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Itspriyanka: Created page with "{| border=1 || '''Visual Cue''' || '''Narration''' |- || '''Show Slide 1:''' '''Categories in Joomla.''' || Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''Categories in Joomla.''' |-..."

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Created page with "{| border=1 || '''Visual Cue''' || '''Narration''' |- || '''Show Slide 1:''' '''Categories in Joomla.''' || Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''Categories in Joomla.''' |-..."

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{| border=1
|| '''Visual Cue'''
|| '''Narration'''

|-
|| '''Show Slide 1:'''
'''Categories in Joomla.'''
|| Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''Categories in Joomla.'''

|-
|| '''Show Slide 2'''
Learning Objectives:
Same as narration
|| In this tutorial, we will learn about:

*'''Category Manager''' in '''Joomla.'''
*Creating and editing '''categories'''
*And creating '''sub-categories'''

|-
|| '''Show Slide 3'''
Learning Objectives continued:
Same as narration
|| We will also learn how to:

*Assign '''articles''' to '''categories'''
*Move or copy '''articles''' to a different '''category.'''
*And delete or unpublish a '''category.'''

|-
|| '''Show Slide 4'''
'''Versions and OS'''

|| For this tutorial, we will be using:
*'''Ubuntu Linux OS''' 14.04
*'''Joomla''' 3.4.1
*'''Apache''', '''MySQL''' and '''PHP''' obtained through '''XAMPP''' 5.5.19

|-
|| '''Show Slide 5'''
'''Prerequisites'''

|| To follow this tutorial:
*Learner of this tutorial should know how to create an '''article''' in '''Joomla'''
*If not, pls refer to the relevant '''Joomla''' tutorials on the '''Spoken Tutorial''' website.

|-
|| '''Show Slide 6'''
Switch to the browser with '''Joomla Control Panel''' open.

|| Let’s switch to the '''Joomla control panel.'''

|-
|| Click on '''Article Manager'''

|| Click on '''Article Manager''' in the left menu.

|-
||
|| We currently have 2 articles - '''Vitamin A''' and '''Benefits of Sodium.'''

|-
||

|| In order to understand categories in '''Joomla''', let’s create a few more articles.

|-
|| Show Slide 6:
Assignment1

Create Articles:
'''*Vitamin B'''
'''*Benefits of Nutrients'''
'''*Fish'''
'''*Green Vegetables'''

|| Pause this tutorial and do this assignment.

*Open the '''assignment-text''' file provided with this tutorial.
*Follow the instructions to create 4 new articles:
'''*Vitamin B'''

'''*Benefits of Nutrients'''

'''*Fish''' and

'''*Green Vegetables'''

|-
|| Scroll down to highlight all the articles.

|| We now have 6 '''articles''' in '''Article Manager:'''
'''*Vitamin A'''

'''*Vitamin B'''

'''*Benefits of Sodium'''

'''*Benefits of Nutrients '''

'''*Fish''' and

'''*Green Vegetables'''

|-
||
|| The 2 articles on '''Vitamins''' are similar in content.

So, we should group them together.

|-
||

|| '''Categories''' in '''Joomla''' helps to organize the articles in a logical order.

|-
|| Click on '''Categories'''

Click on '''Content''' → Hover over '''Category Manager'''

|| Click on '''Categories''' in the left menu.

Alternately, click on '''Content Menu''' at the top and then on '''Category Manager.'''

|-
|| Highlight '''Search''' and '''Search Tools'''

|| Notice that the '''Category Manager''' has a similar layout as that of the '''Article Manager.'''

It has a '''Search''' box and '''Search Tools''' button to filter the '''Categories.'''

|-
|| Highlight '''Uncategorized.'''

|| By default, we have one '''category''' called '''Uncategorized.'''

Recollect that all our '''articles''' appeared as '''Uncategorized.'''

|-
|| Click on '''New'''

|| To create a new '''category''', click on the '''New''' button on the top left.

|-
||

|| The only mandatory field to create a '''category''' is the '''Category Title.'''

|-
|| Write '''Vitamin''' in the title textbox

|| I will write '''Vitamin''' as the title in the title textbox.

|-
|| Click on '''Save and Close'''

|| Click on '''Save and Close.'''

|-
|| Highlight the new category

|| You can see that the new '''category''' has been now created.

|-
|| Click on '''Vitamin'''

|| To edit or rename a '''category''', click on the title of the '''category.'''

|-
|| Edit '''Vitamin''' to '''Vitamins'''

|| I will rename the title to '''Vitamins.'''

|-
|| Click on '''Save and New'''

|| This time let’s click on '''Save and New''' button.

|-
|| Type '''Minerals''' in the title textbox.
Select '''Nutrients''' in '''Parent''' drop-down

|| We are prompted to add a new '''category.'''

