Joomla Documenter Manual

Creating a New Article

The stash for a new article has some differences from that for an existing article. The Display Title field is not set and some related read only fields are not set either. They are set when the Display Title is changed. Also, the Heading field is not set and you have the option to choose from the list of existing headings or you may enter a new heading. The heading must consist of lower case alphanumeric words separated by dashes. You will also notice that the Page ID is 0 (zero) as the page does not exist.

The Stash tab contains an empty edit field as there was no original content with which to initialise it. However, an initial Display title entry is made from the entry in the Details tab. Example:

<!-- Display title: Article Edit -->

It is possible to change the Display Title and related fields at any time until the new article is committed.

Committing the New Article

Notes:

• Always save the Stash content before selecting Pull Request.
• Stash content must end with a new line.

When the New Article is committed a new entry will be created for it in the jdm_articles database table. An entry is made also in articles-index.txt so that the article can be included when the database is built initially. However, the new entry is appended to the list of articles rather than the logical place at the end of a list of headings.

The article will disappear from the New Articles list and appear in the Articles list.

Create a Menu Item

After creating a new article you need to create a new menu item for it. Just follow the procedure described under menu Items. You will need to use the heading and filename used when creating the new article.