Difference between revisions of "Joomla/C2/Article-Options-in-Joomla/English-timed"
From Script | Spoken-Tutorial
Venuspriya (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| border=1 || '''Time''' || '''Narration''' |- || 00:01 || Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''Article Options in Joomla.''' |- || 00:06 || In this tutorial, we will learn...") |
Sandhya.np14 (Talk | contribs) |
||
(4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{| border=1 | {| border=1 | ||
− | + | | '''Time''' | |
− | + | | '''Narration''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 00:01 | |
− | + | | Welcome to the '''Spoken Tutorial''' | |
+ | on '''Article Options in Joomla.''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 00:06 | |
− | + | | In this tutorial, we will learn about: | |
− | + | ||
− | + | status of an '''article''', | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | publishing options for an '''article''' and | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | global options for '''Articles'''. | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 00:17 | |
− | | | + | | For this tutorial, I will be using: |
− | + | '''Ubuntu 14.04''', | |
− | + | ||
− | + | '''Joomla 3.4.1''', | |
+ | |||
+ | '''Apache''', '''MySQL''' and '''PHP''' obtained through '''XAMPP 5.5.19'''. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | 00:34 |
− | | | + | | To follow this tutorial, ensure that you know how to create '''articles''' in Joomla. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |00:40 |
− | | | + | | If not, check the relevant '''Joomla''' tutorials on the '''Spoken Tutorial''' website. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | 00:46 |
− | | | + | | Earlier, we learnt to create, edit, copy and delete an '''article''' in '''Joomla'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | 00:53 |
− | | | + | |Now, let’s learn some other options for these '''articles'''. |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 00:57 | ||
+ | | Let’s switch to the '''Joomla Control Panel .''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 01:00 | |
− | | | + | | Click on '''Article Manager. ''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 01:03 | |
− | | | + | |Here are our previously created '''articles'''- '''“Benefits of Sodium”''' and '''“Vitamin A”''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 01:10 | |
− | | | + | | Let us check if they are visible on the '''homepage.''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 01:14 | |
− | + | | Click on '''Digital India''' at the top right of the page. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 01:22 | |
− | | | + | | You can see '''“Benefits of Sodium”''' here but not '''“Vitamin A”. '''Why is this so? This is because we had made '''“Benefits of Sodium”''' a '''featured article.''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 01:33 | |
− | | | + | |Let us now make the '''article “Vitamin A”''' also as '''featured.''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | 01:38 |
− | | | + | |Go back to '''Article Manager page.''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | 01:42 |
− | | | + | |Click the '''Featured''' attribute, i.e, the star in the featured column, for the '''article “Vitamin A”.''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | 01:49 |
− | | | + | | Let me '''undo''' this change by clicking on the '''Featured''' attribute once again. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | 01:54 |
− | + | |We can also '''feature''' an '''article''' by checking the checkbox in the first column to the left of the '''article title''' | |
− | + | |- | |
− | + | | 02:01 | |
− | | | + | |and then clicking on '''Featured''' button in the top menu. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 02:05 | |
− | | | + | |Notice that the yellow star has appeared in the '''featured''' column. |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 02:09 | ||
+ | |Now, switch to the '''Digital India''' web-page tab and press '''F5''' to '''refresh''' it. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 02:15 | |
− | | | + | |We can see that both the '''articles''' are visible now. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 02:19 | |
− | | | + | |Let us get back to the '''Article Manager ''' page. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 02:22 | |
− | | | + | |We will now learn a few more Article attributes. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 02:26 | |
− | | | + | | Click on the '''article “Vitamin A”''' to reach the '''Edit Article''' page. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 02:31 | |
− | | | + | | Here is a '''field''' named '''Status.''' What does it indicate? |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 02:36 | |
− | | | + | | Whenever an '''article''' is created, the status takes the default value '''“Published”. ''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 02:42 | |
− | | | + | | A '''featured''' article is displayed on a website because its status is '''Published.''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 02:48 | |
− | | | + | |So are our two '''articles''', as of now. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | 02:51 |
− | | | + | |What happens if the status of an '''article''' is changed to '''Unpublished?''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | 02:56 |
− | | | + | |Switch back to the '''Article Manager ''' page. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | 02:59 |
− | | | + | |We are in the '''Edit Article''' of '''“Vitamin A”.''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 03:02 | |
