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· Title. The Title for this item. This may or may not display on the page, depending on the parameter
values you choose.
· Published. Whether or not this item is published. Select Yes or No from the radio button group to set
the Published state for this item.
· Alias. The internal name of the item. Normally, you can leave this blank and Joomla! will fill in a
default value. The default value is the Title or Name in lower case and with dashes instead of spaces.
You may enter the Alias manually. The Alias should consist of lowercase letters, and no blank
spaces are allowed. Use a hyphen (-) instead. The Alias will be used in the URL when SEF is
activated.
· Front Page. Select No or Yes from the radio button group to indicate whether this Article will show
on the Front Page.
· Section. Select the Section for this Article from the drop-down list box. Note that you can select
'Uncategorized' if you do not want this Article associated with a Section or Category. This can be
used for Articles that are displayed in an Article Layout as static content.
· Category. Select the Category for this Article from the drop-down list box. If you selected
'Uncategorized' for the Section, the Category will automatically be 'Uncategorized'.
On the right side of the header area, information about the Article is displayed, as shown below:
· Reset button. Press this button to change the Hits to 0.
Image, Pagebreak, and Read More Buttons
Three buttons are located just below the edit window, as shown below:
· Image. This button provides an easy way to insert an image into an Article. Images may be inserted
from the 'images/stories' folder and may also be uploaded. When you click the Image button, a
window pops up, as shown below: