HariesDesign.com You can use the Joomla Content Management System to easily store, manage, and publish content.

To post new content on a Joomla! site, you will need to access the administrative interface of Joomla!. The entire adding new content process from login to publishing - is described in detail below.

Logging in to Joomla Administrator

1. Go to the Joomla Administrator site at: http://www.yoursitenamehere.com/administrator/

2. Enter your username and password to login

The home page of Joomla Administrator will open. You will see the Control Panel on this page, a dashboard-type panel view which will lead you to various administrative areas.

 

 

 

 

1. Click on the Add New Content thumbnail on the Control Panel

2. Enter the Title of the new content you are adding in the Title field

3. Select the Section of the new content from the Section drop-down box.

4. Enter the Subtitle (if any) of the new content, along with the first paragraph of the new content in the content area of the page called Intro Text

5. Enter the remaining text (body) of the new content in the content area on the page called Main Text

6. Left-align all text in the Intro Text and Main Text areas

7. Format (bold, italicize, etc) text in the Intro Text and Main Text areas as needed


Saving and Applying Content

 

 

 

To save and continue editing new content

1. Click on the Apply (blue circle with white checkmark) button in the menu on the upper right corner of the Add New Content page

To save and close the Add New Content window

2. Click on the Save (floppy disk) button in the menu on the upper right corner of the Add New Content page

To close the Add New Content window without saving changes

3. Click on the Close (red X) button in the menu on the upper right corner of the Add New Content page

Note: Periodically apply new content edits to prevent the loss of your work. The system will automatically refresh every 30-40 minutes and if you have not applied or saved new content, it will be lost upon refresh.


Publishing New Content

 

On the Add New Content page, look for a series of tabs located beneath the Save, Apply, Close, etc menu items.

1. Click on the Publishing tab

2. Select Show on Frontpage if you would like the new content to be shown on the frontpage.

Note: the default behavior promotes newest content to the top of the frontpage if this box is selected

3. Select Published if you would like the new content published immediately upon Saving/Applying.

4. Select the correct Author in the Change Creator field if necessary.

5. Save or Apply the new content publishing preferences.


Adding Images

There are two ways to add images to new content:

1. Use the insert/edit image button in the formatting menu of the Intro Text or Main Text content areas on the Add New Content page

 

a. Click the insert/edit image button in the appropriate content area

b. Enter the Image URL, Image description, and Title in the General tab of the resulting pop-up window

c. Enter the Alignment (Left), Dimensions, Vertical and Horizontal Space (typically 1 and 2 respectively) in the Appearance tab


2. Use the Images tab (located near the Publishing tab beneath the Save, Apply, Close, etc menu items in the upper right corner of the Add New Content page).

 

a. Click on the correct image name to select it in the Gallery Images field in the Image tab

b. Click the double forward arrow to move the selected image to Content Images field

c. Click the Apply button at the bottom of the tab to insert the image


Editing Content

 

1. Start at the Control Panel

2. Click on the Content Items Manager thumbnail on the Control Panel

3. Select the content that you would like to edit from the list of content items in the Content Items Manager