In this Watch Me Work live stream we take a collective look at the different menu link types available for presenting your Joomla articles on your site.
00:00:00 โ Intro & Sponsors & Topic Overview
00:03:29 โ Navigate & Explore All Joomla Menu Items
00:08:08 โ Category List vs Category Blog Layout
00:13:01 โ Tags vs Categories: Separator Menu Items
00:20:22 โ Blog Layout Settings: Articles, Columns & Order
00:27:38 โ List Layout: Filter, Headings & Hits Settings
00:38:30 โ Featured Articles Layout & Read More in Joomla
00:56:00 โ Fix Broken Homepage & Reset Category List
01:08:15 โ Fix sh404SEF Conflicts After Menu Type Change
01:13:00 โ Single Article Menu Type & Browser Cache Fix
01:21:00 โ Category Blog for News: Better Than Single Article
01:26:30 โ Archived Articles: What It Does & Use Cases
01:33:10 โ Archived Articles & Joomla XML Sitemaps
01:43:30 โ Summary: All Joomla Article Menu Item Types
02:00:05 โ Regular Labs Modals & Module Pop-Up Demo
02:02:40 โ Wrap-Up & Next: Easy Layouts Episode
Summary
1. Joomla Menu Item Types Overview:
Get a full introduction to the different menu item types available in Joomla, setting the foundation for understanding how each one controls content display across the site.
2. Navigate & Explore All Menu Items:
Walk through the Joomla back-end to explore every available menu item type, understanding where to find them and what each one is designed to do.
3. Category List vs Category Blog Layout:
Compare the two most commonly used article display layouts, understanding how Category List presents content in a structured table format while Category Blog offers a more editorial, magazine-style view.
4. Tags vs Categories & Separator Menu Items:
Learn the difference between tag-based and category-based navigation, plus how separator menu items work to visually organize menus without linking anywhere.
5. Blog Layout Settings โ Articles, Columns & Order:
Dive into the configuration options for the Blog Layout, covering how to control the number of articles, column structure, and the order in which content appears.
6. List Layout โ Filter, Headings & Hits Settings:
Explore the List Layout's built-in options for filtering articles, displaying column headings, and showing hit counts to give visitors useful browsing controls.
7. Featured Articles Layout & Read More:
Understand how the Featured Articles layout works in Joomla, and how the Read More break affects what content appears in listing views versus full article views.
8. Fix Broken Homepage, sh404SEF Conflicts & Cache Issues:
Troubleshoot common problems including a broken homepage after layout changes, URL conflicts caused by sh404SEF after switching menu types, and browser cache issues affecting Single Article pages.
9. Archived Articles & XML Sitemaps:
Discover what the Archived Articles menu type does, practical use cases for storing older content, and how archived articles interact with Joomla's XML sitemap generation.
10. Summary, Modals & Wrap-Up:
Recap all Joomla article menu item types covered in the session, followed by a quick demo of Regular Labs Modals for displaying modules in pop-ups, and a preview of the upcoming Easy Layouts episode.
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