− | | | + | |Let us change the status of our article '''“Vitamin A”''' to '''Unpublished. ''' |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 03:07 | ||
+ | | Click on the '''Save & Close''' button. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 03:10 | ||
+ | | Switch to the '''Digital India''' web page and '''refresh''' the page. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 03:14 | ||
+ | |Notice that the '''article “Vitamin A”''' is no longer visible here. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 03:19 | |
− | + | | Switch to the '''article manager''' page again. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 03:23 | |
− | + | | Let us learn about the third value of '''Status''', i.e. '''Archived.''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 03:28 | |
− | + | |For a change, let's now modify the status of '''“Benefits of Sodium”''' to '''Archived.''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 03:34 | |
− | + | |Click on the title '''“Benefits of Sodium”.''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 03:38 | |
− | + | |Now, click on the '''Status''' drop-down and set the '''Status''' to '''Archived.''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 03:43 | |
− | + | |Click on '''save and close''' button. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 03:46 | |
− | | | + | | We are back to the '''Article Manager.''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 03:49 | |
− | + | |'''“Benefits of Sodium”''' has now been removed from the '''Articles''' list of '''Article Manager'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 03:55 | |
− | + | | Verify that it is also no longer displayed on the '''homepage''' either. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:00 | |
− | + | | So, where has the '''article''' gone? | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:02 | |
− | + | | Come back to the '''Article Manager.''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:05 | |
− | + | | To view archived articles, we will need to use a '''filter'''. | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:10 | |
− | + | | To the right of '''search box''', we can see '''Search Tools''' button. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:15 | |
− | + | | Click on it. It will show a number of search '''filter'''s. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:20 | |
− | + | | Click on the '''Select Status''' filter. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:23 | |
− | + | | Let's set the filter to '''Archived.''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:26 | |
− | + | | Now we can see our '''article “Benefits of Sodium”''' listed here. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |04:31 | |
− | + | | An '''article''' when archived becomes a part of the historical data. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:36 | |
− | + | | You can re-publish it whenever required. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:40 | |
− | + | | The status of an archived article can be directly set to '''Unpublished''' or '''Published''' as well. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:47 | |
− | + | |To do so, first hover the '''mouse''' over the '''Status''' column, as shown. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:52 | |
− | + | |You can see a small tooltip here which says '''“Unpublish Item”'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 04:57 | |
− | + | |Click on the left icon in the '''Status''' column. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 05:00 | |
− | + | |Notice that we cannot see the '''article''' now. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 05:04 | |
− | + | |This is because the '''Status''' filter is still set to '''Archived'''. | |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 05:09 | |
− | + | |Let’s remove the filter by clicking on the '''Clear''' button next to '''Search Tools'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 05:15 | |
− | + | |We can now see the '''article “Benefits of Sodium”''' listed here. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 05:20 | |
− | + | |Notice that the '''status''' icon has now changed. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 05:24 | |
− | + | |The newly acquired status indicates that the '''article''' is now ready for publishing. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 05:30 | |
− | + | |In a similar manner, you can get the list of '''Published, Unpublished''' and '''Trashed articles'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 05:37 | |
− | + | |Let me first change the status of the '''article “Benefits of Sodium”''' back to '''Archived'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 05:43 | |
− | + | |Click on the checkbox to the left of the title. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 05:46 | |
− | + | |Now click on the '''Archive''' button in the toolbar on top. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 05:51 | |
− | + | |A message appears which says the article has been archived. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 05:56 | |
− | + | |An '''Archived''' or '''Unpublished article''' can still be viewed and edited in the '''Article Manager'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 06:03 | |
− | + | |Let’s change the '''status''' filter back to '''Archived'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 06:07 | |
− | + | |Click on the archived '''article “Benefits of Sodium”.''' | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 06:11 | |
− | + | |Let’s append this sentence at the end of given text. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 06:15 | |
