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Since JReviews uses Joomla's content system for Listings, it is necessary to create several core Joomla Menu items. | Since JReviews uses Joomla's content system for Listings, it is necessary to create several core Joomla Menu items. | ||
| − | Joomla '''Section Blog Layout''' or '''Category Blog Layout''' menu items are required for listing pages to have the correct ItemIDs, to be able to properly assign modules to listing detail pages and to have better SEF URLs. | + | Joomla '''Section Blog/List Layout''' or '''Category Blog/List Layout''' menu items are required for listing pages to have the correct ItemIDs in URLs, to be able to properly assign modules to listing detail pages and to have better SEF URLs. |
| + | You need to create those menu items for all Joomla Sections that you use with JReviews, or for all Joomla Categories that you use with JReviews. You choice will have affect on how the listings SEF URLs will look if you use [[Using Joomla Core SEF|Joomla Core SEF]]<br /> | ||
| + | If you create Joomla Section menu items, the urls will look like this: | ||
| + | *<span style="color: blue">http://example.com/section-menu-name/id-category-name/id-article-title</span> | ||
| + | If you create Joomla Category menu items, the urls will look like this: | ||
| + | *<span style="color: blue">http://example.com/category-menu-name/id-article-title</span> | ||
| + | If you decide to create both Joomla Section and Category menu items, the urls will look like this: *<span style="color: blue">http://example.com/section-menu-name/category-menu-name/id-article-title</span> | ||
| + | Those menu items don't need to be displayed on your site, so it is best to create a new "Hidden Menu" without a module | ||
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| + | == Steps for creating Joomla Section or Category menu items == | ||
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| + | *in Joomla administration click on Menus => Menu Manager and to create a new menu click on '''New''' button | ||
| + | *on the next screen enter the '''Name''' and '''Title''' of the menu, but leave the Module Title empty, so that the module won't be created: | ||
| + | [[File:NewHiddenMenu.png]] | ||
| + | *next, start creating menu items | ||
Revision as of 17:40, 15 August 2010
Since JReviews uses Joomla's content system for Listings, it is necessary to create several core Joomla Menu items.
Joomla Section Blog/List Layout or Category Blog/List Layout menu items are required for listing pages to have the correct ItemIDs in URLs, to be able to properly assign modules to listing detail pages and to have better SEF URLs.
You need to create those menu items for all Joomla Sections that you use with JReviews, or for all Joomla Categories that you use with JReviews. You choice will have affect on how the listings SEF URLs will look if you use Joomla Core SEF
If you create Joomla Section menu items, the urls will look like this:
If you create Joomla Category menu items, the urls will look like this:
If you decide to create both Joomla Section and Category menu items, the urls will look like this: *http://example.com/section-menu-name/category-menu-name/id-article-title
Those menu items don't need to be displayed on your site, so it is best to create a new "Hidden Menu" without a module
- in Joomla administration click on Menus => Menu Manager and to create a new menu click on New button
- on the next screen enter the Name and Title of the menu, but leave the Module Title empty, so that the module won't be created:
- next, start creating menu items