Joomla Tutorials

1. Access your website's administrator interface (aka "back end") at yoursite.com/administrator
2. Log in with your admin credentials
3. On the main menu (right under the Joomla! logo) click on Content >> Article Manager
4. In the right-hand upper corner click on the New button
5. Enter the Title of the article
6. The text in the Alias field is used for creating the link to the article, e.g. yoursite.com/my-new-article; it's a good idea to put hyphens between words; if unsure what to enter here, just leave it blank and Joomla! will create it automatically based on your Title
7. Ensure "Yes" is selected for the Published field if you are ready to publish the article
8. If you'd like the article to appear on the front page, select "Yes" in the Front Page field
9. Select the appropriate Section and Category so the article shows up in the appropriate part of your site - contact your site developer or admin if unsure
10. Enter the article in the text editor section (the one with all the MS-Word-like icons) - I strongly suggest you only use bold or italic formatting for basic text emphasis and Heading 2 or Heading 3 for well... just that ... different levels of headings if you need to add section headings in your article; the template will do the rest
11. For additional emphasis (e.g. background color, borders, icons, etc.) please reach out to your site developer or admin as your template most likely has special styles set up for such purpose; a simple line of code added to your article can take care of this and ensure consistent look across your site
12. Adjusting the parameters on the right-hand side is fairly intuitive but in most cases does not need to be changed
13. Enter the Metadata Information - a brief Description and appropriate Keywords; this info is used by the search engines so be careful what you enter here and make sure they're all relevant to your article otherwise you'll be "penalized" in the search engine world
14. Click the Save button once you are complete with the article

Adding Image to Article

1. Place the cursor in the text where you want to insert the image
2. Click on the Image button below the text editor (the image dialog window pops up)
3. Navigate through the folder structure of your site media library to select the desired picture
4. If the picture has not yet been uploaded to the site media library, click on the Choose File button at the bottom >> select the picture from your computer >> once back in the image dialog window, click on Start Upload
5. Enter the Image Description and Title (important for the search engines)
6. Select the Alignment
7. Click the Insert button at the top