Joomla! 2.5 Beginner’s Guide

Time for action – adding items to the home page

Let's add some stuff to the home page through the Article Manager as follows:

1. Navigate to Content | Article Manager.
2. In the Featured column, click on the gray circle next to the four articles: Deplorable Still Lifes, Ugly Art Lecture, The Art of Bob Ross, and This Years Meeting. The gray circle turns into a blue circle with a white star. The results are shown in the following screenshot. Four articles are set to show on the home page:
   
3. Click on View Site. You've got a home page filled with content! Four articles are displayed on the home page as intro texts with Read more links:

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