Sections, Categories, and Articles

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://localhost/joomla15/administrator and log in with the username “admin” and the password you specified 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 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://localhost/joomla15/:

Joomla! Installationmage

Installing Joomla! is a simple thing.

1. First, go to http://localhost/joomla15.

2. Select your language on step 1 and press “Next” at the top.

3. Make sure that there are no red items on step 2 (if you set up with XAMPP, you should already be fine) and press “Next” to proceed.

4. Read over the license in step 3 and press “Next.”

5. On the “Database Configuration” page, enter the following details, then press “Next:”

6. Skip over step 5 and press “Next” to proceed to step 6.

7. Enter the site name “Landscape Smart!”, then the e-mail address and admin password of your choice. NOTE: DO NOT PRESS “Install Sample Data!”

8. Press “Next” to complete the installation.

9. IMPORTANT: Open up the location where you unzipped Joomla! (usually C:\XAMPP\htdocs\joomla15 or C:\Program Files\XAMPP\htdocs\joomla15) and delete the “installation” directory:

10.Return back to the installer and click on “Site.” If you completed the install successfully, you should now see a blank page ready for all your Joomla! content!