− | + | |'''“The daily consumption of sodium, however, depends on a number of factors.”''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 06:21 | |
− | + | |I will change the status of this '''article''' from '''Archived''' to '''Published.''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 06:26 | |
− | + | |Then click on '''Save & Close.''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 06:29 | |
− | + | |Let us now select '''All''' in '''Select Status''' filter. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 06:34 | |
− | + | |This will show all the '''articles''', irrespective of their status. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 06:39 | |
− | + | |Notice the status of all the '''articles''' here. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 06:42 | |
− | + | |Also notice the '''article “Sodium”''' that we had deleted or trashed in the earlier tutorial. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 06:49 | |
− | + | |Explore whether you can change its status on your own. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 06:53 | |
− | + | |The other available filters here are '''Category, Levels, Access, Author, Language''' and '''Tag.''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:02 | |
− | + | |We will learn about them in later tutorials. Let’s move ahead. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:08 | |
− | + | |Click on '''“Vitamin A”''' from '''Articles''' list. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:12 | |
− | + | |We are in the '''Edit Article''' page. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:15 | |
− | + | |Let’s change the status of the '''article''' to '''Published'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:19 | |
− | + | |On the right of the '''Content''' tab, we can see the tab '''Publishing'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:24 | |
− | + | |Click on it. This records the meta-data of the '''article'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:29 | |
− | + | |We will look at some of the important ones. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:33 | |
− | + | |The option '''Created by''', displays the name of the creator. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:37 | |
− | + | |In our case it is '''Super User'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:40 | |
− | + | |We will learn to change it by using '''Select User''' button later. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:45 | |
− | + | |Notice 3 different date fields here- '''Created Date''', '''Start Publishing''', '''Finish Publishing'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:53 | |
− | + | |'''Created Date''' by default, is the date on which the '''article''' was created. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:58 | |
− | + | |'''Start Publishing''' is the date on which the '''article''' will be published or made visible on the '''homepage'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 08:05 | |
− | + | |That means, the date from which its status will be automatically set to '''Published'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 08:11 | |
− | + | |By default, this date is set to '''Created Date'''. | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 08:16 | |
− | + | |'''Finish Publishing''' is the date on which the '''article''' will cease to be visible on the homepage. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 08:22 | |
− | + | |That means, the date from which its status will be automatically set to '''Unpublished'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 08:28 | |
− | + | |By default, it is set to blank. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 08:31 | |
− | + | |It means, an '''article''' is available forever, by default. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 07:36 | |
− | + | |Notice here, that '''Created Date''' and '''Start Publishing''' date are the same. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 08:41 | |
− | + | |To change these dates, open the calendar by clicking the '''calendar''' icon, on the extreme right. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 08:48 | |
− | + | |Let me change the '''Created Date''' to today’s date: '''18 January 2016'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 08:55 | |
− | + | |Click on the '''Save & Close''' button. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 08:58 | |
− | + | |Go to the '''homepage''' and '''refresh''' it. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 09:01 | |
− | + | |The date of creation of the '''article''' is now '''16 January 2016'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 09:07 | |
− | + | |Here are 2 small assignments for you. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 09:10 | |
− | + | |'''Assignment 1''' is to open the calendar of '''Start Publishing''' date. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 09:15 | |
− | + | |Select the date as a future date. '''Save''' the changes. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 09:20 | |
− | + | |Go to the '''Homepage''' and '''refresh''' it. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 09:23 | |
− | + | |Check the '''article''' list and understand what has happened. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 09:28 | |
− | + | |'''Assignment 2''': Now come back and change the date to a date prior to the '''Creation Date'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 09:35 | |
− | + | |Once again, '''save''' the changes and observe the changes on the '''Homepage.''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 09:40 | |
− | + | |Understand what has happened. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |09:43 | |
