User's Manual

Details

Scope. No entry allowed. Displays the scope of this screen, which is "Content".

· Title. The Title for this item. This may or may not display on the page, depending on the parameter

values you choose.

· 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.

· 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.

· Order. The order this item will display in the Manager screen. Use the drop-down list box to change

the Order. You can select 'First' or 'Last' to make this the first or last item. Or you can select an item

from the list. In this case, the current item will be listed just after the item you select. Note that the

Order can also be changed in the Manager screen.

· Access Level. Who has access to this item. Current options are:

o Public: Everyone has access

o Registered: Only registered users have access

o Special: Only users with author status or higher have access

Enter the desired level using the drop-down list box.

· Image. Image for this Page. Image must be located in the folder "images/stories".

· Image Position. Position of the Image on the page. Select Left or Right from the drop-down list box.

· Description. The description for the item. Section and Category descriptions for Articles may be

shown on web pages, depending on the parameter settings. These descriptions are entered using the

same editor that is used for Articles. Note that Section and Category descriptions may not be edited

from the front end.

TinyMCE editor

The default editor for both front-end and back-end users in Joomla! is the TinyMCE editor. Ripplenet have

installed the JCE editor, which is better suited to pages that have embedded coding.

TinyMCE is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor that allows users a familiar word-

processing interface to use when editing Articles and other content. The 3-row toolbar below provides many

standard editing commands:

· Top Row.