Joomla - How to create article
Article can be written directly online through the admin interface (usually admin log-in page is in sub directory /administrator of the Joomla installation directory e.g. http://mysite.com/administrator/) in section Content/Article Manager -> New. Second method is to create and publish menu item with Article Sumbission Layout and to login as regular user through Login Module.
You can use already installed TinyMCE WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML editor or you can install better editors (see list of available HTML editors) as extensions (see how to install extensions and templates). This is very convenient as it allows you to publish your article or new blog entry from anywhere in world where internet access is available.
For other freaks (like me) there is a option to switch-off WYSIWYG HTML editor and put raw HTML code (see how to use different HTML editors in Joomla), so you can write your articles offline in your favorite HTML editor, copy HTML code and paste it as raw HTML inside article. More then one HTML editor can be installed on the Joomla and every user can use it's own editor.
New articles can be left as 'Uncategorized', but if you plan to put series of articles in one page layout (blog) you must use sections and categories. I recommend to use sections and categories to organize your articles, because later on you can easily search articles. Each section can contain one or more category which you can organize in some logical way (e.g. you can define section PC Hardware and category Reviews).
Article can contain some special Joomla system tags such as PageBreak and ReadMore tag (see buttons at bottom of article HTML editors in Content/Article Manager/New page) thus allowing you to split long article on more then one page or to use ReadMore feature to only post teaser (intro text) on front page and to allow user to read whole article on separate page (this is most common way to post articles on front page or on blog pages).
How to create article in Joomla
- Login as admin in /administrator sub-path of your site or location where you installed Joomla e.g. http://your_domain_name.com/administrator
- Go to Content/Article Manager, click New, write article, in Section select 'Uncategorised' press 'Save'
- When working on long articles I recommend to frequently use 'Apply' button to save changes as you never know when session can timeout or when your brand new Chinese computer will turn off for no reason.
- See details on SiteGround tutorial pages on how to create article
See list of all Joomla mini how to's from this site