− | + | |Before exploring further, let us learn a few more details regarding an '''article'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 09:50 | |
− | + | |Switch to '''homepage''' and refresh it. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 09:54 | |
− | + | |All the '''articles''' are listed here, along with their details in the '''header'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 09:58 | |
− | + | |What exactly has been shown? | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 10:01 | |
− | + | |Observe that the '''Title''' of an '''article''' is clickable. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 10:05 | |
− | + | |Let me click on '''Vitamin A'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 10:08 | |
− | + | |Now the article '''Vitamin A''' has opened on a full page. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 10:13 | |
− | + | |At the bottom, there is a link to the '''Next article'''. | |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 10:17 | ||
+ | |Category of this '''article''' says it is '''Uncategorised''' and this is also a '''hyperlink'''. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 10:24 | |
− | | | + | |I will click on '''Uncategorised.''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 10:27 | |
− | | | + | |And now, we are re-directed to a page with all the '''articles''' belonging to the category '''Uncategorised'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 10:34 | |
− | | | + | |Here are our '''articles''' and they are both '''Uncategorised''', by default. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 10:39 | |
− | | | + | |Let us now see how we can remove this header information from all the '''articles'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 10:45 | |
− | | | + | |Come back to the '''Article Manager''' page. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 10:48 | |
− | | | + | |Here click on the '''Options''' button in the toolbar, towards the extreme right. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | 10:54 | |
− | | | + | |It will open another page with the title '''“Article Manager Options”'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | 11:00 |
− | | | + | |On the top left, are the options to '''Save, Save & Close''' and '''Cancel''' the changes made on this window. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:08 | |
− | | | + | |These settings are '''global''' options and apply to all '''articles''', unless changed specifically. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:15 | |
− | | | + | |'''Show Title''' shows the '''Title''' of the '''article'''. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:18 | |
− | | | + | |By default, it is set to '''Show.''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:21 | |
− | | | + | |Let's set it to '''Hide''' and click on '''Save'''. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:25 | |
− | | | + | |Go to the '''Digital India''' web page and refresh the page. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:29 | |
− | | | + | |Notice that the '''Title''' is no longer visible. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:33 | |
− | | | + | |Go back to the '''Article Manager page'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:36 | |
− | | | + | |Set '''Show Title''' to '''Show'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:39 | |
− | | | + | |Next, let’s set '''Linked Titles''' as '''No'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:43 | |
− | | | + | |This will remove the '''Title hyperlink'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:46 | |
− | | | + | |We will skip '''Show Intro text ''' option for now. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:50 | |
− | | | + | |'''Show Category''' and '''Link Category'''. Show the '''category''' in the '''header''' and also makes it a hyperlink. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |11:58 | |
− | | | + | |Let's choose '''No''' option for '''Linked Category,''' '''Hide''' option for '''Show Category'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |12:05 |
− | | | + | |'''Save''' these changes. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |12:07 | |
− | | | + | |Go to the '''Digital India''' webpage and refresh the page. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |12:11 | |
− | | | + | |Observe that the '''category''' information is no longer visible. And, the '''Title''' is no longer a '''hyperlink'''. |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |12:19 | |
− | | | + | |Go back to the '''article manager''' page. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |12:22 | |
− | | | + | |Explore all the other options in the '''settings''' on your own and note what happens. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |12:28 | |
− | | | + | |Now scroll down to see the last section of the '''settings''' window. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |12:32 | |
− | | | + | |These options enable us to show or hide the '''print''' and '''email''' icons. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |12:38 | |
− | | | + | |Let’s go to the '''Digital India''' web page. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |12:42 | |
− | | | + | |On the extreme right side of the '''article''', notice a button with a small wheel and down arrow. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |12:49 | |
− | | | + | |Click on this button. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |12:51 | |
− | | | + | |We can see 2 options: '''Print''', '''Email'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |12:55 | |
− | | | + | |Click on the '''print''' icon. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |12:57 | |
