Login To Administrator Backend 

Enter: http://www.yoursitename.co.za/administrator in the browser address bar.

1. Enter the username provided by us, or by default : admin
2. Enter the password provided by your webmaster
3. Once details have been entered, click 'Login'.

Creating An Article

1. Hover your mouse over 'Content' where a drop-down box will give you the option to select 'Article Manager'.
2. Click on 'Article Manager'.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Click on "new" in the top right corner of your screen
   
   
   
   
4. Insert a title for your article and select a category and section ( if you are not sure which category or section to select ask your webmaster or select uncategorized)
   
   
   
   
5. To insert an image into your article, check the bottom left of your screen for the image icon and click on " image"
   
   
   
   
   
6. To upload an image click on "browse" and go to the loction of the image on your desktop, select the image and click on upload.
   Once the image is uploaded select the image from the image directory on the "browse screen" and select insert in the top right corner on the pop up window
   
   
   
   

Once you are satisfied with your changes, simply click on 'Save'. This will take you back to the Article list. You can then browse to the edited page on your website, and press CTRL + F5 on your keyboard to refresh page.

*if you wish to see the changes, but do not wish to go back to the article list, simply click 'Apply'. This does the same thing as 'Save', but keeps you in your editing view. Only click 'Save', once you are completely happy with changes.

Creating A New Menu Item

1. Hover over "Menus" in the joomla menu and click on "main menu."
   
   
   
   
2. Click on "new" to create your new menu item
   
   
   
   
3. Select the "article layout"
   
   
   
   
   
4. Insert the title of the menu item, scroll down to select under which menu item you want the menu item to be saved.
   *or select top if you want to create a parent menu item.
   
   
   
   
5. In the right hand side of your screen, click on "select" to select the article you want the menu item to link to.
   
6. Click on "save" in the top right corner to save your changes.
   
   
   
   

*Remeber to view changes on your website, go to the website and press CRTL+F5