This is a continuation of the article regarding the Joomla Multiple Categories Solution. You can also create a view to show multiple categories using the option to “Select Intro Article”. You can use this to customize the look of the results page that returns after the user selects a menu item. For example, you want to show all articles that have keywords – Free Week, Free Trials and put some text to describe what the freebies trials are for.
Step A: Create the FJ Related Article – This is your Intro Article Text
- Install the FJ Related Component.
- Go to Article Manager and create an article.
- The article name doesn’t matter, put in “Free Trials and Week”.
- In the article Meta Keywords add in – Free Week, Free Trials.
- In the Article Text – Write 2 lines of text….
- Save this article.
Step B: Create the FJ Related Menu Item:
- Create a menu item, select the menu type – FJ Related Blog layout.
- Enter a name for this menu item – Freebies.
- In the Parameters Basic, select the intro article created in Step A – Free Trials and Week.
- Select the option “” = Show.
- In Parameters Advanced, you have to select either the section or categories you wish FJ Related to look for articles. If you leave this blank, nothing will return.
- Save this article.
Step C: Enter in the Keywords in the Articles:
- Edit an existing article.
- Meta data, Keywords, enter either Free Trials or Free Week.
- The keyword values are the categories that this article should belong to (Must match values in step A-4).
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You can download the Joomla FJ Related Component, see previous post on Joomla Multiple Categories Solution.