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Log into the back end using your user details. (Figure 1)
Create a Section:
Navigate to the Content menu. In the drop down list a menu item named Section Manager will
appear. Click it. (Figure 2)
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Once you reach the Section Manager, on the right you will see several icons. Click the one
marked new to create a new section. (Figure 3)
On the next screen you need to type in a title, and then optionally an alias. (If you do not put
an alias whatever you put in as the title will become the alias. See notes for more
information). Once you have a title and alias click save. You will exit the Section Editor and be
taken back to the Section Manager. (Figure 4)
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Now you must create a new category. Categories always go “inside” of sections. You can
have as many categories in any section you want. For this demonstration we will only have
one category in the section we just created.
Additional Note on Alias’: The alias that is put into the article will be
useful in Search Engine Optimization.
The next screen is going to display all your categories. You can filter these by their containing
sections, by searching for keywords. You can also choose whether to display only published,
or only unpublished categories.
From this area click the new button to create a new category. (Figure 6)
Just like in the Section Editor you will be writing a title, and then optionally an alias. But what
is different here is that you have to select the section you want the category “in”. In this case
will be selecting the section we just created. Once you have a title, and optionally the alias,
click save. (Figure 7)
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After you’ve saved the new category you will be taken to the Category Manager. From this
point you will need to create a new article.
Create an Article:
Go to the content menu, the very first sub menu is named Article Manager. Click it to enter the
Article Manager. (Figure 8)
Once you are in the Article Manager, on the right among all the icons available, one of them is
entitled new. Click it to create a new article. (Figure 9)
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In the Article Editor you must put a title for your article, and optionally an alias. Then you need
to select the section and category you want the article to be associated with. (Figure 10)
Now, because we want users to be able to read a part of the article, but to be forced to
register to read the entire article, we will be setting up this article with intro text and main text.
This is done by first putting in our intro text, and then clicking a button at the bottom of the text
editor which then inserts a red dashed line. Anything written beneath the red dashed line will
be seen only when a user clicks on the read more link. (Seen only on the front end).
So, put in some intro text. I am demonstrating using some sample content from a Joomla! 1.5
Installation. (Figure 11)
Now that we have some intro text, we need to put in the read more divider.
To do this: click the read more button at the bottom of the text editor. A red dashed line will
appear under the line where your cursor is. (Figure 12)
Once you have the read more separation line, add some text beneath it. (Figure 13)
On the right hand side of the Article Editor there are several parameter tabs. Under the first
tab [Parameters – Article] there is an option labeled Access Level. By default it is set to
public. Click the drop box and set it to Registered. (Figure 14)
We do not have to set any other parameters in the article. Click Save to save the article and
exit to the Article Manager. (Figure 15)
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The last place we were was the Article Manager. From here we need to go over to create a
menu item that will go to the Article we created. So, go to the menus menu item and a then
click the main menu sub menu. (Figure 16)
Once we reach the Menu Manager to the right there are again several icons. We want to
create a new menu. So, click the icon marked new. (Figure 17)
The next screen displays a list that shows all the different types of menus that we have the
option of using. For what we are doing we are going to select the Articles menu type. (Figure
18)
After we select the menu type Articles we have to chose what type of article menu item we
want to create. I chose the category blog layout. (Figure 19)
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Once we’ve selected the Category Blog Layout menu type, we are taken to another page
where we will give the menu item a title, and set some final parameters. (Figure 20)
To the right there are several parameter tabs. The first one is labeled parameters – basic.
Among its many settings, there is one where you will select the section and category that
contain the article you are going to be driving (linking) to. So, click the drop down box and
from the list select the proper section and category. (Figure 21)
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Almost done!
We have one parameter left to set before we save the menu item and see the fruits of our
labor. Also on the right there is another parameters tab marked parameters – component.
The first setting in this area is labeled show unauthorized links. By default this setting is set to
global. Click the drop box and set it to yes. (Figure 22)
Let’s take a look at the front end of the site and see the menu link in action. (Figure 24)
If you click the register to read more link you be sent to the default Joomla! registration form.
Well, that was all that this tutorial was about. But, there is one more advanced trick you can
do to spice up your site a bit. That is, show you how to edit the text register to read more….
So, read on if you are interested.
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Joomlaroot/languages/en-GB/en GB.com_content.ini
Download and open up the file en-GB.com_content.ini in a text editor. What you are going to
do is locate, and then edit to suit a line of code. I recommend searching for register to read
more in the file en-GB.com_content.ini.
To change what is displayed on the front end of your site edit the text following the equals
( = ) sign. So, if we wanted the front end to display login to read more, the line of code would
be:
If you wanted the front end to display blah blah blah then the code would like this:
You basically have the choice of making that text say anything you want.
Once the text says what you want, save the file, upload and overwrite the existing file, and
check the front end to make sure that it is working properly.
Figure 25 shows an example of the language file edited. Rather than the registration link
saying register to read more, it says login to read more.