Let’s type '''Minerals''' as the title.

|-
||Click on '''Save and Close'''

|| Then click on '''Save and Close.'''

|-
||

|| Now, '''Minerals''' and '''Vitamins''' are nutrients that our bodies need.

Let us put them in a broader '''category Nutrients.'''

|-
|| Click on New.
Write '''Nutrients''' in the title textbox.

|| Click on New and type '''Nutrients''' as the title.

|-
|| Click on '''Save and Close.'''

|| Then click on '''Save and Close'''.

|-
||

|| Let us put '''Vitamins''' and '''Minerals''' under the category '''Nutrients'''.

A '''category''' under another category is called '''subcategory.'''

|-
|| Click on check-box next to '''Vitamins''' and '''Minerals'''

|| Select the two '''categories''' by clicking the check-box to the left of the '''status''' column.

|-
||

|| We can batch process these 2 categories.

Batch processing means working on things in groups.

|-
|| Click on '''Batch'''

|| Click on '''Batch''' button in the toolbar at the top.

|-
||

|| A new window with the title '''Batch Process the Selected Categories''' opens.

It has many options.

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|| Select '''Nutrients''' in '''Select Category for Move/ Copy''' drop-down

|| For now, we are only going to change the '''parent category''' of these '''categories'''.

So, select '''Nutrients''' in the '''Select Category for Move/ Copy''' drop-down.

|-
|| Highlight '''Copy''' and '''Move'''.

|| There are 2 '''radio buttons''' below the drop-down, namely:
1. '''Copy'''
2. '''Move'''

'''Copy''' will make a copy of the selected '''categories''' in the selected '''category'''.

'''Move''' will move the '''category''' from their previous '''category''' to the selected '''category'''.

|-
|| Click on '''Move''' radio button >> Click on '''Process'''.

|| Let's select '''Move''' and then click on '''Process.'''

|-
||Highlight the -

||Notice a hyphen in front of '''Vitamins''' and '''Minerals''' categories. This indicates that they are subcategories of the main category '''Nutrients.'''

|-
||Show Slide 7.

'''Assignment 2.'''

|| Pause the tutorial here and do this assignment.
*Create a new '''Category Carbohydrates'''.
*Click on '''Parent''' drop-down on the right and select '''Nutrients'''.
*Click on '''Save and Close'''.
Notice that this is another way to assign '''categories''' and '''subcategories''' to a '''parent category.'''

|-
|| Highlight the category tree.

||Now, we have a '''Category tree.'''

There are 2 main '''categories''':

*'''Uncategorized'''
*and '''Nutrients'''.

Under '''Nutrients'''. we see 3 '''sub-categories''':
*'''Vitamins,'''
*'''Minerals'''
*'''Carbohydrates'''

|-
|| Click on '''Articles'''

||From '''Category Manager''', click on '''Articles''' in the left menu.

|-
|| Click on check-box next to '''Vitamin A''' and '''Vitamin B'''.

||Select the two '''vitamin articles''' by clicking the check-box to the left of the '''status''' column.

|-
|| Click on '''Batch'''

||Click on '''Batch''' button in the toolbar at the top.

|-
||

||A new window with the title '''Batch Process the Selected Articles''' opens.

|-
||Select '''Vitamins''' in '''Select Category for Move/ Copy''' drop-down

||Select '''Vitamins''' in the '''Select Category for Move/ Copy''' drop-down.

|-
||Click on '''Move''' radio button >> Click on '''Process'''.

||Let's select '''Move''' and then click on '''Process''' button.

|-
||Highlight the category

||Notice that the '''category''' for our '''articles Vitamin A''' and '''Vitamin B''' has changed

|-
||

||Let us change the category of '''Benefits of Sodium''' to '''Minerals'''.

|-
||Click on '''Benefits of Sodium'''

||Click on the title '''Benefits of Sodium.'''

|-
||Select '''Minerals''' in category drop-down.

Click on '''Save and Close'''

||In the '''Category''' drop-down on the right, select '''Minerals''', then click on '''Save and Close.'''

|-
||Highlight the '''category'''

||Note that the '''category''' of '''Benefits of Sodium''' has been changed to '''Minerals.'''

|-
||Show Slide 8:

'''Assignment 3.'''

||Pause the tutorial here and do this assignment.
*Click on '''Benefits of Nutrients''' article.
*Change the category to '''Nutrients.'''
*Click on '''Save and Close.'''

|-
||

||Now it’s time to check all these changes on the '''Digital India''' webpage.
Before that, ensure that '''Show Category''' is set to '''Show''' for the '''articles.'''

|-
||Click on '''Options'''

||Click on '''Options''' button in the toolbar at the top right corner.

|-
||Select '''Show''' in '''Show Category.'''

