Performing Common Tasks In

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Performing Common Tasks In
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• I. Creating Web Content
• In Joomla

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Access the Joomla back-end for our site
athttp//pascalsc.org/nweb/administrator/
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Most of your work can be done under the content
and components tabs. Many of the same tools can
also be accessed through the buttons.
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Content items display as web pages.Content is
organized by section and category.
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Joomla categories are a nested hierarchical
system.
Category names, etc can be edited or changed.
New categories can be added to any level of the
hierarchy.
All articles in a particular category can be
published or unpublished using these buttons.
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Access Public or Private?
Page Title
Items can be re-ordered one position at a time
by clicking the blue arrows. It is easier to
reorder within a record
Publication status
Unique page ID Joomla uses this number to access
content using php and a SQL database
yes
no
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Title and Title alias are redundant
Standard formatting toolbar
Items must be assigned a section and category
Assign access level
Important Metadata See next slide
Intro text field Most content goes in this
field
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You can set access using this pull-down menu.
Creator/author can be specified.
Items can be re-ordered
Defaults appear automatically, but Publication
information can be changed.
Unique identifier
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Important remember to save and close any
document you open. If you just hit the back
button, the document will stay checked out and
inaccessible in Joomla.
Text can be entered into the intro field with few
special precautions. Links and images may require
a little special treatment however.
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Highlight anchor text and use these buttons to
add or delete links
This pop-up form enables you to enter a link
destination url. Remember that Joomla
identifies items by ID , As in this sample
link http//pascalsc.org/nweb/index.php?option
com_contenttaskviewid38Itemid25
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The Joomla template controls the placement of
images. To add an image select the Image tab.
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II. Posting News Items
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Joomla organizes news items by category. We
currently have three news categories.
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The most recent posting is displayed first. Full
text can be accessed by clicking an entry. Note
that the date is included as part of each title.
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Title
Author
Date posted
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News is organized as a separate section under the
content tab.
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In Joomla, news items appear in chronological
order by category most recent item lastthe
opposite of the way items display on the actual
web site.
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Add date to title
1. You may need to enter your name author. 2.
Items can be re-ordered here. 3. Created date
can be changed. 4. You can specify dates to begin
and end publication of a news item.
Section should set automatically. Specify
category
1 2 3 4
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III. Uploading Documents to Joomla
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Documents are generally handled through the
DOCMan features found under the Components tab.
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Documents Files become documents when they have
been named and assigned a category in DOCMan
Date assigned automatically Or entered manually
Password Access?
Categories
Files
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Under DOCMan files, you can find the Upload button
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Select Upload a file from your computer and
click
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Find the file you want to upload using the
button.
Upload the file to Joomla using the
button
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Success! Now you need to turn the uploaded file
into a document. Click
to proceed
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In order to locate the file, you may need to
select ComponentsgtAutopopulate for DOCMangtStart
Assigning Files
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1. Locate the uploaded file in the top box and
click on the filename to highlight it.
2. Select the category from the options in the
bottom box.
3. Click the Assign Files button in the upper
right hand corner.
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This message indicates success! Click the Edit
in DOCMan button in the upper right corner
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Now you need to locate the document in the DOCMan
- Documents list. New documents are added as
the last entry under the appropriate category.
Click the document name.
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You can also use the filter tool to locate the
document
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You can select a category from the drop-down
menu or filter by title
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Select the permissions tab to permit access by
password.
A short description of the document can be added
in this field. This information will display
alongside the appropriate document icon on the
web sitegenerally either pdf or Word
doc
Click the Yes radio button to publish to the
site.
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How documents display on the PASCAL website
front-end
Navigation reflects category hierarchy
Description text
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