{"id":1330,"date":"2012-05-18T13:41:22","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T13:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/05\/18\/list-all-categories\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T02:03:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T07:03:56","slug":"list-all-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/list-all-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"Joomla 2.5 Menu Items &#8211; List All Categories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"alert\">Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12\/31\/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.joomla.org\/Joomla!_CMS_versions\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>When creating new menu items in Joomla 2.5, one of the available options is a <strong>List All Categories<\/strong> menu type. Creating a List All Categories menu item will create a link, that when clicked, will bring users to a page that list all categories within a specific parent category (which you can select).<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to create a List All Categories menu item in Joomla 2.5:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard\/\">Log into your Joomla admin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In the top menu, hover over <strong>Menus<\/strong>, hover over the menu you want to create the menu item for, and then click <strong>Add New Menu Item<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Next to <strong>Menu Item Type<\/strong>, click <strong>Select<\/strong> and then click <strong>List All Categories<\/strong>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/edu_joomla25_list-all-categories_click-list-all-categories.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/edu_joomla25_list-all-categories_click-list-all-categories.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"click-list-all-categories\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Next to <strong>Menu Title<\/strong>, enter a name for the menu item<\/li>\n<li>Next to <strong>Select a Top Menu Category<\/strong>, select the top category that you would like to show all categories within\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/edu_joomla25_list-all-categories_select-a-top-level-category.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"select-a-top-level-category\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-7411\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/edu_joomla25_list-all-categories_select-a-top-level-category.gif\" width=\"996\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Save<\/strong> in the top right menu<\/li>\n<li>Visit your Joomla 2.5 website, find and click on your new link, and you will then see a listing of all categories within the top menu category you selected!<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/edu_joomla25_list-all-categories_new-link-has-been-created.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"new-link-has-been-created\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-7412\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/edu_joomla25_list-all-categories_new-link-has-been-created.gif\" width=\"1056\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12\/31\/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. When creating new menu items in Joomla 2.5, one of the available options is a List All Categories menu type. 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