Select '''Yes''' in '''Link Category.'''

||Set '''Show Category''' to '''Show''' and '''Link Category''' to '''Yes.'''

|-
||Click on '''Save and Close.'''

||Click on '''Save and Close.'''

|-
||Click on '''Digital India'''

||Now, click on the '''Digital India''' link at the top right.

|-
||Highlight the '''Category''' in the articles.

||Notice that the '''articles''' have different '''Category''' names in their '''header.'''

|-
||Click on '''Nutrients'''

||Click on the '''Category Nutrients''' in the '''article''' header of '''Benefits of Nutrients'''.

|-
||Scroll down to highlight the article and subcategories.

||Observe that it lists one '''article''' and 2 '''subcategories''' –
'''Vitamins''' and '''Minerals.'''

This is how we had organized the '''categories.'''

|-
||Highlight '''Subcategories'''

||Note that the category '''Carbohydrates''' is not visible here.

A '''category''' having neither '''articles''' nor '''subcategories''' is an empty '''Category.'''

And hence it is not visible on the webpage.

|-
||

||Can we relax this restriction?

Let us see how to change the settings to get the empty '''categories''' displayed.

|-
||Switch to '''Article Manager''' webpage

||Switch to the '''Article Manager''' webpage.

|-
||Click on '''Categories.'''

||Click on the '''Categories''' in the left menu to go to the '''Category Manager.'''

|-
||Click on '''Options''' button.

||Click on '''Options''' button in the toolbar on right.

|-
||Highlight the title.

||Note that the '''Category Manager Options''' page is the same as '''Article Manager Options.'''

Even the title says '''Article Manager Options.'''

|-
||

||There are tabs in this page to control the settings of '''articles, categories, menus''' etc.

|-
||Click on '''Category''' tab.

||Click on the tab '''Category.'''

|-
||

||The tab will show the settings of the page which shows all '''articles''' under a particular '''category.'''

|-
||Scroll down. Highlight '''Empty Category'''

Select '''Show'''.

||Scroll down to see the option '''Empty Category'''.

Set this as '''Show.'''

|-
||Click on '''Save and Close'''

||Click on '''Save and Close'''

|-
||Switch to '''‘Digital India’''' webpage. Press '''F5'''

||Switch to the '''‘Digital India’''' webpage and refresh it.

|-
||Highlight '''Carbohydrates'''

||Look, the '''Carbohydrates''' subcategory is now visible.
|-
||Switch to '''Category Manager''' webpage

||Go back to the '''Category Manager''' webpage.

|-
||Point to '''Carbohydrates'''

||The '''subcategory Carbohydrates''' does not have any '''articles''' under it.

|-
||Point to '''Unpublish''' and then to '''Delete'''.

||We can either:
*Unpublish the '''Category''' or
*Delete it.

Let’s understand the difference between the two options.

|-
||Show Slide 9:

Unpublishing a Category

||When we unpublish a '''category''':
*No new '''article''' can be assigned to that '''category'''.
*All its '''subcategories''' are automatically unpublished.
*Articles under the '''category''' are no longer visible on the website, even if they are published.

|-
||Show Slide 10:

'''Deleting a Category'''

||When we delete a '''category''':
*It is moved to '''Trash''', along with all the '''articles''' under it.
*A deleted '''category''' can be restored again or the same could be trashed permanently.

|-
||Switch to '''Article Manager'''

||Come back to the '''Category Manager.'''

Since we are not using the '''category Carbohydrates''', let's unpublish it for now.

|-
||Select '''Carbohydrates'''

||Locate the '''category Carbohydrates''' from the ‘Categories’ Manager page.

Now select it by clicking the check-box to the left of the '''Status''' column.

|-
||Click on '''Unpublish'''

||Click on the '''Unpublish''' button in the toolbar on top.

|-
||Highlight the message

||Immediately, a success message appears.

|-
||Highlight the status

||Observe that the status of the '''category Carbohydrates''' has changed to '''Unpublished'''.

|-
||

||Let us go back to the '''Digital India''' webpage and verify this.

|-
||Switch to the Digital India webpage. Click '''F5'''

||Switch to the '''Digital India''' webpage and refresh it.

|-
||

||Notice that the subcategory '''Carbohydrates''' is no longer visible.

This is because it has been '''unpublished.'''

|-
||

||<<PAUSE>>

Let us summarize.

|-
||Switch to Slide 11:

Summary: Same as narration

||In this tutorial, we learn about:

*'''Category Manager''' in '''Joomla'''.
*Creating and editing '''categories'''
*And creating '''sub-categories'''

|-
||Switch to Slide 12:

Same as narration

||We also learnt how to:
*Assign '''articles''' to '''categories'''
*Move or copy '''articles''' to a different '''category'''.
*And delete or unpublish a '''category.'''

|-
||Slide 13, 14, 15 & 16:

'''Assignment 4:'''

||Here is an assignment for you:

*Create a new '''category Food Sources'''.
*Create 2 subcategories '''Veg Sources and Non-veg Sources''' under the category '''Food Sources.'''
*Assign the article '''Fish''' to '''Non-Veg''' sources.
*Assign the article '''Green Vegetables''' to '''Veg Sources'''.
*Refresh the '''Homepage'''.
*Observe the changes and understand what has happened.

|-
||Assignment 5:

||
*Delete the '''category Veg Sources'''.

