To create a new article, go to the Content Menu, and the Article Manager. Look at the icons in the upper right hand corner, and find the "New" button that is a white plus sign in a green circle - click it.

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In the "Title" box, type in your title, as you normally would. In the"Alias" box, put the same words, but in all small letters, and with dashes in between the words instead of spaces. Two or three words should be sufficient. If you need to condense the words from your title, choose the most powerful words.

In the "Section" and "Category" boxes, if you have already created the sections and categories then choose the appropriate ones from these drop down menus. If you haven't, just list the articles as "uncategorized" and you can change it later.

Now your ready to add your content. The editing tools at the top of the edit box are pretty much standard. You just need to find the location of the icon/job that you want. Layout will always be slightly different between any two operating systems, but using these tools is just about like using a word processor. 

Remember! Do not cut/copy and paste from any document, especially Microsoft or WordPad documents.

They have extra code that will do funny things to your web site, then you'll wonder why things don't look right. And you'll have to look at the html code to try and figure out what doesn't belong there, to remove it. ICKY!

If you want to cut/copy and paste from your original document, paste it into Notepad, or some similar program first. This will strip out any extra code that will do strange things to your site. It will also strip out the formatting, but that is actually the point, because that formatting is what is responsible for the messy code that warps your page. Copy/cut again from Notepad, and then paste it into the editing block of the page you are working on, and reformat it there.

After your content is in place, then you can tinker with the "header" style, fonts, bold, or anything else that suits your fancy. When you are finished creating/editing, click on the "Save" icon in the upper right hand corner of your page.

If you have not assigned the page to a category or section, that is fine. You can come back and make those assignments later. Just reopen your new article, make your changes, then click "Save".