− | | | + | |This will open a new window with only the '''article''' and '''print''' button on the right. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |13:03 |
− | | | + | |Clicking on the '''print''' button will open the default '''print''' dialog box. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |13:08 | |
− | | | + | |The further procedure is the same, as for any print job. |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |13:12 | |
− | | | + | |Let's cancel the printing now. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |13:15 | |
− | | | + | |We will learn about the '''email''' option in another tutorial later. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |13:20 | |
− | | | + | |Return to the '''control panel'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |13:24 | |
− | | | + | |The '''Show Icons, Show Print Icon''' and '''Show Email Icon''' are all set to '''Show''', by default. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |13:29 | |
− | | | + | |You can change the settings as per your requirement. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |13:33 | |
− | | | + | |Notice, there is an option here to show the number of '''Hits'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |13:37 | |
− | | | + | |This indicates the number of times the '''article''' has been viewed. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |13:41 | |
− | | | + | |We will discuss '''Show Unauthorised Links ''' and '''Positioning of the Links''' in another tutorial. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |13:47 | |
− | | | + | |Let’s save all the settings now, by clicking on '''Save & Close'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |13:52 | |
− | | | + | |Go to the web page and refresh the page, to see all the changes that we made. |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |13:58 | |
− | | | + | |Let us recap. In this tutorial, we learnt about: |
− | + | status of an '''article''', | |
− | + | ||
− | + | '''Publishing''' options for an '''article''' and | |
+ | |||
+ | '''Global options''' for '''articles.''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |14:11 | |
− | + | |Here is another assignment for you. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |14:13 | |
− | + | |Click on '''Options''' in '''Article Manager'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |14:16 | |
− | + | | Make changes to display '''Create Date''' and '''Modify Date'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |14:21 | |
− | + | | '''Save & Close''' these settings. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |14:23 | |
− | + | | Click on the article '''Benefits of Sodium'''. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |14:26 | |
− | + | |Append the block of text from the '''assignment-text''' file provided with this tutorial, at the end of this '''article.''' | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |14:33 | |
− | + | | '''Save''' the article. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |14:35 | |
− | + | | Do you observe any change in the header information of the '''article''' in the '''homepage'''? | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |14:40 | |
− | + | |The video at this link, summarizes the '''Spoken Tutorial '''project. Please download and watch it. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |14:48 | |
− | + | |The '''Spoken Tutorial''' Project team conducts workshops and gives certificates on passing online tests. For more details, please write to us. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |14:58 | |
− | + | |'''Spoken Tutorial '''Project is funded by '''NMEICT, MHRD''', Government of India. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |15:05 |
− | + | |More information on this mission is available at the link shown. | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | |15:10 | |
− | + | |This is Priyanka, signing off. Thank you for joining. | |
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} |
Latest revision as of 08:33, 1 August 2018
Time | Narration |
00:01 | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial
on Article Options in Joomla. |
00:06 | In this tutorial, we will learn about:
status of an article, publishing options for an article and global options for Articles. |
00:17 | For this tutorial, I will be using:
Ubuntu 14.04, Joomla 3.4.1, Apache, MySQL and PHP obtained through XAMPP 5.5.19. |
00:34 | To follow this tutorial, ensure that you know how to create articles in Joomla. |
00:40 | If not, check the relevant Joomla tutorials on the Spoken Tutorial website. |
00:46 | Earlier, we learnt to create, edit, copy and delete an article in Joomla. |
00:53 | Now, let’s learn some other options for these articles. |
00:57 | Let’s switch to the Joomla Control Panel . |
01:00 | Click on Article Manager. |
01:03 | Here are our previously created articles- “Benefits of Sodium” and “Vitamin A” |
01:10 | Let us check if they are visible on the homepage. |
01:14 | Click on Digital India at the top right of the page. |
01:22 | You can see “Benefits of Sodium” here but not “Vitamin A”. Why is this so? This is because we had made “Benefits of Sodium” a featured article. |
01:33 | Let us now make the article “Vitamin A” also as featured. |
01:38 | Go back to Article Manager page. |
01:42 | Click the Featured attribute, i.e, the star in the featured column, for the article “Vitamin A”. |
01:49 | Let me undo this change by clicking on the Featured attribute once again. |
01:54 | We can also feature an article by checking the checkbox in the first column to the left of the article title |
02:01 | and then clicking on Featured button in the top menu. |
