Part 3 of a 4 part series of introductory Joomla classes given at Joomla Chicago CMS User Group

1. Joomla! KickstartJoomla 101 for Beginners Part 3: Navigation Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

2. What We Are Talking About Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli Navigation Explained Content Layouts Front Page Blog Layout / Manager Section and Category Blog Layout / List Layout Single Article Creating Menus Advanced Menu Topics

3. Navigation Explained What is Navigation in Joomla? A large portion of your sitemap Created by using: Menus Internal links to content in articles or other extensions External links to off-site content+ Why is it important? How you make content available on your site, i.e. articles, components, etc. How visitors “navigate” through your site to find what they need Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

4. Types of Navigation There are two general types of navigation in a site: Menu-based navigation Links within articles or other extensions Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

5. Types of Navigation - Menu 3 parts of the Joomla! menu system Menu Container created in the menu manager that holds the menu items Menu Items Different entries in a menu to allow you to access content on or off the site Menu Module Shows the menu on the site in a specific position (more about this in Kickstart #4) Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

6. Types of Navigation – Menu Items for Types Menu Types Defines what type of content will be shown, i.e. article view, section view, component views, link, etc. Defines the parameters available for each type based on that extension Defines, if available, a specific view of a certain extension Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

7. Types of Navigation – Menu Types Examples of Content Menu Types Internal Links / Articles Article Article Layout Category Category List Layout Category Blog Layout Section Section List Layout Section Blog Layout Front Page Front Page Blog Layout Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

8. Menu Types – Parameters Menu types may or may not have all the parameter types. May have other types than shown here. System parameters are on nearly every menu type. Page Title is found on System parameters Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

9. Content Layouts– Blog vs. ListBasic Tab Category Blog Category List Section Layout (list) FrontpageBlog Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

10. Content Layouts– Blog vs. ListBasic Tab (cont...) Leading Intro Links Pagination Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

11. Content Layouts– Blog vs. ListAdvanced Tab Category Blog Category List Section Layout (list) Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

12. Content Layouts– Blog vs. ListComponent Tab Component tab is same for every article type On new menus, selections set to “Use Global”; On default front page blog layout, NOT set to “Use Global”, so may need to change those. Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

13. Front Page Manager Used to manage articles that are to be shown in the front page blog layout Access through the content menu Add articles to front page manager by clicking / enabling Front Page option Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

14. Front Page Manager (cont...) Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

15. Menu Types – Alias A “link” to an existing menu item created in another menu in Joomla. Helps to eliminate duplicate content issues in your site, i.e. 2 menus pointing to the same article Great for those bottom menus that repeat items from the main or top menus Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

16. Menu Types – Alias (cont...) Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

17. Examples - Creating Menus Create Menu to Article Create Menu to Category Blog Layout Create Menu to Extension Create External Link Show How to Set Default Menu Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli

18. Questions? Presented at © Copyright 2009 - 2011 – Kendall Cabe and Nick Martinelli