By Reda Mohamed on 2026-07-20 08:35 in Google Summer of Code Joomla Team

What I have done

• Completed the implementation of context-aware navigation for items assigned to multiple categories.
• Added multi-category support to com_banners, including backend integration, saving/loading secondary categories, and category filtering.
• Fixed issues discovered during testing to ensure consistent behavior across supported components.
• Continued testing and refining the implementation.

Problems

• Encountered some component-specific differences in category handling and item counting.
• Resolved issues related to published state handling and category counts to keep the behavior consistent with Joomla's existing implementation.

Plans for the remaining coding period

• Complete multi-category support for com_newsfeeds.
• Finish the remaining implementation across the supported components.
• Continue testing and resolve any remaining issues.
• Polish the implementation and prepare the project for the final evaluation.