FW Food Menu – Documentation
Category PDF
FW Food Menu tutorial for Joomla!
The Category PDF addon adds a downloadable PDF export button to menu category pages on the frontend. When a visitor clicks the button, the plugin collects all published items in that category, generates a print-ready PDF document server-side using the bundled dompdf library, and the browser downloads the file immediately.
Use Cases
- Printable menus — offer a PDF version of your menu for guests to download from your website or to print and hand out in-house.
- Takeaway menu sheets — export a single category such as "Lunch Specials" as a standalone PDF for distribution or printing.
How It Works
- A visitor opens a category page on the frontend and clicks the Download PDF button.
- The plugin collects all published menu items belonging to that category.
- A PDF is generated on the server using the dompdf library bundled with the addon.
- The browser downloads the resulting file.
Notes
- The PDF layout uses a built-in template. Custom styling requires editing the plugin's PDF layout file directly.
- Only items from the selected category are included. Subcategories are not automatically merged into the output unless configured.
- The addon requires PHP's mbstring and dom extensions, which are standard on most Joomla hosting environments.
To install this addon, open the Add-ons panel inside FW Food Menu. See Getting Started → Add-ons for details on free addons, paid addons, and site verification.
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