{"id":392,"date":"2018-03-22T18:28:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T17:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skytechng.com\/blog\/blog\/?p=392"},"modified":"2018-09-06T14:18:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T13:18:32","slug":"how-to-create-a-blog-site-with-joomla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skytechng.com\/blog\/joomla\/how-to-create-a-blog-site-with-joomla\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a blog site with Joomla?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Once you have installed Joomla you can start building your blog. First, navigate to the website&#8217;s login page by entering this URL:\u00a0<em>www.yourdomainname.com\/administrator<\/em>. Make sure to substitute\u00a0<em>yourdomainname.com<\/em>\u00a0with your own domain name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There you should enter the login credentials, which you have chosen during the installation process. Then you will enter the Administration area of the Joomla script.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To start writing your posts in your Joomla blog, you should first make sure to create the corresponding category. You should click on the\u00a0<strong>Content<\/strong>\u00a0menu &gt;\u00a0<strong>Categories<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<strong>Add New Category<\/strong>button.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"media\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1219.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1219.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1219-300x153.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"330\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For the purpose of this tutorial we would name the new category\u00a0<em>Blog<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading h3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"How_to_start_blogging\" class=\"ez-toc-section\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">How to start blogging?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Now you should create a new article via the\u00a0<strong>Content<\/strong>\u00a0menu &gt;\u00a0<strong>Articles &gt; Add New Article\u00a0<\/strong>button and assign it to the newly created category.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"media\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-tutorial-image wp-image-7708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1220-646x326.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1220-646x326.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1220-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1220-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1220.jpg 1002w\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"326\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When ready, click on the\u00a0<strong>Save and close\u00a0<\/strong>button<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After that you should make sure to assign the newly created category to your menu. For that purpose you should go to\u00a0<strong>Menus<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;<strong>\u00a0Main menu -&gt; Add New Menu Item<\/strong>. Under the\u00a0<em>Details<\/em>\u00a0tab click\u00a0<strong>Select<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>Menu Item Type<\/strong>\u00a0field and a pop-up would appear. Expand the\u00a0<strong>Articles<\/strong>\u00a0menu and choose\u00a0<strong>Category Blog.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"media\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-tutorial-image wp-image-7709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1221-646x462.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1221-646x462.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1221-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1221.jpg 650w\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"462\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In the\u00a0<strong>Choose a Category\u00a0<\/strong>field, choose the Category you created in the beginning. In our case it is named\u00a0<em>Blog.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"media\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-tutorial-image wp-image-7710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1222-646x512.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1222-646x512.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1222-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1222-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1222.jpg 925w\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"512\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Click\u00a0<strong>Save and Close\u00a0<\/strong>when ready and your Blog is now visible on your website!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"media\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-tutorial-image wp-image-7711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1223-646x516.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1223-646x516.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1223-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1223.jpg 739w\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"516\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once you have installed Joomla you can start building your blog. First, navigate to the website&#8217;s login page by entering this URL:\u00a0www.yourdomainname.com\/administrator. Make sure to substitute\u00a0yourdomainname.com\u00a0with your own domain name. There you should enter the login credentials, which you have chosen during the installation process. 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