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Linked Titles/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Intro Text/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Category/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Link Category/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Parent/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Link Parent/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Associations/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Author/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Link Author/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Create Date/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Modify Date/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Publish Date/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Navigation/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Voting/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Read More/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Title with Read More/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Hits/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Unauthorised Links/en}}

Integration Tab

The Featured Articles layout has the following Integration Options.

[[File:Help-4x-Menus-Menu-Item-Article-Categories-integration-options-parameters-en.png|800px]]

These determine whether a news feed will be available for the page and what information it will show. {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Show Feed Link/en}} {{:Chunk4x:Help screen column header Include in Feed/en}}

Common Options

See Menus: Edit/New Item for help on fields common to all Menu Item types, including:

• Link Type Options

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• Page Display Options

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• Metadata Options

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Module Assignments Tab

See Menus: Edit/New Item for help on fields for this Menu Item Type.

Toolbar

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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: Add or Edit.

• To create a new menu see Menus.

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