Joomla core tutorials
Most likely, you know that you can assign modules to specific menu items in Joomla. You can assign modules to all, none or specific menu items. This will make the module appear when clicking on the particular menu item.
That's fine, but what do you do when you don't have a menu item for the particular article?
In this tutorial, I will show you how to have modules appear even when you don't have a (visible) menu item pointing to it.
Even though Joomla is a great platform, there are times when you will have to alter the core files to fit certain needs. For instance, you can't stand how the elements in Joomla content are put together in Joomla. Or your client wants to alter the way the date is shown, where the author appears, how the list of contacts is displayed. We could go on for ever.
The point is: You don't want to be restricted by the platform, do you? You won't have to! I will show you the basics of how to customize the output from Joomla components, modules and plugins, by applying something called template overrides. Relax, they're your friends.
Sometimes, you might want to create a Joomla page that is not available through a menu. You only want the page to appear when the URL is entered. This might be a 'thank you' page after form submission, a log in page or some other type of 'hidden' page you would need on your Joomla site.
Many users ask about this in the Joomla forums and on Twitter. I decided to write a short tutorial on how to set up a link to an element - article or other type of Joomla assett - with no menu item visible on the site.
