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Allows users to submit an article. Normally this is available only to users who have logged in to the Frontend of the site. Users must have permission to create articles. When the Create Article page is shown in the Frontend, the screen shows as examples in the following Frontend Screenshots section.

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The Create Article has several options, as shown below.

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*Specific Category. If set to 'Yes', this page will only let you create articles in the category selected below. *Submission/Cancel Redirect. Select the page the user will be redirected to after a successful article submission and after cancel (if not set differently below). The default is to redirect to the home page.

• Custom Redirect on Cancel. If set to 'Yes', you can set a redirection page, distinct from above 'Submission/Cancel Redirect', to redirect to when user Cancels article submission. If set to 'No', when user Cancels article submission, the user is redirected to the above 'Submission/Cancel Redirect' page.

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An unauthorised user will normally get an error if they click on a Create Article menu item. For this reason, it is normal practice to give the menu item a viewing access level that can only be seen by users authorised to add articles.

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• To create a new user: User Manager: Add or Edit User.

• To change global ACL permissions for a Group: Global Configuation Permissions.

• To assign Groups to Viewing Access Levels: User Manager:Add / Edit Viewing Access Level.

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 Article Manager Edit || This is the back-end screen where you can add and edit Articles. The same screen is used for adding a new Article and editing an existing Article. You can also select the Category for an Article and indicate whether or not it is Published and if it is selected to appear on the Front Page. The Article's content is edited using the default editor selected in the User Manager - New/Edit. The Joomla! default editor is called TinyMCE. A number of Parameters can be set for the Article. Metadata can also be entered.
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.
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 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.