# Courses

### 1. Create Joomla Categories and Articles for Courses

The Courses page of the template is built with Joomla articles, and you're supposed to create different categories and articles.

* Please go to Admin > Content > Categories > Create new categories
* Create new articles and assign them to those categories
* Go to the tab "Article Type Options" > Select Article Type > *Regular / Video / Gallery / Audio / Review / Quote*

![Create a course article](https://3301969549-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FoBBXF4uM9fQS8Kd3Rdft%2Fuploads%2FGw1UuUXk3cZT6QmOvYJ6%2Fcourses-article-content.jpg?alt=media\&token=561cd98a-f453-4b78-bda1-73a2bfe31eb9)

### 2. Create lessons for the course

* After that, please go to the tab "Curriculum", and click the green button to create lessons for the course
* Select the content type "Section" and Section title
* Click the plus green button at the right corner to add a new section or content
* Select the content type: Content -> Enter the content title, duration
* Select the lesson type **"Video or Embed"**
* With Video, you need to insert the Video URL (from YouTube or Vimeo)
* With Embed, you're supposed to copy the Iframe code of your video and add it to the Embed box

{% hint style="info" %}
Download link: You're supposed to go to Content > Media library > upload your learning material (pdf files) there. Then you'll be able to have options to choose the download link. 
{% endhint %}

![](https://3301969549-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FoBBXF4uM9fQS8Kd3Rdft%2Fuploads%2FVVPyQCv8Zz1mK7r1RZyB%2Fcourses-create-curriculum.jpg?alt=media\&token=ec268a2b-16e0-4c88-8d76-8c186aa5834e)

### 3. How to create the contact info in a detailed course

![](https://3301969549-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FoBBXF4uM9fQS8Kd3Rdft%2Fuploads%2FEO8Q0mQzwkGe8ln7OWDI%2Fcontact-in-detail-course.jpg?alt=media\&token=d8e2c98a-a47b-4ffc-ba88-d566cf51a3c0)

* Please go to template styles > open the default style (tz\_pethub - Default) > Article / Blog > Enable Course Data
* You can add the course contact link with your email address
* Enable the reCaptcha option and choose a Captcha type
* Add your contact information and contact agreement

![Course contact information](https://3301969549-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FoBBXF4uM9fQS8Kd3Rdft%2Fuploads%2Fi2OUlYnnCTWjxVXOcbtp%2Fsingle-article-course-contact.jpg?alt=media\&token=72de6d28-6530-4e46-9582-134cf5f366a0)

### 4. Add a new menu item

This step is to add a new menu item for the Courses page so that it can display properly in the main menu

* Go to **Admin > Menus > Main menu > Add new**
* Menu item type: Articles > Category Blog
* Select your category
* Template style: **tz\_pethub - Default**

![](https://3301969549-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FoBBXF4uM9fQS8Kd3Rdft%2Fuploads%2F5WMV41KrwjxvvVdLe1fK%2Fcourses-menu.jpg?alt=media\&token=5fd347fe-95e5-440e-8771-95a7bab2bbbb)