Using Joomla

Frontend Versus Backend Editing

Up to this point, we’ve been creating and editing our content solely on the Administrator Backend. While this is the most common way, you may want to allow certain users to create and edit content on the frontend of your website.

Note

The user needs to be an Editor or higher and logged into the frontend to edit content. See Chapter 12 for more information on user levels.

Edit an Article on the Frontend

Editing articles on the frontend is pretty straightforward. Instead of using the Article Manager on the backend, you navigate to the article you want to edit and look for the Edit icon that looks like a small pencil and paper (see Figure 6-28).

Figure 6-28. Editing an article on the frontend

If there’s more than one article on your page, find the Edit icon next to the article title you want to edit. Click the Edit icon to open the current article in the frontend Article Editor. You’ll see the same basic options that are visible on the backend (see Figure 6-29).

Figure 6-29. The frontend Article Editor

When you’ve finished editing the article, click the Save button to close it and return to the web page.