Basic content creation tutorials?
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- Douglas A Dye
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I've been learning Joomla, and have gotten decent at moving stuff around, making menus and other things. But I notice that I have a lack of understanding when it comes to basic content creation, creating new pages, adding articles to User Modules, etc.
The tutorials here are very useful, but I haven't found any that cover basic content and page creation. For example, I can't find a tutorial with step by step instructions on how to add an article (with a "read more...) to a User Module. Or another example would be if I create a new page, how do I link to it from a text link in an article?
Does anyone know where I can find tutorials on basic content and page creation?
Thanks,
Doug Dye
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- Yves
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- Douglas A Dye
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I'll check it out, thanks. This doesn't seem to cover adding article content to User Modules...
I'll keep looking though.
Doug - Last Edit: 17 years 2 days ago by Douglas A Dye.
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- Yves
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- To add content to User Modules: tutorials.rockettheme.com/joomla-extensi.../custom-modules.html
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- Douglas A Dye
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OK, here's a good example. On the Dimensions template in the User 1 Module, the "Mootools Integration" article (if it is an article) sends a "learn more..." link at the bottom sending you to a page with "Dimensions Menu Options" in the title. I'm trying to teach myself how this stuff works, but I cannot find that page in the admin section.
THAT'S the kind of gap I have in my knowledge so far...
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- Douglas A Dye
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Yves wrote:
To add content to User Modules: tutorials.rockettheme.com/joomla-extensi.../custom-modules.htmlThanks, checking this out now...
Trying to learn the difference between pages, articles, modules and other things. This is waaaaaay past WYSIWYG web design...
Doug
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- Bob Ateah
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Douglas A Dye wrote:
Yves wrote:To add content to User Modules: tutorials.rockettheme.com/joomla-extensi.../custom-modules.htmlThanks, checking this out now...
Trying to learn the difference between pages, articles, modules and other things. This is waaaaaay past WYSIWYG web design...
Doug
Keep plugging away Doug, I think that you will be surprised at how fast you will learn Joomla. Once the pieces start to fall into place you will be well on your way mate! Once I made the switch from creating static sites to using Joomla for dynamic sites I have never looked back.
Cheers - The member formerly known as Roland Deschain
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- JEM
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I know getting your head wrapped around the terminolgy in the beginning is tough.
Being a WYSIWYG guy myself (FP 2000-3 - shudder), can't tell you how many times I almost gave up!
But once you've got the basics down, it's smooth sailing.
You start to think, 'What if...', play around, ask a few questions, and BAM, it works!
As a matter of fact, I bit the bullet when creating a new site and although took me a few weeks to get right, it turned out beyond my expectations.
Then I had the opportunity to create a second site, and from what I had learned from the first, I put it together in just a few days.
DO NOT give up...
Along with deciding to move to Joomla, the best decision you could have made was to join RT.
Without them, I'd never have gotten this far.
Anyway, best of luck!
Oh, almost forgot....
I know that I replied to one of your other posts, but her's a link to something that may be helpful.
www.rockettheme.com/forum/index.php?t=34136&rb_v=viewtopic - Thanks,
jim
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Same here...coming from way back in my 'HotDogPro' days and migrating to FP and then to DotNetNuke and now Joomla, I didn't grasp the unintuitive Section-Category-Article-Menu Item concept. But with some serious time spent soaking it all in, reading the forums, watching some videos out there, reading the Joomla guide, etc, etc, it will, believe it or not, "click." Once it does, you probably won't look back.
And as JEM stated, joining RT puts you way ahead of the curve from the general 'joomla riff-raff.'
I've learned more here in my my first couple of months than I learned spending twice that time in the Joomla forums. I read everything and have probably a *bazillion* post-it-notes covering my office desk...full of coffee stains and a valuable knowledge base.
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- JEM
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But!! Don't write off joomla.org as a reference.
You may have a basic question like, "How do I change 'Welcome to the FrontPage?'" or the like.
While somebody will reply, it may be faster searching joomla.org for the answer.
And, if it's really basic, you might get refered there anyway.
Anyway, post away! - Thanks,
jim
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