Content and NavigationContent and Navigation

ContentContent- What’s Content you What’s Content you

say?say?- Sections and Sections and

CategoriesCategories

NavigationNavigation

Content you say?Content you say?

What exactly is content?What exactly is content?- ““Content is everything on your Content is everything on your

site that someone will look at or site that someone will look at or read that doesn’t move you from read that doesn’t move you from place to place or let you interact place to place or let you interact with the site.”with the site.”

Content ExamplesContent Examples

Examples of Content: Examples of Content: ArticlesArticlesVideoVideoImagesImagesCalendarsCalendarsModulesModules

Types of ContentTypes of Content

There are 2 general types There are 2 general types of content on a site:of content on a site:

Content Content youyou create for your create for your sitesite

Content from your site Content from your site usersusers

Content You Create versus...Content You Create versus...

Content you create is usually about Content you create is usually about your business / organization: your business / organization:

Articles / News itemsArticles / News items Contact InformationContact Information Marketing informationMarketing information BlogsBlogs

Content Created For YouContent Created For You

Content created users: Content created users: Forum postsForum postsComments on contentComments on contentComments on Blog postsComments on Blog postsTestimonialsTestimonialsProfilesProfiles

What’s Next?What’s Next?

Four easy steps to adding Four easy steps to adding content to the site: content to the site:

1.1.Plan – what’s on the sitePlan – what’s on the site2.2.Organize - create a sitemapOrganize - create a sitemap3.3.Write – create the contentWrite – create the content4.4.Post – Put the content into Post – Put the content into JoomlaJoomla

Organizing the ContentOrganizing the Content SectionsSections

- Highest level container- Highest level container

- Can have many categories- Can have many categories

CategoriesCategories- Middle level container- Middle level container- Can have contain many articles- Can have contain many articles

ArticlesArticles- Lowest tier- Lowest tier- Article = webpage = content- Article = webpage = content- Visitors see a and read your articles- Visitors see a and read your articles- articles can be uncategorized- articles can be uncategorized

Facts on Uncategoried Facts on Uncategoried ArticlesArticles

Uncategorized IS a Uncategorized IS a section AND categorysection AND category

Allows for articles to Allows for articles to show up without show up without section/categorysection/category

Also known as “static Also known as “static content”content”

Steps to Add ContentSteps to Add Content

Here is the steps listed to Here is the steps listed to enter your content:enter your content:

Add the SectionsAdd the SectionsAdd the CategoriesAdd the CategoriesAdd the ArticlesAdd the Articles

NavigationNavigation Navigation = MenusNavigation = Menus

- Controls how people get around- Controls how people get around Many Menus to do many thingsMany Menus to do many things

- Main menu- Main menu- main navigation- main navigation- must contain the homepage item- must contain the homepage item

- User menu- User menu- - contains functions for users when logged incontains functions for users when logged in

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

- Other menu- Other menu- Footer menu- Footer menu

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Your Questions?Your Questions?

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Integrated in Joomla:Integrated in Joomla:

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