How to Create a Joomla Site Quickly

In our classes, we've talked about the workflow needed to build a Joomla website:

Step 1: Go to Section Manager and create sections
Step 2: Go to Category Manager and create categories
Step 3: Go to Article Manager and create articles
Step 4: Go to Menus and create menu links

That 4-step process is the key to building a site. But what if it could be done much more quickly? That's what we're going to explain in this tutorial.

Step 1: Plan out your site. What will be the sections, categories and articles?
Step 2: Go to Baticore.com and download Mass Content via this link.
Step 3: Go to Extensions >> Install / Uninstall and install the file (called com_masscontent)
Step 4: Go to Components >> Mass Content >> Create Mass Sections (ignore any error messages such as "Invalid argument" ... it will still work)
Step 5: Enter the titles for all your sections, check the box saying "Copy Title to Alias" and then click Save.

Step 6: Go to "Create Mass Categories" and repeat the process. Make sure you put the categories in the correct section, using the dropdown on the right-hand side.

Step 7: Go to "Create Mass Content".
Step 8: Click on "Parameters" in the top-right and choose your setting. How many articles do you want to create? Do you want to use the WYSIWYG editor?
Step 9: Write your articles. You can either just write the title and fill in the rest later or you can actually create the full articles directly from this screen.

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