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Open the downloaded document, and select print from the file menu (PDF reader required).
Log Into Joomla!'s back end:
Go to your Joomla! website and log into the back end by typing in your user details.
(Figure 1)Create a New Category in the
Contacts
Component:
In Joomla!'s back end menu, go to the
components
menu. In the list of sub menu's that drop down you willsee the
contacts manager.
The
contacts manager
alsohas sub menus that pop out to the right. Select the
categories
menu.
(Figure 2)
Click
new
to create a new
contacts category.
(Figure 3)
Using The Joomla! Contact Component as a Business Directory
Note:
This tutorial assumes that youhave administrative access whenlogging into the Joomla! back end.
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In the
contacts category editor
you will have to create a
title
for the
contact category
, and thenoptionally an
alias
.
(Figure 4)
While it isn't required, you might want to go ahead and put in a description of the
contact category
you've created.
(Figure 5)
Once you have a
title, alias
and
description
you can save the
contact category
. Saving thecategory will take you back to the
contact category manager.
(Figure 6)Note:
Category Aliases are totally optional, butstrongly recommended for Joomla! 1.5 defaultSearch Engine Optimized URLs. (SEO URLs)
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Create a C
ontact
Entry:
Now that you have a
contacts category
, you canadd to it with entries, such as businesses,organizations, etc... Go back to the
contacts
menu,and rather than clicking
categories
, click
contacts.
(Figure 7)
Once you are in the c
ontacts manager,
click
new
tocreate a new c
ontacts
entry.
(Figure 8)
The next screen will display a
title,
which isrequired, and optionally an
alias.
The last areawe need to check is the c
ategory
. This is going tobe the
category
we just created. Click the dropbox and select the appropriate
category
.
(Figure 9)
Once you've finished adding all the informationyou want, you can also change parameters on the right to suit. Save the contact, you will betaken back to the
Contacts Manager.
(Figure 10)Create a Contact Category Layout:
Go to the
menus
menu, for the purpose of thisdemonstration, we will be creating a menu item(specifically a
contact category layout item)
inthe
main menu
menu.
(Figure 11)
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