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In our last tutorial, we showed you how to show parent categories<\/a> within your Joomla 3.0 articles. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to make those parent categories link to the parent category itself.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

How does the Link Parent setting work?<\/h2>\n

This linking to the parent category is controlled by the Link Parent<\/em> setting, and Joomla 3.0 gives the following description for this setting:<\/p>\n

Link Parent<\/strong>
If set to Yes, and if Show Parent is set to \u2018Show\u2019<\/a>, the Parent Category Title will link to a layout showing articles in that Category.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the screenshots below, you can see how the Link Parent<\/em> setting actually works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Link Parent: No<\/th>\nLink Parent: Yes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\"link-parent-no\"<\/a>\n
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\"link-parent-yes\"<\/a>\n
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Please note!<\/strong>
The default setting for Link Parent<\/strong> is No<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

To enable linking to Parent Categories in Joomla 3.0:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Log into your Joomla 3.0 Admin Dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. In the top menu, click Content<\/strong> and then click Article Manager<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. In the list of articles, click the title of the article you want you want to adjust this setting for<\/li>\n
  4. In the tabs above the article, click the Article Options<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n
  5. Find the setting labeled Link Parent<\/strong>. Select either Use Global<\/em>, No<\/em>, or Yes<\/em>, and then click the Save<\/strong> button in the top left of the page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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