User's Manual

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Content Category Manager
How to Access
Select Content --> Category Manager from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla!
installation. Or click on the "Category Manager" icon in the Control Panel.
Description
The Category Manager is where you can edit existing Categories and create new ones. Articles in Joomla!
are organized into Sections and Categories. Categories are the second level of organization underneath
Sections. Every Section contains one or more Categories. The special Section 'Uncategorized' has a special
Category also called 'Uncategorized'. These are built into Joomla!.
Screenshot
Column Headers
Click on the column heading to sort the list by that column's value.
· #. An indexing number automatically assigned by Joomla! for ease of reference.
· Checkbox. Check this box to select one or more items. To select all items, check the box in the
column heading. After one or more boxes are checked, click a toolbar button to take an action on the
selected item or items. Many toolbar actions, such as Publish and Unpublish, can work with multiple
items. Others, such as Edit, only work on one item at a time. If multiple items are checked and you
press Edit, the first item will be opened for editing.
· Title. The name of the item. For a Menu Item, the Title will display in the Menu. For an Article,
Section, or Category, the Title may optionally be displayed on the web page. This entry is required.
You can open the item for editing by clicking on the Title.