Joomla Kickstart presented at Joomla Chicago User Group meetings.

1. Joomla! KickstartJoomla 101 for Beginners Part 2: Content Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

2. Content What is content? Organizing content Creating content in Joomla! live Content in Joomla Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

3. Content you say? Web content is the textual, visual or aural content that is encountered as part of the user experience on websites. It may include, among other things: text, images, sounds, videos and animations. - Wikipedia 4/18/2010 Examples of Content: Articles (text)AudioVideoImagesCalendarsModulesFacebook and Twitter streams Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

4. Types of Content Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli There are two general types of content on a site: Content you create for your site Content website users create

5. Content You Create Content you create is usually about your business / organization Press Releases Product Information Blogs Landing pages Contact Information Created site administrators (your team) Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

6. Content Users Create Joomla allows many ways for site users to contribute content. Blog entries Comments on Blogs and articles Forum posts New articles (if permission granted) Web Links Created by registered users Registered users can be granted different privilege levels to create different types of content Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

7. Steps To Create Content Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli Plan Content Create a sitemap Create a wireframe of homepage and other pages. Homepages usually have a different layout Organize Implement into Joomla!

8. Content Hierarchy Sections Highest level container Can have many categories Categories Middle level container Can have contain many articles Articles Lowest tier Article = webpage = content Visitors see and read your articles Articles can be uncategorized Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

9. Uncategorized is a section and category Allows for articles to show up without section/category Also known as “static content” Facts on Uncategorized Articles Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

10. Organizing Content Continued Section 1 Category 1 Article Article Category 2 Article Section 2 Category 1 Article Article Category 2 Article You Can’t Do Section 3 Category 1 Sub Cat A Article However this will change in 1.6 Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

11. Steps to enter content: Create Sections Create Categories Create Articles Steps for adding content Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

12. FYI… WYSIWYG Pro editor enabled for content JCE Editor is another great editor Joomla’s core editor doesn’t have all the features these two editors have. 3rd Party WYSIWYG editors are must have extensions! Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

13. Questions? Your Questions? Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli