====== getBlogCategoryCount ======
{#JAPI Joomla.Framework Application JApplication::getBlogCategoryCount - IR #}

Returns the number of items in the menu that are of type 'blog category'. 

**The method is deprecated** and provided for backwards compatibility with Joomla! 1.0. It is scheduled to be removed in future versions.
Use [[JMenu-getItems|JMenu-getItems]] instead.

===== Syntax =====
void getBlogCategoryCount ()


===== Examples =====
<code php|Example>
global $mainframe;

echo $mainframe->getBlogCategoryCount();
</code>
will display the number of menu items that are of type 'blog category'.

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