This tutorial explains how to link a Joomla article to the menu.
- On the Menus menu, select mainmenu.
You can select any menu, but most templates use mainmenu as your main content menu. - Click New.
Joomla displays the Menu Item screen.
Menu Item Screen - From the Select Menu Item Type area, click Articles.
Joomla expands the Articles type to display article choices.
Add Menu Item Screen - From the Select Menu Item Type area, click Article Layout.
Joomla displays the Article Layoutscreen.Article Layout Screen: Select an Article
- To select an article to link to, click Select.
Joomla displays the Article Selection screen.
Article Selection Screen - Click an article to select it.Note – You can limit the article list by selecting a category or section.
- In the Title field, enter a title for the menu item. See Figure 24.
- In the Aliasfield, enter a title for the page alias See Figure 24.Note – Joomla 1.5 uses the Alias field to create a page title in the URL. For example, if you enter My-New-Webpage in the Alias field, the URL for that page will be something like this: http://your-site.com/About/My-New-Webpage
- Select a parent item in the Parent Item list. See Figure 24.
– If you want the link to be a main menu link, select Top from the Parent Item list.
– If you want the link to be a sub-link under a main link, select a main link.Article Layout Screen
- Click Apply.
- Go to your website and reload the page to make sure your new link is visible in the menu.Note – If you want to add a URL to the menu, follow this procedure, but in step 4, select External Link from the Select Menu Item Type area.
- If you are satisfied with new link, click Save to save and close the New Menu Item screen.