How to start managing your website content with Mambo?
Now it is time to add some content to your website! In order to create the desired hierarchy, you need first to gain understanding of the classes of content that are included in Mambo. Those are sections, categories and content items.
The highest level in the hierarchy is represented by the sections. These can be managed through the Section Manager of the Content menu. Imagine the sections as the drawers in a cupboard that contain the folders (categories), filled with articles (content items). If you are having a Mambo website about cars, you will have the sections 'Ford', 'Chevy' and 'Dodge'. The 'Ford' section will have categories 'Mustang', 'Thunderbird' and 'Taurus'. The 'Mustang' category will have content items 'V6GT', 'Steeda Q' and 'Shelby Cobra GT500'. The entire structure is much like a tree:
Let us first start with creating a section. To do that, please go to the Content menu and select the Section Manager option.
Once in there you will see the list of existing sections. Click the New icon in order to create your own section.
In the fields that appear, fill in the details of the section: title, description, etc.
When done, please click the Save icon at the top right and you will be taken back to the section list, which will now include the section you have just created. In order to link it to a menu you will need to click on its name and edit the linking properties (those preferences determine where in the menus should the section appear in the menus of your website).
