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Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition

You're reading from   Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition Build, develop, and manage a fully functioning, professional looking, and feature-rich website with the Joomla! CMS

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783981502
Length 476 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. A New and Easy Way to Build Websites 2. Getting Joomla! Up and Running FREE CHAPTER 3. First Steps – Getting to Know Joomla! 4. Web Building Basics – Creating a Site in an Hour 5. Small Sites, Big Sites – Organizing Your Content Effectively 6. Creating Killer Content – Adding and Editing Articles 7. Welcoming Your Visitors – Creating Attractive Home Pages and Overview Pages 8. Helping Your Visitors Find What They Want – Managing Menus 9. Opening Up the Site – Enabling Users to Log in and Contribute 10. Getting the Most out of Your Site – Extending Joomla! 11. Creating an Attractive Design – Working with Templates 12. Attracting Search Engine Traffic – SEO Tips and Techniques A. Keeping the Site Secure B. Creating a Multilingual Site C. Pop Quiz Answers Index

Time for action – adding uncategorized articles


Let's create a Mission Statement page by adding an uncategorized article.

  1. Navigate to Content | Article Manager. Click on New.

  2. In the Title box, enter Mission Statement. In the Category drop-down box, make sure Uncategorised is selected.

  3. In the text editor area, add the Mission Statement text and add an image, if you like. For this example, we've entered the following text:

    We all know the works of great art throughout the centuries. But what about bad art? Much of the creative output of really lousy artists has been discarded, thrown away because of its lack of artistic value. Let's not let that happen anymore!

    The beauty in ugliness

    Collectors Of Really Bad Art is a club for bad art lovers. We seek to find and promote the beauty that's hidden behind superficial ugliness. Tour our website to discover that beauty too!

  4. Click on Save & Close. The uncategorized article is finished—we just need a menu link to make it visible.

  5. Navigate to Menus...

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