02:05 | Notice that the yellow star has appeared in the featured column. |
02:09 | Now, switch to the Digital India web-page tab and press F5 to refresh it. |
02:15 | We can see that both the articles are visible now. |
02:19 | Let us get back to the Article Manager page. |
02:22 | We will now learn a few more Article attributes. |
02:26 | Click on the article “Vitamin A” to reach the Edit Article page. |
02:31 | Here is a field named Status. What does it indicate? |
02:36 | Whenever an article is created, the status takes the default value “Published”. |
02:42 | A featured article is displayed on a website because its status is Published. |
02:48 | So are our two articles, as of now. |
02:51 | What happens if the status of an article is changed to Unpublished? |
02:56 | Switch back to the Article Manager page. |
02:59 | We are in the Edit Article of “Vitamin A”. |
03:02 | Let us change the status of our article “Vitamin A” to Unpublished. |
03:07 | Click on the Save & Close button. |
03:10 | Switch to the Digital India web page and refresh the page. |
03:14 | Notice that the article “Vitamin A” is no longer visible here. |
03:19 | Switch to the article manager page again. |
03:23 | Let us learn about the third value of Status, i.e. Archived. |
03:28 | For a change, let's now modify the status of “Benefits of Sodium” to Archived. |
03:34 | Click on the title “Benefits of Sodium”. |
03:38 | Now, click on the Status drop-down and set the Status to Archived. |
03:43 | Click on save and close button. |
03:46 | We are back to the Article Manager. |
03:49 | “Benefits of Sodium” has now been removed from the Articles list of Article Manager. |
03:55 | Verify that it is also no longer displayed on the homepage either. |
04:00 | So, where has the article gone? |
04:02 | Come back to the Article Manager. |
04:05 | To view archived articles, we will need to use a filter. |
04:10 | To the right of search box, we can see Search Tools button. |
04:15 | Click on it. It will show a number of search filters. |
04:20 | Click on the Select Status filter. |
04:23 | Let's set the filter to Archived. |
04:26 | Now we can see our article “Benefits of Sodium” listed here. |
04:31 | An article when archived becomes a part of the historical data. |
04:36 | You can re-publish it whenever required. |
04:40 | The status of an archived article can be directly set to Unpublished or Published as well. |
04:47 | To do so, first hover the mouse over the Status column, as shown. |
04:52 | You can see a small tooltip here which says “Unpublish Item”. |
04:57 | Click on the left icon in the Status column. |
05:00 | Notice that we cannot see the article now. |
05:04 | This is because the Status filter is still set to Archived. |
05:09 | Let’s remove the filter by clicking on the Clear button next to Search Tools. |
05:15 | We can now see the article “Benefits of Sodium” listed here. |
05:20 | Notice that the status icon has now changed. |
05:24 | The newly acquired status indicates that the article is now ready for publishing. |
05:30 | In a similar manner, you can get the list of Published, Unpublished and Trashed articles. |
05:37 | Let me first change the status of the article “Benefits of Sodium” back to Archived. |
05:43 | Click on the checkbox to the left of the title. |
05:46 | Now click on the Archive button in the toolbar on top. |
05:51 | A message appears which says the article has been archived. |
05:56 | An Archived or Unpublished article can still be viewed and edited in the Article Manager. |
06:03 | Let’s change the status filter back to Archived. |
06:07 | Click on the archived article “Benefits of Sodium”. |
06:11 | Let’s append this sentence at the end of given text. |
06:15 | “The daily consumption of sodium, however, depends on a number of factors.” |
06:21 | I will change the status of this article from Archived to Published. |
06:26 | Then click on Save & Close. |
06:29 | Let us now select All in Select Status filter. |
06:34 | This will show all the articles, irrespective of their status. |
06:39 | Notice the status of all the articles here. |
06:42 | Also notice the article “Sodium” that we had deleted or trashed in the earlier tutorial. |
06:49 | Explore whether you can change its status on your own. |
06:53 | The other available filters here are Category, Levels, Access, Author, Language and Tag. |
07:02 | We will learn about them in later tutorials. Let’s move ahead. |
07:08 | Click on “Vitamin A” from Articles list. |
07:12 | We are in the Edit Article page. |
07:15 | Let’s change the status of the article to Published. |
07:19 | On the right of the Content tab, we can see the tab Publishing. |
07:24 | Click on it. This records the meta-data of the article. |
07:29 | We will look at some of the important ones. |
07:33 | The option Created by, displays the name of the creator. |
07:37 | In our case it is Super User. |
07:40 | We will learn to change it by using Select User button later. |
07:45 | Notice 3 different date fields here- Created Date, Start Publishing, Finish Publishing. |
07:53 | Created Date by default, is the date on which the article was created. |
07:58 | Start Publishing is the date on which the article will be published or made visible on the homepage. |
08:05 | That means, the date from which its status will be automatically set to Published. |
08:11 | By default, this date is set to Created Date. |
08:16 | Finish Publishing is the date on which the article will cease to be visible on the homepage. |
08:22 | That means, the date from which its status will be automatically set to Unpublished. |
08:28 | By default, it is set to blank. |
08:31 | It means, an article is available forever, by default. |
