Sections,+Articles,+and+Categories

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One of the most important parts of a website is the content. Now let's get some articles on the site! Articles are sorted in two ways: sections and categories. Sections can contain numerous categories, and categories can contain numerous articles. If you're confused right now, don't worry. It sounds difficult, but it's really quite simple.

1. To add a section to your website, go to http://localhost/joomla15/administrator and log in with the username “admin” and the password you chose during the installation.

2. To begin managing sections, click on section manager:

3. Click on “New” on the Joomla! toolbar.

4. Insert a title and description for the section and then press “Save” on the toolbar.

5. Create as many sections as you need. Use sections to group similar items together. For our landscaping site, add a section for “Corporate” and a section for “Products.”

6. Click on “Content” on the menu and select “Category Manager” when you are done with sections.

7. Follow the same steps to create categories, assigning each to one of the sections created above. Use categories for more specific groupings. For the “Products” section, create a category for “Trees,” “Bushes,” and “Grasses.” Under “Corporate,” create a “President” category.

8. Finally, we need to create some articles. Click on “Content,” then “Article Manager,” and select “New” from the toolbar.

9. This is the article screen. There are a lot of different things you can do here: Add a title for the article, and put it into a section and category. You have the option to publish or un-publish your article, as well as the choice whether to display the article on the front page. The large box is for the article's contents. You can use the “page break” button to divide the article into pages. You can use the “read more” to divide the article into the section to display in a summary view and full view. You can use the “image” button to insert an image into your article using the simple upload form in combination with Joomla!'s media manager.

10.For the landscaping website, create five different articles in each of our categories. Use the “read more” button to divide each article into introductory information and then full content. From each category, choose two items to display on the front page using the “Front Page” toggle switch:

11.When you are done typing each article, click “Save” to save it and return to the article manager, or “Apply” to save it and continue editing. If you selected “yes” for “Front Page,” then your article will show up on the home page: [] :