Since I just started using Joomla after our Sunday School class informed me of their desire to get the church website up, I haven’t quite mastered it in two weeks – but I did just have a major breakthrough.

Joomla uses Sections, Catergories, and Content items to organize.  It’s a (now that I think about) simple, outline-esque way of organizing information.  Even static information. Here’s how it works…

1. Food (This is a Section)
1. Meats (This is a Category)
1. Pork (Content)
2. Beef (Content)
3. Lamb
4. Chicken
2. Fruits (Category)
1. Apples (Content)
2. Oranges
3. Pears
4. Tomatoes

So, you can link to the Food Section and it will show you all of the content in Meats and Fruits.  If you link to the Fruits section it will only tell you about Apples, Oranges, Pears, and Tomatoes.

I love it when the light goes on.  Some of the phrasing in Joomla is still ambiguous, but you can figure it out.