The Joomla Book

As a content management system, Joomla’s primary function is to organize and present all the content in your site. Its does this through content articles. These discrete pieces of content must be organized into a 2 level hierarchy called sections and categories.

This chapter provides an in-depth tutorial that explains how Joomla displays its content articles and how you can organize the hierarchical structure of them. It details how to plan and organize the content and user experience for the site. It also explains the hierarchy structure currently used in Joomla; sections and categories, and how to best structure content into them for small and large sites.