WordPress may be one of the best blogging tools around, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean it\u2019s a shoe-in for your website. \u00a0There are plenty of things the competition simply does better; although WordPress is efficient, intuitive, and flexible, there\u2019s something to be said for specialization \u2013 which, outside of blogging, is something WordPress lacks.<\/p>\n
The open-source Joomla! is widely regarded as WordPress\u2019s most formidable competitor, is among the most popular content management systems in the world, and \u00a0it\u2019s backed by a great development community. On top of that, it\u2019s actually able to handle a larger volume of articles and pages than WordPress, owing to the fact that it was originally designed as an enterprise-level CMS.<\/p>\n
In other words, if you\u2019re running a site which deals with an extensive amount of content, Joomla! might actually prove to be the superior choice. Even better, the setup process isn\u2019t anywhere near as complicated as one might expect. Now, there are quite a few formidable blogging plugins for Joomla! \u2013 EasyBlog, MyBlog, and K2 come to mind. They aren\u2019t our focus here; we\u2019re going to walk you through how to set up a Joomla! blog using only the basic installation; no plugins required.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how you can set up your own Category Blog in Joomla! 3:<\/p>\n
The first thing you\u2019re going to want to do is create the main page for your blog. First, go to the Content tab in the main menu of your control panel, then open up the Category Manager. Once you\u2019re there, the next step will be to add a new category. This will effectively serve as the front-page of your blog. \u00a0Name it appropriately.<\/p>\n
Although it might seem a bit curious to start blogging before your site is even properly set up, your next task is going to be creating a few articles for your blog. Note that you don\u2019t necessarily even need to write anything, they can simply be placeholder pieces. From your Joomla! Content tab, click on Articles and add a few pieces. Make sure these pieces are all listed under the category you created in step one.<\/p>\n
Now that your categories are all set up and you\u2019ve got a few articles, you can create a menu for your blog. Click on Menu-> Main Menu -> Add New Menu Item. Title it after your blog, and for Menu Item Type, select Category Blog; make sure the category it deals with is the same as your blog\u2019s main category.<\/p>\n
Depending on how you want your blog to be laid out, step four can take one of two forms. If your site\u2019s main focus is on the blog, you\u2019re going to want to edit your article options so as to apply a global layout to your entire website. In order to do this, the steps are as follows:<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve already got a global layout setup, navigate back to the Menu tab. From there, you\u2019ll edit the Category Blog Menu Item you created in step three. The process is basically the same as if you were creating a global layout.<\/p>\n
That pretty much covers the basics of getting your blog up and running. Next time, we\u2019ll go over a few more advanced customization options and SEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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