How to edit Joomla posts

In general, a distinction is made between the frontend area and the backend area. Frontend refers to what you can view online as a user. Backend represents the administrator's workspace in the background. Today we work exclusively in the backend area (editor, JCE, source code). Joomla itself offers a standard editor, which is very similar to Word. However, we use an additional tool in Joomla, the Joomla Content Editor (JCE), which makes the user interface more user-friendly and also offers several editing options. We have organised the successful creation and uploading of Joomla posts with JCE into 5-10 points.

How to edit Joomla posts - Step 1: The content

To edit the content of your website, first log in to your backend area. To do this, simply enter your URL in the address list of your browser and add a slash (forward slash) with administrator after it.

Once you have done this, the following login will appear in front of you!

Now enter your login name in the upper field and your password in the lower field. You also have the option of setting your language to German or English.

Once you have successfully logged in, you should have landed in an area that looks like this:

Now click on the "New post" button, which is displayed at the top left.

Once you have done this, you have landed in the menu for creating new posts:

In the top line, the input field for titles, you should enter the title of your post. This is the headline of your article, so to speak. In the line below the menu tools, you can create and format your text as you wish. There are several buttons for formatting the text, some of which you are probably already familiar with from programmes such as Word. You can select the font, font colour, font background colour and font size. You can also make the following settings: Bold, italic, underlined, strikethrough, subscript, superscript. There are also options for left-aligned, right-aligned, centred and justified text. As is possible in Word, you can also copy, cut and paste texts here. The placement of tables, bulleted lists, numbering and lists is also integrated into the JCE tool. If you make a mistake or want to undo a step you have already taken, there is also an Undo/Redo function, just like in Word. Now there are a few buttons that could be of higher priority for you:

Insert as Plaintext: If you press this button, a window opens into which you can simply copy a text. This text is then copied without any formatting.

Remove formatting: You can use this button to delete all formatting.

insert/Edit Link: This button allows you to embed links in your text. After you have pressed the button, the following field should appear in front of you:

Enter your desired URL (https://www.beispiel.at) in the "URL" input field.

You can enter the desired text for the link in the "Text" input field.

Example: This link leads to the ithelps homepage

In the "Target" input field, you can specify whether the link should be opened in a new browser window or on the same page.

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Insert Image: With "Insert Image" you can integrate images into your text. If you press this button, the following window appears:

Click on "Upload" to upload images from your computer to the FTP server. As soon as you have selected an image from one of your folders, you can now make a few settings for formatting your image (alignment, size, indentation) and define an image name.

insert Read More: With this function, you can add a Read More button to your entries, which is very often used for blog articles. The Read More button allows you to create an interesting introductory text with the aim of giving the reader a brief preview of the article so that they can decide whether the blog article might be of interest to them.

Now that you have learnt how to edit the content of a Joomla article, let's move on to the next step.

How to edit Joomla posts - Step 2: Keep it organised!

It is highly recommended that you categorise the posts you create. This not only gives you a better overview of your existing posts, but also allows you to work faster! Creating categories is a must, especially for active blogging!

How to create your category:

To do this, go to the main menu under Content/Categories/New Category. Once you have done this, you can now add the title of the category and write a description of the category in your usual editor environment.

It is also possible to superordinate or subordinate your categories in the right-hand menu under "Superordinate". As soon as you have made your settings, click on "Save" or "Save & close". If you want to create another category immediately afterwards, click on "Save & New".

How to edit Joomla posts - Step 3: Publishing

Once the post has been uploaded, it is visible to all users of your website. For this reason, you should always use the preview function before publishing a post to ensure that you have formatted the post correctly. To do this, simply open the "Preview" window next to your editor.

Once you have made sure that the article has been created correctly, you now have several options:

If you want to publish the article, make sure that the status is set to "Published". Then click on "Save" to publish your article.

It is also possible to post the article on a specific date and at a specific time. To do this, select "Publish" in the menu above and enter the publication date in the line provided. Save your settings and the article will be visible on your website at the desired time. This setting is a very helpful feature, especially for active bloggers.

As soon as you have published your post, you will see it in the post archive and can edit or delete it again if necessary.