How to edit an existing Joomla article
This document is to help show how to do basic article maintenance thru the Joomla back end. The document will describe how to edit and existing article.
This article assumes the following knowledge level.
- The JCE editor is being used as the article editor.
- Ability to login to Joomla backend.
- Appropriate user security to maintain articles.
- Ability to navigate around Joomla back menu system.
- Understanding of defined Sections.
- Understanding of defined Categories.
This document will not go into more advanced editing and formatting topics, such as the following:
- Tables
- Image Resizing
- Item Bulleting
- Embedding Video
- Attaching Files
- And other items that may not mentioned in this document
Step 1 - After signing into Joomla, Click on Article Manager to go to the list of current articles on the website. There are 2 ways to get to the Article Manager as noted below..
Control Panel view
Drop down menu view
Step 2 - The following menu will appear listing all articles of various publication stages
Step 3 - Find the article you want to edit and click on its title to bring the article up in the JCE editor.
Step 4 - Update Article information in the Open Content Area that is part of the article. Images and formatting can be done using the JCE editor.
Step 5 - When done editing the article click the Save icon to save the article and return to the Article Manager.
Step 6 - Once saved, and if the article is published, check the website to verify that the article appears on the website and has all the correct information entered.
Note: Remember to Click on the “Apply” icon periodically to save the changes, as there is NO automatic save feature for the article in Joomla.
