{"id":1162,"date":"2012-02-16T14:22:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T14:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/02\/16\/category-list-vs-category-blog\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:47:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:47:06","slug":"category-list-vs-category-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/category-list-vs-category-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Joomla 2.5 Menu Items &#8211; Category List vs. Category Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a previous article, we <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/how-to-add-a-category-menu-item\/\">created a new Joomla 2.5 menu item that links to a category<\/a>. When we selected the menu type, we chose <strong>Category List<\/strong>. You may have noticed that there was a <strong>Category Blog<\/strong> option as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the difference between a Category List and a Category Blog menu item?<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Category List<\/th>\n<th>Category Blog<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/edu_joomla25_list-vs-blog_what-category-list-looks-like.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/edu_joomla25_list-vs-blog_what-category-list-looks-like-1024x572.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"what-category-list-looks-like\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/edu_joomla25_list-vs-blog_what-category-list-looks-like-1024x572.gif 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/edu_joomla25_list-vs-blog_what-category-list-looks-like-300x168.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/edu_joomla25_list-vs-blog_what-category-list-looks-like-768x429.gif 768w\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\n<p>A Category List menu items links to a page that simply \u201clists\u201d all of the articles belonging to that category.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/edu_joomla25_list-vs-blog_what-category-blog-looks-like.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"what-category-blog-looks-like\" class=\"std_ss\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/edu_joomla25_list-vs-blog_what-category-blog-looks-like.gif\" style=\"max-width: 250px;\" width=\"1074\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\n<p>A Category Blog menu item links to a page that looks more like a  traditional blog. 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