Displaying a Single Catalog Item

To display the a single catalog item, add a new internal link menu item to your desired menu.  Select Catalog from the list of components, then Display a Single Item -> Item Default Layout.  The result will be similar to the following screenshot.

Menu Options

This page has the following options available:

• Select Item - Click the Select button to bring up a list of the available items.  Search and then select one.
• Show Item Subtitle - Optionally show the subtitle of the item if supplied.
• Show Item Abstract - Optionally show the abstract of the item if supplied.
• Show Node Icon - Optionally display one of the media (image) types if supplied with the label.

Advanced Options

• Show Item Owner - Optionally show the owner (the user) of the item if defined..
• Show Display Date - Optionally show the display date of the item if supplied.
• Show Start Date - Optionally show the start date of the item if supplied.
• Show Finish Date - Optionally show the finish date of the item if supplied.
• Show E-Commerce - Optionally show the E-commerce information associated with the item if supplied.
• Show Print Action - Optionally show the printer-friendly action icon/link..
• Show Email Action - Optionally show the email-to-friend action icon/link..
• Show Actions as Icons - Show actions as icons/images, otherwise they will display as text links.
  

For assistance with creating and maintaining Joomla menu items, see the official Joomla documentation:

• http://docs.joomla.org/Screen.menus.15
• http://docs.joomla.org/Screen.menus.edit.15

Customization

This page may be customized using the Joomla layout override system.  You need to be able to create new files and edit them on your web hosting site using FTP or other tools that are available to you (contact your web host if you need more information).

All file paths are relative to the directory in which Joomla is installed.  When looking a files you need to create, it is assumed that you will create the necessary folders if they don't already exist in each case.  The directory default_template refers to the template that is set as the default for your site.  Please replace this name with the actual name of the template directory.

To create the layout override for this page, find the file:

/components/com_catalog/views/node/tmpl/default.php

Copy this to:

/templates/default_template/html/com_catalog/node/default.php

Make the desired adjustments to the source code to the new file you created and then save it.  Your changes should be reflected when you refresh the appropriate page.

For more information on layout overrides, see http://www.theartofjoomla.com/topics/layout-overrides.html