Joomla 3 articles category template override not working

Question

I try to override an article category template with file newslist.php located in \\templates\\mediavolga\\html\\com_content\\category\\newslist.php

I set this file as alternative layout in category settings, but it does't works.

What I'am doing wrong, how to override default category blog template?

Answer 1

If you want to override the default category blog template, then it needs to have the same name as the default does. Try this: 1) copy all the files in components/com_content/views/category/tmpl/ into the folder \\templates\\mediavolga\\html\\com_content\\category\\ 2) edit them and add an "echo 'this is my override blog.php'" to the files. If you see the output, then you can start modifying it.