Joomla 1.5 Quick Start

Thomas Plotkowiak

Joomla QuickStart

A short guide to get you started on joomla

03.11.2010

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Sections

Sections can contain numerous categories, and categories can contain numerous articles.

New Section

Create as many sections as you need. Use sections to group generally similar items together into groups.

New Section II

Sections can contain numerous categories, and categories can contain numerous articles.

Give the section a title.

Categories

Use the same steps as in sections to create categories.

Articles

Articles hold the provide the content in Joomla.

Hierarchy

Section1

Category 1

Section 2

Category 3 Category 4

Article 3

Article 4

Each article is part of a Section and a Category.

New Article

Make sure each article has a title and is filed under a section and category.

New Article II

When you are done editing make sure to click save, otherwise the article will be locked for other users.

Article List

You can publish/unpublish articles without deleting them. You can also make them show up on the first page (frontpage).

Users

You can add new users (editors, admins) to the system in the User Manager

User Manager

You can change user rights and activity (enabled/disabled) in the user manager.

New User

You can create new users (Name, Email, Password) and give them different permissions or select which in language they should use Joomla.

Menus

You can create new menus and customize the current ones in the Menus Dropdown.

Menus

Section1

Category 1

Section 2

Category 3 Category 4

Article 3

Article 4

Menus can link to Articles, Categories or Sections.

Menu Item 1

Menu Item 2

Menu Item 3

Backend Frontend

Edit Menus

You can publish/unpublish menu items and change their order in a menu.

New Menu Items

You can link to articles, categories and sections. Sections and Categories can chronologically show all the articles contained in that container (Blog Layout).

Article Menu Item

Select the article that the menu item should point to.

Further Resources

Chances are, you are going to want to go further and do more with Joomla! Check out some of these resources to help you further your Joomla! experience:

• http://forum.joomla.org– Sign up for the forums, search, and ask questions.

• http://help.joomla.org– Find more documentation and training information.

• http://extensions.joomla.org– Find extensions to further enhance the joomla website.

• http://www.joomla.org – Find all news on joomla.