1. Joomla QuickStart
A short guide to get you started on
joomla
Thomas Plotkowiak
03.11.2010

2. Login
http://www.ajm-mag.ch/administrator/

3. Sections
Sections can contain numerous categories, and categories can contain
numerous articles.

4. New Section
Create as many sections as you need. Use sections to group generally
similar
items together into groups.

5. New Section II
Sections can contain numerous categories, and categories can contain
numerous articles.
Give the section a title.

6. Categories
Use the same steps as in sections to create categories.

7. Articles
Articles hold the provide the content in Joomla.

8. Hierarchy
Section1
Category
1
Article 5
Category
2
Article 1
Article 2
Section 2
Category
3
Category
4
Article 3
Article 4
Each article is part of a Section and a Category.

9. New Article
Make sure each article has a title and is filed under a section and
category.

10. New Article II
When you are done editing make sure to click save, otherwise the article
will be locked for other users.

11. Article List
You can publish/unpublish articles without deleting them.
You can also make them show up on the first page (frontpage).

12. Users
You can add new users (editors, admins) to the system in the User
Manager

13. User Manager
You can change user rights and activity (enabled/disabled) in the user
manager.

14. New User
You can create new users (Name, Email, Password) and give them
different permissions or select which in language they should use
Joomla.

15. Menus
You can create new menus and customize the current ones in the Menus
Dropdown.

16. Menus
Section1
Category
1
Article 5
Category
2
Article 1
Article 2
Section 2
Category
3
Category
4
Article 3
Article 4
Menus can link to Articles, Categories or Sections.
Menu Item 1
Menu Item 2
Menu Item 3
Backend Frontend

17. Edit Menus
You can publish/unpublish menu items and change their order in a menu.

18. New Menu Items
You can link to articles, categories and sections. Sections and
Categories can chronologically show all the articles contained in that
container (Blog Layout).

19. Article Menu Item
Select the article that the menu item should point to.

20. Further Resources
Chances are, you are going to want to go further and do
more with Joomla! Check out some of these resources
to help you further your Joomla! experience:
• http://forum.joomla.org
– Sign up for the forums, search, and ask questions.
• http://help.joomla.org
– Find more documentation and training information.
• http://extensions.joomla.org
– Find extensions to further enhance the joomla website.
• http://www.joomla.org
– Find all news on joomla.