: Joomla 2.5 : list links to articles in 2 columns I have a Joomla! 2.5 website, and I have to add a lightbox popup that will contain links to all articles from a specific category(+subs).

@Gloria169

When I first read your question I said: "Wow, that's pretty easy", because I'm used to working with K2 instead of Joomla's content component.

There is a module that can show the articles from a specific category: DM Article List Pro but you still need to create/modify the template almost the same way you would do with Joomla's content component.

To give you an idea, this is the code section that handles the generation of columns to show the article links in K2:

<?php foreach($this->links as $key=>$item): ?>

<?php
// Define a CSS class for the last container on each row
if( (($key+1)%($this->params->get('num_links_columns'))==0) || count($this->links)<$this->params->get('num_links_columns') )
$lastContainer= ' itemContainerLast';
else
$lastContainer='';
?>

<div class="itemContainer<?php echo $lastContainer; ?>"<?php echo (count($this->links)==1) ? '' : ' style="width:'.number_format(100/$this->params->get('num_links_columns'), 1).'%;"'; ?>>
<?php
// Load category_item_links.php by default
$this->item=$item;
echo $this->loadTemplate('item_links');
?>
</div>
<?php if(($key+1)%($this->params->get('num_links_columns'))==0): ?>
<div class="clr"></div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>

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