how to view articles by category

Discussion in 'Joomla' started by thesamemanhal, Sep 5, 2009.

  1. #1
    I have the category "Tennis" in the section "News", now I need to find a link where it shows all the news in the Tennis category on the user front end (not admin panel), I already tried the link

    index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=50&lang=en

    but this will show all the news articles and just can't figure out how to restrict the link to Tennis category only?

    Note: adding "&category=Tennis" to the link does not help.

    please help ( i am using joomla 1.5.12)
     
    thesamemanhal, Sep 5, 2009 IP
  2. xphnlove2004

    xphnlove2004 Peon

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    The link should be: index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=n&Itemid=m&lang=en

    n: "Tennis" id number
    m: "News" itemid number

    You can find this id and itemid in Menu Manager.
     
    xphnlove2004, Sep 5, 2009 IP
  3. thesamemanhal

    thesamemanhal Active Member

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    Thank you xphnlove2004, your link works exactly the way I want.
     
    thesamemanhal, Sep 5, 2009 IP
  4. HighRankingSEO

    HighRankingSEO Well-Known Member

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    Hey, Just a tip...there is a plugin called "better preview" fro Joomla that will make your life easy when it comes to viewing sections....instead of the standard Joomla preview link that brings you to the homepage, this plugin brings you to whatever page you are on in the admin panel.....pretty nice and saves time
     
    HighRankingSEO, Sep 5, 2009 IP