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{{Chunk30:Help_screen_Form_Header/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Title/en|article}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Alias/en|article}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Form_Content_Header/en}} *Article Text. This is where you enter the contents of the article. The editor you use depends on the settings for your site and your user. Joomla core includes 3 editor options: TinyMCE (the default), Code Mirror, and No Editor. Learn more about Joomla core editors.

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*Link A. The URL for the first link to be displayed in a fixed location in the article text. This must be a full URL, not relative. For example, it normally would start with https://.

*Link A Text. The text used for Link A. If blank, the URL will be displayed.

*URL Target Window. Sets the default value for the target for the first Link in the article. Choices are: **Use Global: Use the value set in Articles → Options. **Open in parent window: Opens the link in the main browser window, replacing the current Joomla article. **Open in new window: Opens the link in a new browser window. **Open in pop up: Opens the link in a pop-up browser window (without full navigation controls). **Modal: Opens the link in a modal pop-up window. *:Note: Same options for 'Link B' and 'Link C'. {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Form_Options_Header/en}} {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Tab_Hidden/en}} This is a set of options you can use to control how this article will show in the Featured or Category blog layout. Joomla allows you to set these options at the following levels: # In Article Options # When you set up a Category Blog or Featured Articles menu item. # When you create the article here. When you create the blog menu item, you can set each of these options as follows: * Use Global: Uses the setting from Article Options * Yes/No or Show/Hide: Use the setting in that menu item. * Use Article Settings: Use the setting set here for the specific article. This allows you to show different articles with different options in the same blog page. For example, one article might show the author and a different article might not show the author. The following Article Options can be set:

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*Read More Text. Optional field that allows you to customize the text that shows for a "read more" link. The default wording for English is "Read more".

*Browser Page Title. Optional text for the "Browser page title" element to be used when the article is viewed with a non-article menu item. If blank, the article's title is used instead.

===Fields=== {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Tab_Hidden/en}} This section shows the custom fields which are defined for this article. Learn more about adding custom fields.

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On some installations you may need to save the Content Options in order for these options to work. *Show Publishing Options. (Use Global/No/Yes) If No, the Publishing tab in this screen will not show. This means that backend users will not be able to edit the fields in this tab. These fields will always be set to their default values.

*Show Article Options. (Use Global/No/Yes) If No, the Article tab in this screen will not show. This means that backend users will not be able to edit the fields in this tab. These fields will always be set to their default values.

*Administrator Images and Links. (Use Global/No/Yes) If Yes, the Images and Links will show in this screen.

*Frontend Images and Links. (Use Global/No/Yes) If Yes, the Images and Links fields will show in the Frontend article editor screen. These fields allow users to optionally enter 2 images and 3 links in an easy-to-use form in the Frontend. When used with a single-article override, this can allow the site administrator to create a simple form for users to create standard article layouts. {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Form_Permissions_Header/en}} Joomla lets you set permissions for articles at 4 levels, as follows. #Globally, using System → Global Configuration. #For all articles, using Content → Articles → Options. #For all articles in a category, using Content → Categories → Options. #For an individual article, using this screen. {{Chunk30:Help_screen_Permissions_Manage/en}}

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{{Chunk30:Help_screen_Quick_Tips_Header/en}} * The hierarchy of display parameters is as follows: **Parameters - Advanced for the specific Article. A setting other than 'Use Global' here always controls the setting. **Parameters - Component for the Menu Item. If the Parameters - Advanced above is 'Use Global' and this setting is not 'Use Global', then this controls the setting. **Global Configuration settings in the Article Manager/Parameters section. Settings here only apply if both of the above are set to 'Use Global'. *:Example: The 'Title Linkable' setting in the Article's 'Parameters - Advanced' section is set to 'Use Global'. The Menu Item is an Article Layout, and 'Title Linkable' in the 'Parameters - Component' is 'No'. The Global Configuration 'Title Linkable' is set to 'Yes'. The result will be 'Yes', since the Menu Item overrides the Global Configuration.

