Joomla 1.5 2 categories, 2 layouts

Question

I have two categories that need their own layout. Right now it looks like both categories are using template/html/com_content/category/blog.php, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to switch this to a different layout from the menu item layout selection.

Joomla 1.5 Stuff I have read:

• http://docs.joomla.org/Understanding_Output_Overrides
• http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_override_the_output_from_the_Joomla!_core

No matter where I place extra files within ...my-template/html/com_content/category or ...my-template/html/com_content/category/views/[category]/[tmpl]/, no new layouts show up from the layout selection dialog. System debug doesn't seem to print out any useful templating info either.

WHAT DO?

Answer 1

You put layout overrides it the html folder of your template not in the core folders. Look at beez5 for examples of layout over ride and also for an alternative layout which is used in com_contact.