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Title: Link category to article url
Post by: proanatech on April 22, 2013, 23:43:16 PM
Hello,

I know there are some topics asking for a similar question but there has never been an answer.
I want to use the category modul to display at all pages. It has a windows 8 look and feel. Huge pictures all over.
I know I could design a new module displaying some articles next to the category modul but I want tu use it all over the page.
Is there any solution to link a category to a spezific joomla article?
I used google but the results are really bad. Some topics from this forum but no answers. Perhapes anyone can give me a hint?
Title: Re: Link category to article url
Post by: PRO on April 23, 2013, 02:40:20 AM
what do you mean?
Title: Re: Link category to article url
Post by: proanatech on April 23, 2013, 08:22:59 AM
Sorry if my description was not good.
I want to modify an existing category not to open the category itself. It should open a joomla article.
I have build a produkt-configurator. I can open it using the main-menue but want to open it via the category modul.
Title: Re: Link category to article url
Post by: PRO on April 23, 2013, 22:58:12 PM
Quote from: proanatech on April 23, 2013, 08:22:59 AM
Sorry if my description was not good.
I want to modify an existing category not to open the category itself. It should open a joomla article.
I have build a produkt-configurator. I can open it using the main-menue but want to open it via the category modul.

why not just create a module for this instead of using the category module?

Title: Re: Link category to article url
Post by: proanatech on April 23, 2013, 23:07:23 PM
because the category modul already has the right template, shure I could add some extra content for doing that, but why use the existing modules? Redirecting the category would be awsome, perhapes you have got an idea?
Title: Re: Link category to article url
Post by: proanatech on April 24, 2013, 18:50:08 PM
Solved the "problem" by myself.

For anybody who wants to link a category to a specific joomla artice just create an entry in your joomla menu. Name the menu alias same to the vm-category SEF alias and the category shows up the article.