Add an Article

New articles can be added using either the "Add Article" button or the Article Manager Screen in the Administrator back-end.
Log in to the Administrator back-end. Either:
Click on the "Add New Article" button in the main Control Panel to open the New Article screen or,
Click the Content → Article Manager → New Article menu item to go to the Article Manager. Then click the "New" toolbar button.

The New Article screen contains options for categorising and naming the article, editing content and selecting parameters.

• Enter a title in the Title field. This is used when the article title is displayed.
• Enter an alias in the Alias field. The alias is used to refer to the title and is important for the Search Engine Friendly Address features in Joomla!. If you do not enter anything, Joomla! will generate it for you.
• Select a Category using the drop down menus.
• Choose whether the article is published or not using the Published drop down menu.
• Choose whether the article will be displayed on the home page using the Featured drop down menu.
• Now enter your content using the editor in the New Article screen. You may also choose Parameters for the article. Click on each section to view the parameters and change the settings to suit your requirements.
• Click the Save toolbar button to save your article.

The "Save & Close" toolbar button will save your changes and return you to the Article Manager screen.
The "Save" button will save your changes but leave you in the Article Edit screen.
You should see a blue message: Successfully saved changes to Article: article_title.

Adding an image to an Article

Images are added to articles using the Editor Buttons below the content editor window in the Edit Article screen. Note: It is possible to insert images using the editor in Joomla!. However, this feature provides a simple way of inserting images stored in the images/stories directory of Joomla!
Open the Article for editing either by:
Click the Content > Article Manager menu item to go to the Article Manager, select the Article and click the "Edit" toolbar button.
Clicking the Add New Article button in the Control Panel.
(If logged in to the Front-end, you have appropriate permissions and are viewing the Article you wish to edit: Click the Edit toolbar button. Choose where you would like your image placed in the flow of the text by moving the cursor and click the Image editor button at the bottom of the screen)

• The Insert Image screen will open over the top of the Edit Article screen. Choose an image by clicking on it.
• You may also move directory by clicking on the folder icons.
• Use the drop down Directory field to quickly select a directory and click the Up button to go up a directory level.
• Set the image properties as required:
• Image Description: This becomes the alt attribute for the image, an important feature for accessibility and compliance with web standards.
• Image Title: Used for the optional caption and also becomes the title attribute in HTML.
• Align: Sets the image alignment. If left blank the align attribute is not set.
• Caption: Enables the caption which displays the Image Title below the image.
• Click the Insert button to insert the image. The Insert Image screen will close and the image will be displayed in the editor.
• Click the Cancel button to leave the Insert Image screen.
• Uploading images using the Insert Image screen
• You may also upload new images using the Upload section of the Insert Image screen.
• Click the Browse button to open a file browser.
• Select the image files you wish to upload. Click Open in the file browser to confirm the selection. Note: The file browser style and layout depends on the browser and operating system you are using.
• To remove selected files before uploading click the red icon next to the listed files.
• If you are uploading multiple files in batches you can clear the list of completed files by clicking the Clear Completed button.
• The selected file(s) appear as a list at the bottom of the Insert Image screen. Click Start Upload to begin uploading files.
• When the upload is complete a green tick will appear next to the file.
• You may now select and insert the uploaded image as before.
• Always save any changes.

Uploading images using the Media Manager

The simplest way to add images is to upload them from your computer using the Media Manager. First, of course, you have to download the image onto your computer and be able to find it. Then, from the Control Panel (back-end administrative interface) navigate to Content -> Media Manager. On the left is a directory tree, with the root directory "Media". This corresponds to the default "images" directory, yoursite/joomla/images. Pick a subdirectory where you want the image located, or else do nothing to upload the image to the default images directory.
At the bottom of the page is a typical Upload box. Click "Browse" to locate the image on your computer, then "Upload" to upload the file to the server.

Remember to save any changes to your items.

Inserting a link to another website into an Article

A link to another website (hyperlink) may be inserted in an Article as follows:
Open the Article for editing either by:
Click the Content > Article Manager menu item to go to the Article Manager, select the Article and click the Edit toolbar button.
Click the Add New Article button in the Control Panel.
(If logged in to the Front-end, you have appropriate permissions and are viewing the Article you wish to edit: Click the Edit toolbar button).

• Locate and highlight the text or image you want to use as the link.
• Click the Insert/edit link editor toolbar button. The Insert/edit link screen opens.
• There are 4 tabs in the Insert/edit link screen. The main parameters that should be are set are in the General tab.
• Link URL: The full URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the target website, e.g. http://www.battleva.co.uk
• Target: Defines how the link will open. This is used as the target attribute in HTML.
• Title: A name for the link. This is used as the title attribute in HTML and is necessary to ensure accessibility.
• Class: Choose a style class for the link if required. This is used as the class attribute in HTML.
• Click the Insert button to create the link. The Insert/edit link screen will close and the link will be displayed in the article text.
• Unless there are specific CSS styles in place the default style is underlined blue text.
• Clicking the Cancel button closes the screen without inserting a link.
• Always save any changes.

Delete an Article

Go to "Content" - "Article Manager" along tool bar.
Check the box next to the articles you want to delete.
Then click "Trash" button. If you want to make sure that the Article is completely gone from the system (so no further roll back is available), go to Content > Article Trash and delete it from there (this action is not accessible to users with Manager's privileges).

Create a Category

Go to "Content" – "Category Manager" - "Add New Category"
Enter Title and Description and image, if required.
Select any "Parent Category", if applicable and ensure "Published" is on yes.
Click "Save & Close" to save the entry.