MyBlog: Creating menu items

To create a new menu item for My Blog, proceed to the menu manager at the back end of your Joomla site.

Contents

Blog frontpage

  • Select components from the menu listing
  • Then, select My Blog from the components list
  • Set the title of the menu item that you want
  • Set the alias for the menu link. The alias is used in SEF URLs.

Bloggers

  • Select External URL menu from the menu listing
  • Then , set the URL to index.php?option=com_myblog&blogger=USERNAME . Replace USERNAME with the user from your site and it will then list blog entries from the specific user.
  • Set the title of the menu item that you want.

Bloggers page (GENERIC)

  • At times, when you do not know the user's name or if you only want to create a menu link which registered users can click and access their blogs, you could use this generic URL. Select External URL menu from the menu creation
  • Then, set the URL to index.php?option=com_myblog&task=userblog
  • Set the desired title of the menu item.

Dashboard

  • Select External URL menu from the menu listing
  • Then , set the URL to index.php?option=com_myblog&task=adminhome
  • Set the title of the menu item that you want.

Category

  • Select External URL menu from the menu listing
  • Then , set the URL to index.php?option=com_myblog&task=tag&category=99 . Replace 99 with the proper category id which can be found in Joomla's category manager.
  • Set the title of the menu item that you want.

Tag

  • Select External URL menu from the menu listing
  • Then , set the URL to index.php?option=com_myblog&task=tag&category=myblog . Replace myblog with the proper tag name.
  • Set the title of the menu item that you want.
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