/Categories-Blog-Layout

This is an override for Joomla 4.x - This override displays subcategories in a blog layout. Image and text is taken from the respective subcategory and the read more button points to the respective subcategory.

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Categories-Blog-Layout

This is an override for Joomla 4.x

This override allows you to display subcategories of a main category for content in a blog layout.

Installation

  1. Copy the 3 files or download them here
  2. Copy this files in your Joomla template under "...\templates\cassiopeia\html\com_content\categories"

Create the following language keys in your Joomla:

INTRO_CATEGORIES_COLS_LABEL="number of columns"
CATEGORIES_BLOG_TITLE="Categories Title"
COM_CONTENT_CATEGORIES_VIEW_BLOG_TITLE="All categories in one post category in blog layout"
COM_CONTENT_CATEGORIES_VIEW_BLOG_OPTION="Show the subcategories of a post category in the blog layout."

Use this override

Create a new menu item and select the added override under articles as the menu item type.

Choose your main category, which contains several subcategories.

In the Categories tab there are 4 additional fields

  • Leading
  • Introduction
  • Introduction number of columns
  • Categories blog title

For better presentation, your subcategories should have an image and a small description. You can hide the number of posts. At the end a read more button is displayed, which links to the subcategory.