*Try to restore it back.

Hint: Use the filter to see '''Trashed categories'''.

|-
||Assignment 6:

||
*Edit the category '''Vitamins''' to add a description.
*Change the settings to show the description and number of articles in a category.
*Refresh the '''Homepage.'''
*Observe the changes and understand what has happened.

|-
||'''Show Slide 12:'''
(About Spoken Tutorial Project)

||The video at this link, summarizes the '''Spoken Tutorial '''project.
Please download and watch it.

|-
||'''Show Slide 13:'''

(About Spoken Tutorial Project)

||The '''Spoken Tutorial''' Project Team
*conducts workshops using '''spoken tutorials''' and
*gives certificates on passing online tests.

For more details, please write to us.

|-
||'''Show Slide 14:'''

(Acknowledgement)

||'''Spoken Tutorial '''Project is supported by '''NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.'''

|-
||

||This is Priyanka signing off. Thank you for joining.

|-
|}

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 ||
-|| '''Categories''' in '''Joomla''' helps to organize the '''articles''' in a logical order.
+|| '''Categories''' in '''Joomla''' help to organize the '''articles''' in a logical order.
 |-

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 ||Switch to '''Article Manager'''
-||Come back to the '''Category Manager.''' webpage
+||Come back to the '''Category Manager''' webpage
 Since we are not using the '''category Carbohydrates''', let's unpublish it for now.

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 Summary: Same as narration
-||In this tutorial, we learn about:
+||In this tutorial, we learnt about:
 *'''Category Manager''' in '''Joomla'''.

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 '''Versions and OS'''
-|| For this tutorial, we will be using:
+|| This tutorial is recorded using:
 *'''Ubuntu Linux OS''' 14.04
 *'''Joomla''' 3.4.1
@@ Line 42: / Line 42: @@
 '''Prerequisites'''
-|| To follow this tutorial:
+||
 *Learner of this tutorial should know how to create an '''article''' in '''Joomla'''
 *If not, pls refer to the relevant '''Joomla''' tutorials on the '''Spoken Tutorial''' website.
@@ Line 165: / Line 165: @@
 || Highlight the new category
-|| You can see that the new '''category''' has been now created.
+|| You can see that the new '''category''' has now been created.
 |-
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 *and '''Nutrients'''.
-Under '''Nutrients'''. we see 3 '''sub-categories''':
+Under '''Nutrients'''. we have 3 '''sub-categories''':
 *'''Vitamins,'''
-*'''Minerals'''
+*'''Minerals''' and
 *'''Carbohydrates'''
 |-
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 || Click on '''Batch'''
-||Click on '''Batch''' button in the toolbar at the top.
+||Click on '''Batch''' button in the toolbar on top.
 |-
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 ||We can either:
-*Unpublish the '''Category''' or
+*Unpublish it or
 *Delete it.
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 ||When we unpublish a '''category''':
 *No new '''article''' can be assigned to that '''category'''.
-*All its '''subcategories''' are automatically unpublished.
+*All its '''subcategories''' are automatically unpublished and
 *Articles under the '''category''' are no longer visible on the website, even if they are published.
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 ||Switch to '''Article Manager'''
-||Come back to the '''Category Manager.'''
+||Come back to the '''Category Manager.''' webpage
 Since we are not using the '''category Carbohydrates''', let's unpublish it for now.
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 ||
-||Notice that the subcategory '''Carbohydrates''' is no longer visible.
+||Notice that the category '''Carbohydrates''' is no longer visible.
 This is because it has been '''unpublished.'''
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 (About Spoken Tutorial Project)
-||The video at this link, summarizes the '''Spoken Tutorial '''project.
+||The video at the following link, summarizes the '''Spoken Tutorial '''project.
 Please download and watch it.
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 ||The '''Spoken Tutorial''' Project Team
-*conducts workshops using '''spoken tutorials''' and
+*conducts workshops and
 *gives certificates on passing online tests.
@@ Line 658: / Line 662: @@
 (Acknowledgement)
-||'''Spoken Tutorial '''Project is supported by '''NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.'''
+||'''Spoken Tutorial '''Project is funded by '''NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.'''More information on this mission is available at the link shown.
 |-

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 '''*Vitamin B'''
 '''*Benefits of Nutrients'''
 '''*Fish'''
 '''*Green Vegetables'''

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-|| '''Show Slide 6'''
+||
 Switch to the browser with '''Joomla Control Panel''' open.