Documentation for Joomla 3

"Shack Article Layouts" is a module you can place in a regular module position. But you can also load it inside a Joomla article. This gives you two benefits:

• You will be able to display the module in the full width of the page.
• You will be able to display the module as the main content on the page.

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to display the "Shack Article Layouts" module inside a Joomla article using the "Default" layout.

Here are the use case requirements:

• Embed the "Shack Article Layouts" module in an empty Joomla article
• Display Joomla articles from the three preferred categories
• Display only 9 articles
• Display the articles in three columns
• Display the articles in the "Default" layout.

Here is the final result:

Here is how to set up the module you see in this screenshot.

• Open up your module for editing.
• Go to the "Module" tab.
• Locate the "Category" setting, as in the image below, and select your required Joomla categories.
• Set the "Number of articles to show" to the required number. For my demonstration, I set it to 9, as you can see in the image below.
• Set the "Layout" parameter to your preferred layout. For this demonstration, I set it to "Default".
• Set the "Columns" parameter to your preferred number of columns. Form my demonstration, I set it to 3.

• Go to the "Menu Assignment" tab and assign this module to the menu item(s) of the required page(s).
• Leave the rest of the module settings at there default.
• Click "Save" or "Save & Close".
• Embed this module inside your preferred Joomla article:

Please note in the example above "92" is the module id.

Now, when you visit this article, you should see a picture similar to the one on the screenshot at the beginning of this guide.

Documentation for Joomla 5

"Shack Article Layouts" is a Joomla 5 module you can place in a regular module position. But you can also load it inside a Joomla article. This gives you two benefits:

• You will be able to display the module in the full width of the page.
• You will be able to display the module as the main content on the page.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to display the "Shack Article Layouts" module inside a Joomla 5 article using the "Default" layout.

Here are the use case requirements:

• Embed the "Shack Article Layouts" module in an empty Joomla article
• Display Joomla articles from the three preferred categories
• Display only 9 articles
• Display the articles in three columns
• Display the articles in the "Default" layout.

Here is the final result:

Here is how to set up the module you see in this screenshot.

• Open up your module for editing.
• Go to the "Module" tab.
• Locate the "Category" setting, as in the image below, and select your required Joomla categories.
• Set the "Number of articles to show" to the required number. For my demonstration, I set it to 9, as you can see in the image below.
• Set the "Layout" parameter to your preferred layout. For this demonstration, I set it to "Default".
• Set the "Columns" parameter to your preferred number of columns. For my demonstration, I set it to 3.

• Go to the "Menu Assignment" tab and assign this module to the menu item(s) of the required page(s).
• Leave the rest of the module settings at their default.
• Click "Save & Close".
• Go to System > Manage > Site Modules.
• You will see the "Modules: Site" screen as shown in the next image. Search for "shack article layouts" and once you will see the module listed, take notice of its ID number:

• Open your required Joomla article for editing.
• Inside the text of the article, enter the following shortcode:

  {loadmoduleid (your-module-id-number)}

• Click Save or Save & Close.

Now, when you visit this article, you should see your Joomla 5 articles displayed in a stylish grid layout similar to the one on the screenshot at the beginning of this guide.