One of the
most important parts of a website is the content. Now that we have a blank site
setup, let us 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.

1. To add
a section to your website, go to http://LNameI.MVHS.us/administrator
and log in with the username of your lastname  and the password you use for
skyward.

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 generally similar

items together into groups.
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 one for “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: http://LnameI.MVHS.US:

WEB LINKS

Next, the
company president has a briefing.

In your briefing
from the President, he wanted a section for links to landscaping resources.

Let us go
ahead and get that set up.

1. First,
go to your administration page and log in. If you are already

logged in, you do not need to do this again.

2. From
the “Components” menu, select “Web Links” and then
“Categories.”

3. Press
“New” and create a category for “Landscape
Information,” then press “Save.”

4. Click
on the “Links” button.

5. Click
“New” to create a new link. Create links for information about
landscaping information. Press “Save” to save your link. Add a few
links to the “Landscaping Information” category. Web links are
things such as:

 http://www.joomla.org

 http://www.google.com

 http://www.deere.com

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NEW FEEDS

The
president also requested a section to display news feeds from other landscape
sites.

1. First,
go to your admin page and login. If you are already logged in, you do not need
to do this again.

2. From
the “Components” menu, select “News Feeds” and then
“Categories.”

3. Press
“New” and create a category for “Landscaping,” then
press “Save.”

4. Click
on the “Feeds” button.

5. Click
on “New” to add a news feed. Search around the Internet to find a
few RSS feeds with landscaping information. Then name the feeds and add the URL
of the RSS feed in the “Link” box. Make sure each is in the
“Landscaping” category and choose the number of articles to display
from this news feed. Some examples of news feeds may be:

 http://www.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_jd-wp&Itemid=105&feed=rss2

 http://consumer.einnews.com/rss/news/landscaping

6. Click
“Save” when you are done to save the news feed. Add a few different
news feeds to the “Landscaping” category.

MENU

A website
will not do you much good unless there is a menu to help users navigate to different
pages. Joomla! has a
built-in system for managing menus. This system is built around the three types
of information in Joomla!—components, modules,
and plugins. If Components are the main information
in Joomla! and are driven by
menus. If you look at the front page of your site, you can see only the front
page articles. The contact information, web links, news feeds, and articles not
published on the front page are not visible. This is because each page displays
one component at a time. Let us add the components we have already configured
to the site:

1. First, go  to your admin
page and login. If you are already logged in, you do not need to do this again.

2. From
the “Menus” menu, select “Main Menu.”

Home

Already on
the menu is the default “Home” link, which provides access to
articles to which you have enabled the “Front Page” option. You can
click on “Home” to edit many of its settings including the name of
the home page as well as the number of articles that are displayed.

3. Click
on “Home” to configure the home page.

4. In the
“Parameters - Basic” area, there are a number of different options
you can configure:

 “# Leading” is the number of article intros to display on
the front page with a “read more” link to see the entire article.
These articles will stretch the entire width of the news box.

 “#
Intro” is the number of article intros to display on the front page with
a “read more” link to see the entire article. These articles will
fill only the width of one column, not the entire page.

 “Columns”
is the number of columns in which articles are display.

 “#
Links” is the number of articles to display only as links at the bottom
of the page.

5. In
“Parameters – Advanced” make sure that “Show a Feed
Link” is enabled. This will make the front page accessible by an RSS news
feed.

6. In
“Parameters – System,” enter a title for the page inside of
the “Page Title” field. This will display in the browser's header
as well as in the header for that page in the document. For this website, enter
“Landscape Smart” to replace the “Welcome to the Frontpage!” text:

7. Click
“Save” to finish setting up the home page. Then visit your home
page (http://LNameI.MVHS.us) and see the
results.

Categories

Next, we need to
create four links to the “Trees,” “Bushes,”
“Grasses,” and “President” categories that we created:

1.  From the “Menus” menu,
select “Main Menu.”

2. Click
on “New,” select “Articles” and then “Category
Blog Layout.”

3. Under
“Parameters – Basic” select one of the four categories we
created. Name the menu item accordingly. Adjust the settings similarly to the
“Home” item and make sure to include a feed link in
“Parameters – Advanced.” Title the page in “Parameters
– System.” You also may want to change the “Primary Order”
to “Title – Alphabetical” in “Parameters - Advanced:”Joo

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4. Click
“Save” and check out the site for the results:

5. Repeat
these steps for “Bushes,” “Grasses,” and
“President.”

Contact

Next up,
we need to add a link to the “Contact Us” page:

1. From
the “Menus” menu, select “Main Menu.”

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2. Select
“New,” then click “Contacts” followed by “Contact
Category Layout:”

3. Name
the page “Contact Us” and select “Corporate” for the
category. There is no need for a news feed from this page, so disable that
option. Under
Parameters – System,” make sure to name the page
“Contact Us:”

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4. Click
“Save” and check out the site for the results:

Web Links

Our next component is
“Web Links:”

1. From the
“Menus” menu, select “Main Menu.”

2. Click
on “New,” select “Web Links” and then “Category
List Layout:”

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3. Name the page
“Web Links” and select “Landscape Information” for the
category.

There is no need for a
news feed from this page, so disable that option. Under

“Parameters
– System,” make sure to name the page “Web Links:”

4. Click
“Save” and check out the site for the results:

News Feeds

The next menu item we
need to add is “News Feeds:”

1. From the
“Menus” menu, select “Main Menu.”

2. Click
on “New,” select “News Feeds” followed by
“Category Layout:”

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3. Name the page
“Landscaping Feeds” and select “Landscaping” for the
category. Under “Parameters – System,” make sure to name the
page “Landscaping Feeds:”

4. Click
“Save” and check out the site for the results:

Search

The last menu item we
need to create is the “Search” page:

From the “Menus” menu,
select “Main Menu.”

Click on “New,” select
“Search” and then “Search:”

Name the page “Search.”
Under “Parameters – System,” make sure to name the page
“Search:”

Click “Save” and check
out the site for the results: