Let's take a closer look at the demo site and see some real-life examples of page layouts. You'll see how the content in the mainbody and the modules in the surrounding content area change depending on the menu hyperlink you click:
Enter the URL of your site (for example,
http://www.mysite.com
) in your web browser. If, in Chapter 2, Installation: Getting Joomla Up and Running, you have installed Joomla into another folder, the URL would behttp://www.mysite.com/otherfoldername
. You'll recognize the home page, as displayed in the following screenshot. The mainbody (the visible part of it outlined in the screenshot) consists of four article intro texts.Let's explore how the layout changes on a different page. In the About Joomla menu, click on Getting Started. You'll notice that the mainbody displays just one article, which is the most common type of page content. The login form isn't displayed on this page. Again, the mainbody is outlined in the following...