This tutorial will show you how to login and briefly discuss the Control Panel of your Joomla! site.

Using the Control Panel is essential for any Joomla! user to really get behind the power of Joomla! From here literally everything can be changed via the Control Panel.

To login to your Joomla! Control Panel.

Step 1.

In your address bar where the link to your site is, exp. (http://www.yoursite.co.za) type in administrator at the end.

Like this..

So that it looks like this.. and then press enter.

This will redirect you to the Joomla! Control Panel User Login Page.

Step 2.

The login details for your site will be provided by your Site Developers. This User Login Details will be used throughout your Joomla! site. Depending on your permission setting you might only be permitted to view certain categories of your site. To change this, ask your Administrator to change your permissions in the User Manager of the Control Panel. We provide full support in all your User Related Issues!

Insert your Username and Password and click on Login.

*Please Be Advised! Changing your permission details, also allows you to access Components and Extensions which you might (enable/disable) if you do not fully understand what you are doing.*

_{*P.S Please remember that this is Jooml! related tutorials*}

And that's it... from here you can access everything related to your Joomla! site. Please be carefull when using the Control Panel. It is strongly advised to get some knowledge of the functionality of the structure of Joomla! before you attempt to edit from the Control Panel.

• Edit Articles in Detail
• Move and Replace Articles
• Install and Un-install Components and Extensions
• Install and Uninstall Templates
• Get all the info of your site
• Send Mass Mail
• Add Users and Change Permissions
• Edit CSS and HTML directly

Add New Article. This will take you to a new article creation page where you can create new content, select a section and category, and then save the article. Its useful for quick and easy additions to your site's content.

Article Manager. This will take you directly to the Article Manager where you can manage all of your current articles.

Category Manager. As you might guess, this takes you to the Category Manager. You can create new categories, and publish/unpublish current ones. You can also change which section each category is published in.

Front Page Manager. Similar to the Article Manager, this icon will take you to the Front Page Manager so that you can manage all of the articles published to the Front Page.

Global Configuration. Perhaps one of the most important areas in your Joomla! back end is the Global Configuration. The global configuration has parameters that, when adjusted, will effect your entire Joomla! site. Here you can change many options including, but certainly not limited to: FTP Layer, Site Time Zone, Site Language, Server Configurations, Session settings, and Meta Data.

Language Manager. Following suit with all of the other 'managers' in the control panel, the Language Manager allows you to manage installed languages by setting one to be the site's default language.

Media Manager. The Media Manager will allow you to manage files on your web server. You can delete existing files or upload different ones from your hard drive. You can also create new directories on your web server's file system.

Menu Manager. The Menu Manager icon takes you to the Menu Manager. Here you can manage the current menus by creating new ones, deleting current ones, or directly managing each menu's subsequent menu items.

Section Manager. The Section Manager icon directs you to the Section Manager. You can create new sections, and publish/unpublish current ones. User Manager.

The User Manager does just what you might guess by it's title. It manages users. You can create new users, delete existing ones, change passwords, change language and time preferences, and even change which WYSIWYG editor the user has access too. Lastly, but perhaps most importantly, you can change the user's user group, giving the user different access levels and different abilities in your site. Quick Tips Use the 'Add New Article' button to quickly open a new article edit page to create articles quickly. Use the 'Front Page Manager' button to quickly get to the front page manager and publish/unpublish or modify any front page articles.