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- Danixy
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So just to just to confirm the situation here as I'm really new to Joomla but absoloutely love what I see so far!,
You start by creating your sections then your categories then your articles then you assign your various articles to the various modules, and then you assign your various modules to the various sections, categories and articles?
Right?
or
Wrong?
Hmmmm interesting...
Your comments boys. - Don't promise everything and deliver nothing.
Promise nothing and deliver everything!
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- JEM
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Bingo!!
To add to that:
It really depends how you want to publish your articles, how much information you have, how you want to break it down and have it organized.
Using Sections and Categories determines what gets published where, in Joomla you really have to 'work backwards', i.e., you have to have a good idea about the content and organization of your site before you get started, rather than adding as you go along.
A section is like a drawer in a file cabinet.
A category is like a folder in the drawer.
The articles are the content; you decide which drawer and folder to put them in.
Imagine you are setting up an office and you have tons of papers to organize.
You have to go to the office supply store to buy a file cabinet and folders.
Before you start, you need a good idea of how many drawers you need in your file cabinet, and how many folders you will need.
How many drawers (sections) will you need in your file cabinet; three, four, five, etc?
How many folders (categories) will you need for all your files (articles)?
Once you’ve got that sorted….
1. Determine your sections and categories – set them up
2. Add new articles saving them under the proper section and category
3. Create menu items and select a section or category to be published.
ONE SECTION / FOUR CATEGORIES – one drawer, four folders
Section: transportation
Category: cars (sports, economy, concept, hybrid)
Category: boats (sail boats, powerboats, fishing boats, paddle boats)
Category: trucks (2WD, 4WD, vans)
Category: planes (private, commercial, fighters, gliders)
ONE SECTION / SIXTEEN CATEGORIES – one drawer, sixteen folders
Section: Transportation
Category: sports cars
Category: economy cars
Category: concept cars
Category: hybrids
Category: sailboats
Category: powerboats
Category: fishing boats
Category: paddle boats
Category: 2WD
Category: 4WD
Category: Vans
Category: private
Category: commercial
Category: fighters
Category: gliders
FOUR SECTIONS / FOUR CATEGORIES EACH– four drawers, four folders in each
Section: cars
Category: sports cars
Category: economy cars
Category: concept cars
Category: hybrids
Section: boats
Category: sailboats
Category: powerboats
Category: fishing boats
Category: paddle boats
Section: trucks
Category: 2WD
Category: 4WD
Category: Vans
Section: planes
Category: private
Category: commercial
Category: fighters
Category: gliders
It really depends how you want to be able to publish your content.
So, you have to figure out how the site will be organized and set up the back-end first, and then start publishing your content to menus as articles or modules.
And to add to the...
You can skip Sections all together, or get away with using just two or three:
S: Home
C: Main
C: About Us
C: Contact Us
S: / C: Shop
S: Tutorials
C: Videos
C: Text (Articles / PDFs) - Thanks,
jim
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