07:36 | Notice here, that Created Date and Start Publishing date are the same. |
08:41 | To change these dates, open the calendar by clicking the calendar icon, on the extreme right. |
08:48 | Let me change the Created Date to today’s date: 18 January 2016. |
08:55 | Click on the Save & Close button. |
08:58 | Go to the homepage and refresh it. |
09:01 | The date of creation of the article is now 16 January 2016. |
09:07 | Here are 2 small assignments for you. |
09:10 | Assignment 1 is to open the calendar of Start Publishing date. |
09:15 | Select the date as a future date. Save the changes. |
09:20 | Go to the Homepage and refresh it. |
09:23 | Check the article list and understand what has happened. |
09:28 | Assignment 2: Now come back and change the date to a date prior to the Creation Date. |
09:35 | Once again, save the changes and observe the changes on the Homepage. |
09:40 | Understand what has happened. |
09:43 | Before exploring further, let us learn a few more details regarding an article. |
09:50 | Switch to homepage and refresh it. |
09:54 | All the articles are listed here, along with their details in the header. |
09:58 | What exactly has been shown? |
10:01 | Observe that the Title of an article is clickable. |
10:05 | Let me click on Vitamin A. |
10:08 | Now the article Vitamin A has opened on a full page. |
10:13 | At the bottom, there is a link to the Next article. |
10:17 | Category of this article says it is Uncategorised and this is also a hyperlink. |
10:24 | I will click on Uncategorised. |
10:27 | And now, we are re-directed to a page with all the articles belonging to the category Uncategorised. |
10:34 | Here are our articles and they are both Uncategorised, by default. |
10:39 | Let us now see how we can remove this header information from all the articles. |
10:45 | Come back to the Article Manager page. |
10:48 | Here click on the Options button in the toolbar, towards the extreme right. |
10:54 | It will open another page with the title “Article Manager Options”. |
11:00 | On the top left, are the options to Save, Save & Close and Cancel the changes made on this window. |
11:08 | These settings are global options and apply to all articles, unless changed specifically. |
11:15 | Show Title shows the Title of the article. |
11:18 | By default, it is set to Show. |
11:21 | Let's set it to Hide and click on Save. |
11:25 | Go to the Digital India web page and refresh the page. |
11:29 | Notice that the Title is no longer visible. |
11:33 | Go back to the Article Manager page. |
11:36 | Set Show Title to Show. |
11:39 | Next, let’s set Linked Titles as No. |
11:43 | This will remove the Title hyperlink. |
11:46 | We will skip Show Intro text option for now. |
11:50 | Show Category and Link Category. Show the category in the header and also makes it a hyperlink. |
11:58 | Let's choose No option for Linked Category, Hide option for Show Category. |
12:05 | Save these changes. |
12:07 | Go to the Digital India webpage and refresh the page. |
12:11 | Observe that the category information is no longer visible. And, the Title is no longer a hyperlink. |
12:19 | Go back to the article manager page. |
12:22 | Explore all the other options in the settings on your own and note what happens. |
12:28 | Now scroll down to see the last section of the settings window. |
12:32 | These options enable us to show or hide the print and email icons. |
12:38 | Let’s go to the Digital India web page. |
12:42 | On the extreme right side of the article, notice a button with a small wheel and down arrow. |
12:49 | Click on this button. |
12:51 | We can see 2 options: Print, Email. |
12:55 | Click on the print icon. |
12:57 | This will open a new window with only the article and print button on the right. |
13:03 | Clicking on the print button will open the default print dialog box. |
13:08 | The further procedure is the same, as for any print job. |
13:12 | Let's cancel the printing now. |
13:15 | We will learn about the email option in another tutorial later. |
13:20 | Return to the control panel. |
13:24 | The Show Icons, Show Print Icon and Show Email Icon are all set to Show, by default. |
13:29 | You can change the settings as per your requirement. |
13:33 | Notice, there is an option here to show the number of Hits. |
13:37 | This indicates the number of times the article has been viewed. |
13:41 | We will discuss Show Unauthorised Links and Positioning of the Links in another tutorial. |
13:47 | Let’s save all the settings now, by clicking on Save & Close. |
13:52 | Go to the web page and refresh the page, to see all the changes that we made. |
13:58 | Let us recap. In this tutorial, we learnt about:
status of an article, Publishing options for an article and Global options for articles. |
14:11 | Here is another assignment for you. |
14:13 | Click on Options in Article Manager. |
14:16 | Make changes to display Create Date and Modify Date. |
14:21 | Save & Close these settings. |
14:23 | Click on the article Benefits of Sodium. |
14:26 | Append the block of text from the assignment-text file provided with this tutorial, at the end of this article. |
14:33 | Save the article. |
14:35 | Do you observe any change in the header information of the article in the homepage? |
14:40 | The video at this link, summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. Please download and watch it. |
14:48 | The Spoken Tutorial Project team conducts workshops and gives certificates on passing online tests. For more details, please write to us. |
14:58 | Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India. |
15:05 | More information on this mission is available at the link shown. |
15:10 | This is Priyanka, signing off. Thank you for joining. |