* You can add images using either the TinyMCE Insert/Edit Image icon or the Image button. For adding new images in an Article, it is easier to use the Image button. This is because it lets you browse to the image file and also lets you upload images. However, for editing an existing image, you need to use the TinyMCE icon. The Image button only supports adding new images.

* 'Read more...' breaks allow you to save space on the Front Page or on any blog layout page by showing just the first portion of an Article. 'Pagebreaks' allow you to provide multi-page navigation for long Articles. You can use both on one Article, if desired. For example, you could put a 'Read more...' break after the first paragraph of a multi-page article, and have Pagebreaks after each page. No page navigation would display on the Front Page until the User selects the 'Read more...' link. At that time, the Article's table of contents would display showing links to every page.

* You can insert a Joomla Module inside an Article by typing "{loadposition xxx}", where "xxx" is the position entered for the desired Module. Note that the position name must not conflict with a position used by your Joomla! template. It can be any name (e.g., "mymoduleposition1") as long as it matches the position name typed in for the Module. The Menu Assignment for the Module must include the Menu Item where the Article is displayed, and the Plugin called "Content - Load Module" must be enabled (which it is by default). This feature allows you, for example, to insert a Custom HTML Module anywhere in an Article.

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Related Help Screens  !! Description
Components Article Manager Options || Used to set global defaults for menu items that display articles. These default values will be used when "Use Global" is selected for an option in an Articles menu item. For example, to show the 'Create Date' for an article in your Articles menu items, then set that option to "Show" here and it will be the default value. You do not need to set any of these options. Your Joomla site will work with the default settings.
Content Article Manager || The Article Manager is used to find, mark featured, add and edit articles. See Toolbar below for a detailed list of all functions.
Content Featured Articles || Used to control which 'Featured Articles' are displayed on the Front Page and in what order they are displayed. The Front Page is often the Home page of a web site, but it can be any page in the site. The Front Page is created using a Menu Item with the 'Featured Articles' Menu Item Type.
Extensions Module Manager Articles Archive || This module shows a list of the calendar months containing archived articles. After you have changed the status of an article to archived, this list will be automatically generated.
Extensions Module Manager Articles Categories || This module displays a list of articles from one or more categories.
Extensions Module Manager Articles Category || This module displays a list of published articles from one or more categories.
Extensions Module Manager Articles Newsflash || The Article Newsflash Module will display a fixed number of Articles from a specific Category or a set of Categories.
Extensions Module Manager Articles Related || This Module shows a list of Articles that are related to the current Article being viewed by the user (for example, a Article Layout or a Blog or List layout where the user has clicked on an Article link). Articles are considered to be related to each other if they share at least one Keyword in the Article's Metadata Information. Article Keywords are entered in the Metadata Information section of the Article Manager - New/Edit screen.
Menus Menu Item Article Archived || Used to show a list of Archived Articles. The Archived Article list can be displayed by date, filtered, and intro text added as shown below.
Menus Menu Item Article Categories || Used to show a list of Categories. Categories are shown in a hierarchical list, as shown below. Depending on the selected options for this layout, you can click on a category Title to show the articles in that category.
Menus Menu Item Article Category Blog || Used to show articles belonging to a specific Category in a blog layout. Controls the Introduction or Leading Article, additional Articles with intro text, and additional links to more Articles in the same category. Some examples of settings for the Blog Layout format include: number of articles, article columns, across or down layouts, and number of additional links. See the Advanced Details Tab for all this menu item.
Menus Menu Item Article Category List || Used to show articles belonging to a specific Category in a list layout.
Menus Menu Item Article Create || Allows users to submit an article. Normally this is available only to users who have logged in to the front end of the site. Users must have permission to create articles. When the Create Article page is shown in the front end, the screen shows as examples in the following Front End Screenshots section.
Menus Menu Item Article Featured || Used to show all Articles that have been tagged as Featured. Articles are shown in a Blog Layout.
Menus Menu Item Article Single Article || Used to show one article in the front end of the site.