Navigation layout

Hi Guys, Love your work.
I am trying to organise myself. Lets say I have a list of suppliers all over the world. Lets 5000.
Now I have put eg 5 world regions in my main menu and in each region I have sub categories of each country and will break the suppliers list up into their geographical countries categories under these parent world regional categories. Thats ok But..
I also have "ALL Suppliers" in my main menu aswell and would like to list All 5000 suppliers in one long vertical list that stays in a left hand column that the user can scroll up and down the page not column and click on any of the supliers and go to straight to their direct blog with out having to go to any parent category what so ever.
Any suggestions?
I am using World News 2 quick start.

Hi

I understand. Please just tell me what are You using for this suppliers right now.

I would use K2 where categories are regions and articles are informations about supplier. Than have an extra field with a link to supplier's blog.

In column I would use K2 content module and show an extrafields where a link is.

Thanks Teitbite for answering.
I am not using anything for suppliers yet as I am just setting it up. I am aware of K2 as it was installed as part of the World news 2 quickstart. I have never used it before but i will read up about it and try and follow what I think you mean.
Do I need any suggestions on which module position in the world news 2 template may lend itself best to the long long long left hand column? I am thinking left 1. If I dont put anything above it then I will still be able to use all the other module positions with out big white gaps on the page where the long column has pushed everything out of place.

Hi

I think left1 or left2 or even inset position would be fine. Please check it with module position map here: http://demo.gavick.com/joomla25/twn2/in ... -positions

Yes I agree. I think Ill try left 2 and see how I go. Thank you teitbite for your kind help.

Ok I have tried K2 content module and it looks like it will do the job nicely. Just now, how do I remove the formatting or override the design for just this module as sadly I must as it has too much space between lines, if I am to fit 1000s of names in a list in one column. Any help appreciated

Hi

Please show me the page where this module is.

Hi

Please try add this code to override.css:

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.k2CategoriesListBlock ul.level0 li {
    background: url("../images/menu_bullet.png") no-repeat scroll 12px 7px #F9F9F9 !important;
    font-size: 10px;
    line-height: 16px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 2px 16px 0 28px;
}


Remember to allow using of override in template settings.

:D YAH !! Thanks teitbite!!! made my week!!!!

Hi

No problem. Glad i could help.