Dynamic Examples:

One important thing to note about the Dynamic Examples (those with Automatic Mode turned ON) is that ArtCats will only display something if it is on a com_content article, category, or section page (it can't display itself on any other pages, simply because any other page would not have the needed information in the URL required by the module when using Automatic Mode to create a list of Articles/Categories to be displayed).

The following 3 Joomla! Sample Content pages will each serve as good examples of an Article, Category and Section page:

1. Article Page (Joomla! Overview)
2. Category Page (The News)
3. Section Page (About Joomla!)
   

On the pages above I've created 4 different instances of the ArtCats module that will show you how they are displayed across each of the main com_content views.

ArtCats 2.0.4 (Default Settings)

1. Article Page - By default the module has the "Show up on article pages" parameter set to YES so if you visit the Article Page you should see a list of articles displayed automatically (the module does this by taking in the current article ID and category ID, if available, and determining the other articles that are in the same category), with the current page highlighted as the active one.
2. Category Page - By default the module has the "Show up on category pages" parameter set to YES so if you visit the Category Page you should still see a list of articles displayed (the module pulls out the category ID and uses this to find the other articles in the same category).
3. Section Page - If you visit the Section Page you should see a list of Categories for the current section displayed (in this case the module pulls out the section ID and uses that to determine the list of categories to display for that section).

ArtCats 2.0.4 Demo (Default Settings + Exclude Current Article ON)

1. Article Page - The output for the Article Page is different in this case because we are on an Article Page and with the Exclude Current Article parameter turned ON what happens is that the current article is removed from the list (instead of being displayed and highlighted as the active article the way it is with the Default Settings).
2. Category Page - We are not on an Article Page so there is no Current Article to Exclude, so the output remains the same as it did with the Default Settings.
3. Section Page - Same, the output remains the same.

ArtCats 2.0.4 Demo (Combined List)

This can be enabled by setting the "Combine Category and Article Lists" parameter to YES.

1. Article Page - The Combined List shows a list of Categories, and their list of Articles (current Category and Article are highlighted).
2. Category Page - The Combined List shows a list of Categories, and their list of Articles (current Category is highlighted).
3. Section Page - The Combined List shows a list of Categories, and their list of Articles (nothing is highlighted because we are on a Section Page).

ArtCats 2.0.4 Demo (Expandable Mode + Expandable Template)

When the Expandable Mode is enabled, you must also make sure to set the Template Type to "Expandable" and set the Expandable Template to "default.css" (or one of the other available templates). If the Template Type and Expandable Template parameters are not set, you'll most likely just end up getting the same output as you would in the Combined List example.

I'm particularly proud of the Expandable Mode, simply because of the effort it required to put together (and the bits of JavaScript required to make it work) and how cool I thought it was :-). The Expandable List is similar to the Combined List, except that now there are little "open" and "close" icons next to the Category Titles that can be used to Expand a Category so that it displays its list of associated Articles (or Collapsed to hide them).

1. Article Page - Any other Categories except for the current one will be collapsed, and the current Category will be highlighted as well as the current Article.
2. Category Page - Any other Categories except for the current one will be collapsed, and the current Category will be highlighted.
3. Section Page - All Categories will be collapsed
   

 

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