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The Joomla 3.0 frontpage article ordering can be configured using various options within the Blog Layout Options<\/strong>. For example, you can control the direction of the ordering, such as across or down. You can also control how they are ordered, such as by date created, date modified, or date published.<\/p>\n

In this tutorial, we will cover the various settings that you can use to order articles on your front page.<\/p>\n

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How to change article ordering settings<\/h2>\n

The first thing we\u2019ll do is show you how to get to the admin page in your dashboard where you can change the ordering settings, and then well explain what each of them mean.<\/p>\n

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  1. Log into your Joomla 3.0 Admin dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. In the top menu, click Menus<\/strong> and then click Main Menu<\/strong> (or the menu with a logo of a house to the right)<\/li>\n
  3. In the list of Menu Items, find and click on the menu item<\/strong> that has a yellow star<\/strong> under the Home<\/em> column<\/li>\n
  4. Click the Advanced Options<\/strong> tab at the top of the page<\/li>\n
  5. Click to expand the Blog Layout Options<\/strong> section<\/li>\n
  6. Here, you will find the various settings listed on this page. Update those settings as needed, and then click Save<\/strong> in the to left of the page<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Ordering Articles Across or Down<\/h2>\n

    To order articles on the frontpage across or down, you\u2019ll use the following setting:<\/p>\n

    Multi Column Order:<\/strong>
    Order articles down or across columns<\/em><\/p>\n

    The global setting is to order articles down, not across. Below you\u2019ll see how changing this setting will affect the layout of your articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
    Multi Column Order: Across<\/th>\nMulti Column Order: Down<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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    		\u00a0\"order-articles-down\"<\/a>\n
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    Available options for ordering<\/h2>\n

    The following options are available to choose from when deciding how to sort your frontpage articles:<\/p>\n

    In the screenshot below, we have the ordering set to Title Alphabetical<\/strong>, and the column order to across<\/strong>:
    \"ordering-by-title\"<\/a>\n
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    Article Order<\/strong>
    The order that articles will show in<\/em><\/p>\n