{"id":1817,"date":"2012-09-28T16:19:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T16:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/09\/28\/write-blog-post\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:23:21","slug":"write-blog-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/write-blog-post\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write a blog post in Joomla 3.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re <a href=\"\/support\/website\/installing-google-analytics-on-your-website\/\">using Joomla 3.0 to run a blog<\/a>, one of the first things you may want to learn is how to publish your first blog post. In this tutorial, we\u2019ll walk you through those steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publishing a blog post in Joomla 3.0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard\/\">Log into your Joomla 3.0 admin dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top menu, click <strong>Content<\/strong>, hover over <strong>Article Manager<\/strong>, and then click <strong>Add New Article<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are many settings you can adjust for your blog post, but we are only going to cover the basics. Below are the settings that we used:<br> <table class=\"article_table\"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Title<\/th> <td>My first blog post<\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <th>Category<\/th> <td>Blog<\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <p class=\"alert\"><strong>Please note!<\/strong><br>If you don\u2019t set the <em>Category<\/em> to <strong>Blog<\/strong>, your post will not show up on your homepage.<\/p> <p>When finished filling out the details of your first post, click the <strong>Save<\/strong> button towards the top left of the page. You can see below the creating of the post within the dashboard, and what it looks like on our homepage after saving it.<\/p><table class=\"article_table\"> <tbody> <tr>  <\/tr> <tr>   <\/tr> <\/tbody><\/table><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/edu_joomla-3_blog_create-first-blog-post.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"create-first-blog-post\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/edu_joomla-3_blog_new-blog-post-on-homepage.gif\" alt=\"new-blog-post-on-homepage\" class=\"wp-image-8498\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re using Joomla 3.0 to run a blog, one of the first things you may want to learn is how to publish your first blog post. 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