Learn how to add a blog and a RSS feed for a Joomla site

Many times a client will ask you to add a blog to their website Joomla, or maybe you want to add one to your Joomla site. Really not that hard to do. Using articles, sections, categories, and the form of "Syndicate" to create an RSS feed, you can have a blog that allows you to enter regular messages and have all appear on a single page.

I will show you how to add a blog, but first I have to make a few assumptions. first, you already have a current version of Joomla already installed and secondly, can access the admin area of your Joomla installation and familiar with it.

The first thing to do is to access the Joomla Administrator.Now go to menu "Contents" and choose "managers" and create a new section, let's call it "Blog" and then click Save. then again go to the menu "Contents" but this time choose "category manager" and click "new" and give the category name as "my Blog". While still in category management, go to "pop-up" section and click section Blog created earlier and click Save.

Now that we have the section and category set up, let's create our first blog entry.Again, go to the menu "Contents" and this time choose "Article Manager". Click "new" and give the blog entry a unique name in the box "Title". "Section Under" Choose the section that you created earlier, which was "Blog".If there is only one blogger, the pop-up menu "Category" will default to it. If there is more then a blogger, you choose which one using the pop-up menu "Category".

Now enter some copy of the blog and on the right side of the page, go to "Parameters (article)" and enter any name that you want to show to the public in the box "Author Alias". Then, once again on the right side of the page, go to "Parameters (Advanced)" and make sure you change "Author name" and "Creation date and time", "view" and then click Save.

Now we must create a menu item for the blog, so that it can be found.Go to menu "menu" and choose the main menu. Click "New" button on the top right and then choose "Articles" under "internal Links" and on the next page, click "Category Blog Layout." in the title area, type in what you want your audience to see how the link to your blog and then go to "Parameters (Basic)" on the right and choose your category of blog. The rest of the parameters can be left as default and changed later, if desired.

Next, under "Parameters (component)", choose which icons to show in your blog, pdf, print and/or email. Once you can leave all other parameters as default and then make your changes later.Click Save.

Now let's create an RSS feed, so people can subscribe to your blog feed.To do this, go to the menu "Extensions" and choose "module Manager" click "New" button on the top right and then click "Syndicate" and the title of field damage as the title: "RSS feed for Blog" this is for you to easily find it in the management of forms.In "show title" click "No" and then choose the location you want the RSS feed to appear in "Location" and then under "Menu assignment" near the bottom left corner of the page, click on "select Menu (s) from the list" and then click the link for the Blog menu you created earlier.

Now, on your right, go to "Form parameters", "text" box, type in the text what ever you want to have RSS icon next to your. Finally, in "Format" choose RSS 2.0 or Atom 1.0, I usually use RSS. click Save.

You are done! Now you can create new blog entries over and over again, repeat the procedure above for new articles.

Since 1996, Marc Harris was a capital of a company of web design and has managed development projects for numerous clients site. Marc now works almost exclusively with Joomla and are writing articles about understanding Joomla. you can find more free Joomla tutorial video 5 minutes joomla.