Joomla Blog

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In Joomla 1.5 and earlier, Sections were used as top level organizational units in the Joomla Article storage system. Each Section contained Categories, which then contained Joomla Articles.

The removal of Sections along with the ability to nest Categories was one of the most helpful improvements made to the newer Joomla Article storage system. Beginning with Joomla 1.6, website owners had much more flexibility with the layout of their content than they did in previous Joomla versions.

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The upper level organizational element in Joomla used to contain similar Articles.

Storing content in Joomla is similar to storing content on your computer system. Just like your computer uses folders to organize files, Joomla uses Categories to store and organize website Articles.