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[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#135674

Hi Everyone

I’ve got a section and category which are not linked to any menu.

I want to link to this specific category via hardcoding the links into certain articles in other sections and categories.

This is working fine. However, I want to change the blog layout to the following:

The only place I can normally do this with a category is if I edit the Menu item and specify it there. Is there another method of doing this as I don’t want a visible menu for this category?

Thanks
Chris

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#280218

for this,
create an ‘invisible menu’. either in your main menu or just create a new menu
select section/category blog format
select ur section/category
input ur formatting according to your preference and save

publish ur menu and make it visible just to copy the URL for the link of the menu
then unpublish ur menu to make it invisible…

use that link in your articles

the most important part of it is the ITEMID in your url. it will define how it will appear.
if u are confident, u can just take the menu id with the correct formatting and put it into your URL replacing the red parts

http://yoururl/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=103

yoururl = your url (Duh!)
section = can be section or category depending on what you wanna see
1 = the section or category id
103 = menu id (the menu must be already created and formatted using the parameters)

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[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#280223

Many thanks jsliao.

In fact, that was sooooo close!!

I actually copied an existing section/category menu items that had the layout I required (as per screen grab above). I published this to grab the URL (wasn’t too worried, as I was only working on a test site). Copied the URL and then unpublished to hide the menu.

Now, here’s where the real problem appears!

When the menu is published, the blog layout is correct (single column, full width):

However, as soon as I unpublish the menu, the blog layout reverts to previous settings:

Do you have any idea how I can overcome this one!

I guess maybe create a new menu that is published, but not assigned to anywhere on the page somehow and then try to format the URL manually as I won’t be able to see it!!!

Thanks Again.
Chris

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#280225

PS. Did try to ‘Thanks’ … but the thanks were never credited to you?

Forget Previous. Thanks are now showing as normal!!

[jsliao Friend jsliaoJoin date: April 2008Posts: 817Downloads:0Uploads:12 Thanks: 25 Thanked: 236 times in 210 posts]

#280229

hi, what i did was to actually create a menu but unpublish the menu module. not unpublish the menu itself.

for eg, create a menu called “Dummy menu”

assign it to module position “user1” or anything u like

but unpublish the module instead of unpublishing the menu.

hope you get what I mean

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#280234

Hi jsliao

<em>@jsliao 92151 wrote:</em><blockquote>
hope you get what I mean</blockquote>

I think so! :-[

I’ll try again and let you know.

Thanks again
Chris

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#280236

no probs. in fact, im sorry to have confused you as I did not unpublish the menu itself, i unpublished the module. cheers!

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[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#280237

Many Thanks jsliao … I actually attached the new sec/cat menus to an existing “keyconepts” menu/module which I knew was unpublished!

Everything is working perfectly now, thanks again for all your assistance.

Chris

PS. Mods, please mark to ‘Solved’ 😀

[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#280238

Many Thanks jsliao … I actually attached the new sec/cat menus to an existing “keyconepts” menu/module which I knew was unpublished!

Everything is working perfectly now, thanks again for all your assistance.

Chris

PS. Mods, please mark to ‘Solved’ 😀

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#280246

no problem. i also learnt this only when trying to help u. cheers!

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