Article Layout Builder
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This is a special function only available on Astroid Framework. It is a function that allows Admins to define the display layout for detailed articles of Joomla Content.
To create sub-layouts, go to:
Administrator >> Templates: Styles >> Edit your Astroid template >> Template Options
Article/Blog >> Article Layout Builder
Click "New Layout"
To use Article Layout.
Go to Administrator >> Content >> Categories >> Edit a category
Switch to Single Blog Options
Select a Layout > Select a template & select an article-layout
Save category.
Go to Front-end >> Your Joomla Blog >> Click on the article in the category you edited to view detail. And you can see how it works.
As you know, Astroid has a rich Widget system that allows you to create unique styles for your website without any coding knowledge. What’s great is that you can use this Widget system on Article Layout as well. So let’s find out how you can use Widgets to build your articles.
Like Layout Builder to create Widget in Article Layout you follow these steps.
In layout builder >> Click "Add Element" >> Choose one of available widgets
In the modal you can set default values of Widget. These values can be override on each article.
You have finished building the layout for your article. The next step is to change the Widget data for each of your articles. If you use the default value, you do not need to change anything in the article. The system will display the default value as you have set in the Article Layout Builder. But if you need to change the widget data in each article to ensure uniqueness and uniqueness. It is very easy, just follow the steps below.
Go to Administrator >> Content >> Articles >> Edit or Create an article
Find Widgets Tab, All widgets will be listed here
Click to edit a Widget. Now you can override the default values of Widget on the modal.
An example for Tour Travel:
An example for Photography:
