I would suggest reserving the menu to important pages if possible. Now, you have an article as an item in your Joomla menu. Since I am using “This is My First Post” as the item, my title is going to be “My First Post.”Ĭlick the “Save & Close” button on the top. I would suggest something related to the article that you are using in this instance. This will be the link that is displayed on your website in the menu list. In this tutorial, the option is pretty obvious because there is only one piece of content created. From the editor screen, click the “Save and Close” button to return to Articles.Ĭlick on the “Menus” link from the top tool bar, go to Main Menu and click “Add New Menu Item.”Ĭlick the “Select” button from the Menu Item Type field.įrom the new window, select Articles and then click on “Single Article” at the bottom of the list.įrom the New Menu Item screen, click the “Select” button next to the Select Article field.Ĭhoose which article you want to place as a menu item. What if you create an article that you want to see placed as a menu item? Although creating pages is the better use for menu items, articles can be placed here as well.
#JOOMLA WEBSITES HOW TO#
If you suspect that the piece you’re working on is more of a draft, change the status to “Unpublished.” How to Put the Article into a Menu
#JOOMLA WEBSITES ARCHIVE#
However, you can change the status of the article to save it as Unpublished, Archive or Trash.
This means they will be live as soon as you click the button to save. Saves the current article and opens a blank editor for the next piece you want to create.īy default, Joomla will immediately publish articles you create. Saves the article and takes you back to the articles area. Will save your content and keep you on the same editor screen. NOTE: There are three primary ways you can save articles in Joomla: Once you are done creating the piece, click the “Save” button at the top of the screen. Bold, italicize, underline, formatting and other tools are at your convenience to create content that brings in the traffic. Joomla comes with a fine visual editor that has a lot of the same features as many editing systems. Click on the “New” button on the top left.įrom the next screen, you can enter in a title for the piece and fill in any text you wish. From here, you have a variety of options at your disposal for customizing the content. This screen will show you all of the content you’ve ever developed in Joomla. I want to show you the article screen itself. How to Create an ArticleĬlick on the Content tool in the top admin panel and select, “Articles.” I know, you probably see the “Add New Article” option available, but we’re going to ignore that for now. Let’s begin with going over how to add a basic article in Joomla. Creating articles in Joomla is how you add that content to your website. If you have no text on your site, search engines cannot rank you. Creating a Basic Article in JoomlaĬontent is how websites drive traffic.
#JOOMLA WEBSITES INSTALL#
From the moment you finish the install process for Joomla, you can begin attracting visitors to your site.
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These tips will get you started by showing you a few of the elements you can alter to begin developing immediately. In this Joomla website building tutorial, I’m going over some of the basics of the system. Whether it’s a blog, eCommerce site or simply putting up business information to drive local traffic, it can all be done from Joomla. With a good web hosting foundation, anyone can build a website with Joomla to serve virtually any purpose. Although learning the basics of HTML, PHP and CSS may be beneficial in the long run, they are not necessary to get started creating something amazing today.
Joomla is a great system to use for those who want to build a website without programming skills.
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