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Sections and Categories

Each Article you publish needs to belong to a Category

Each Category has to belong to a Section

Each Section can have one or more Categories.

So for example a small to medium sized website could have just 1 Section called Content and 5 Categories  called About Us, News, Products, Services and FAQs.

Once you have created Sections and Categories you can design Menu buttons for them controlling the layout.

If you want to Create a new Section do this:

  1. Login to full administrator login
  2. Click on Section Manager iconsection
  3. Click on New icon new (top right)
  4. Type in the Title and Section Name (e.g. Content in both boxes)
  5. Click the save icon save (top right)

You have just created yourself a new section

To Create a new Category do this:

  1. Login to full administrator login
  2. Click on Category Manager icon category
  3. Click on New icon new (top right)
  4. Type in the Category Title and Category Name (e.g. About Us in both boxes)
  5. Important now select the Section you want this Category to belong to (in the pull-down menu)
  6. Click the save icon save (top right)

You have just created yourself a new category

Now when you publish a new article you can assign the article your new Section and corresponding Category

Click here on how to publish an article

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