How do you create an alternate layout for a k2 menu item like category list?
You are most likely needing to do K2 templating, use category settings to choose template, and k2 menu categories to select the category.
getk2.org/documentation/tutorials/item/174-templating-with-k2-and-the-concepts-of-sub-templates
I have a need to have a custom layout for a category menu.
I have the overrides in the html folder of my template and I removed the following from the category.php file:
<!-- Subcategory more... -->
<a class="subCategoryMore" href="<?php echo $subCategory->link; ?>">
<?php echo JText::_('K2_VIEW_ITEMS'); ?>
</a>
This works fine. However, I was thinking there must be a best practice to do this right. How would I create an alternate category layout for the menu item?
Thanks,
Paul.
You are doing correctly by using an override. Create multiple menu items. If you need to select a sub template for a category that has a template assigned please look at com_k2_content which has its own subtemplates and can be inserted just about anywhere with loadposition or more eaisly with modulesanhwhere by nonumber.nl
Lets say I have a category listing under a menu item named Category (to keep it simple). I can put a module on the Category menu item. However, when I click on one of the items listed, I am brought to a page displaying the article... how do I put a module on that page? There is no menu item for the page displaying the article. How can I force the article to display under a "menu" item?
Please use "item" to refer to k2 items and "article" to refer to j articles, and it wont be so confusing. You can put a k2 module in a j article which contains k2 items. I think what your wanting to do here is simply display one k2 item from a menu choice, if that is the case just use K2 item menu type .
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