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To create a new Article click the green plus button in the top right submenu. Make sure that you identify the article’s name, it’s section and category.

Un-publish – To remove a page from viewing, click the green published check mark in the column next to it’s title. The icon will switch to a red x, and the article will no longer be available to the public – although you will still be able to view and edit the page. If you are removing a page from the site, you also need to turn it off in the Menu Manager (see below).

Trash – To delete a page, mark it’s checkbox (to the left of the title) and click the Trash icon (top right menu). This will not completely delete a page – the system maintains a ‘trash bin’ where deleted articles are held until you confirm that you want them permanently delete.

To update the text of any page, click it’s title and you’ll be taken here:

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If the image has already been uploaded to the site and is in Joomla’s Media Manager then you can just click the image you want, followed by the Insert button at the top right of the page.

If you need to upload the image to the site, click the “Browse files” button on the bottom left of the window, and the next pop-up will appear:

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Navigate to the file that you want to upload, highlight it and click Select. The system does not always work perfectly – IF it has worked, you will then see the file appear below the the Browse/Upload/Clear menu like this:

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If the file name appears, you can then click ‘Start Upload’, wait for the file to upload and then show up in the thumbnails, highlight and click the Insert button at the top right of the menu.

If the file name does NOT appear, click “Browse files” again, and re-select the file to be uploaded. Then follow the above directions to insert the image into the page.

The login page will look like this:

Login using the provided username and password. If this page stays open for more than ten minutes (without you logging in), it’s connection to the site will ‘expire’. When you enter your information and click ‘login’, the page will reload and you will see a notice that you need to reenter the information. This does not mean you don’t have the correct login information! Just enter the information again, and you’ll likely be able to get in.

If you have lost your login information it can nearly always be retrieved – don’t panic! If you’re a Pica customer just send us an email and we can easily reset your password. If you’re not, you should get in touch with whoever helped set up your site. If the administrator login is well and truly lost, you’ll need to go through the process of resetting it. There are instructions for that here, but we highly recommend that whoever does this should be a web programmer, you do not want to crash your site!

A Captcha

Since computers can’t read these images effectively, they are used as verification of a person posting a comment or filling out a form is a real person. If the captcha isn’t correct, the comment isn’t made.

Pica Design would be more than happy to place a captcha system on your website. While it takes time to be filled out, it ensures that your website isn’t overrun with spam.