How to embed html objects in a Joomla article

1. Log in to the back-end of Joomla.

2. Click the 'user manager' tab.

3. Find your name from the list, and click it.

4. Click the 'user editor' drop-down menu and select 'editor-no editor'

5. Click save

6. Click 'content' and select 'article manager' from the drop-down menu.

7. Click the name of the article that you want to imbed the object in.

8. Navigate to where the html of the object is (for the purpose of this tutorial I will be embedding a Youtube video)

9.Click the Youtube video you want to insert.

10. Highlight and copy the html embed code.

11. Open the back-end Joomla tab again, and paste the code where you want the item to appear. (note: you can insert line breaks for layout purposes using the tag
)
Click save.

12. Job done.

How to add an image in Joomla

1. Enter your user and password into the logon field.

2. Click either Add new article, or article manager.

3. Click the name of the article you want to add the picture to.

4. In a new tab or window to to http://www.flickr.com and click 'sign in' in the top-right side of the page.

5. Sign in using the log on field. (Username and password on production desk board).

6. Click 'Your Photostream'.

7. Find the photo you want to upload, and click it.

8. Click 'all sizes'.

9. Click 'Medium'.

10. Highlight the text in the URL box (careful not to copy the html by mistake).

11. Click the image tag in the toolbar.

12. Paste the URL you got from Flickr into the 'image url' field.

13. Click the 'appearance' tab and change the alignment to 'Left'. Then click insert at the bottom of the pop-up.

14. Click 'Save'

15. Job done!

How to change a front-page video

1. Enter your username and password in the log on field



2. Click on the "Front page manager" tab.



3. Note: Top:Video box only must always be at the top of this list.
Note no. 2: when accessing any article you must click save when you are finished, or that article will be locked to everyone.
Click on the link "Top:Video box only"



4.Go to the video you want to embed in Youtube and copy the url from the box on the right of the page.




5. Go back to the Joomla back end site and click the video tab in the toolbar.



6. Paste the URL into the file/URL field in the pop-up window and click OK.



7. Click save.






8. Job done.

How to post an article using Joomla

1. Log in by typing your Joomla username and password into the circled field.

2. Click the circled link which reads "submit an article"

3. Give your article a brief tag and type this in the Title field. Then copy and paste your article into the main field, (or type it straight in)

4. Scroll down the page until you see the options above. Make sure "unpublished" is checked and that it isn't set to publish to front page. Also make sure you set the category to your team. ie. features, sport or news.

5. Scroll back up to the top of the page and click "save"

6. Job done