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 Adding a new Section or Category

Joomla! likes to keep things the same for similar operations.  This is great for doing something new, because we do not need to learn anything else.  It can also cause problems in that we are in a different 'add' page than we think we are, so always watch the title at the top of the page.   

From the menu look for the 'Section Manager' button. You can also get to the Section Manager from the menus along the top of the screen.  It is under Content->Section Manager.  In the future you will find that using the menus along the top is much faster than always clicking 'Home' and selecting from the main menu.

The Section Manager will give a listing of created sections showing if or not they are published, who has access (Public or Member) and a few other statistics, such as number of member categories and total articles.  A menu across the top right gives all the actions possible on Sections.  In this example let's create a new section.  If you were deleting or copying an existing section you would want to first select a section by placing a check mark in the [left hand] box of that section, but if we are creating a new Section, just click on 'New'. Once in the new screen you will see the screen at left; click on it for a larger version.

 Fill in the 'Title' and 'Section Name' fields.  Generally the same name for both will be fine.  The Title will be the one shown to users and the Section Name is just internal to Joomla!.  Most of the other options on this page you can ignore.  You can modify them if you want but MLDS recommends for starting users to not fill in any other fields.  The exception might be to write a small description to have as an intro for what is in that Section, but most of the time just leave it blank.

Once finished click the 'Save' button on the top right menu.  If you make a mistake and want Joomla! to forget your changes use the 'Cancel' button.  If you want to save your work thus far but are not finished with the section, use the 'Apply' button.  You may also use the 'Help' button but it has very detailed information outside the scope of this document.