Content and Navigation Content What’s Content you say? Sections and Categories Navigation

Content

What’s Content you say?

Sections and Categories

Navigation

Content you say? What exactly is content? “ Content is everything on your site that someone will look at or read that doesn’t move you from place to place or let you interact with the site.”

What exactly is content?

“ Content is everything on your site that someone will look at or read that doesn’t move you from place to place or let you interact with the site.”

Content Examples Examples of Content: Articles Video Images Calendars Modules

Examples of Content:

Articles

Video

Images

Calendars

Modules

Types of Content There are 2 general types of content on a site: Content you create for your site Content from your site users

There are 2 general types of content on a site:

Content you create for your site

Content from your site users

Content You Create versus... Content you create is usually about your business / organization: Articles / News items Contact Information Marketing information Blogs

Content you create is usually about your business / organization:

Articles / News items

Contact Information

Marketing information

Blogs

Content Created For You Content created users: Forum posts Comments on content Comments on Blog posts Testimonials Profiles

Content created users:

Forum posts

Comments on content

Comments on Blog posts

Testimonials

Profiles

What’s Next? Four easy steps to adding content to the site: Plan – what’s on the site Organize - create a sitemap Write – create the content Post – Put the content into Joomla

Four easy steps to adding content to the site:

Plan – what’s on the site

Organize - create a sitemap

Write – create the content

Post – Put the content into Joomla

Organizing the Content 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 a and read your articles - articles can be uncategorized

Facts on Uncategoried Articles Uncategorized IS a section AND category Allows for articles to show up without section/category Also known as “static content”

Uncategorized IS a section AND category

Allows for articles to show up without section/category

Also known as “static content”

Steps to Add Content Here is the steps listed to enter your content: Add the Sections Add the Categories Add the Articles

Here is the steps listed to enter your content:

Add the Sections

Add the Categories

Add the Articles

Navigation Navigation = Menus - Controls how people get around Many Menus to do many things - Main menu - main navigation - must contain the homepage item - User menu - contains functions for users when logged in - Top menu - Duplicate links, Shopping Cart link, login, etc - Other menu - Footer menu

Navigation = Menus - Controls how people get around

Many Menus to do many things - Main menu - main navigation - must contain the homepage item - User menu - contains functions for users when logged in

- Top menu - Duplicate links, Shopping Cart link, login, etc

- Other menu

- Footer menu

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