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The usual method is by categories and subcategories. Joomla! allows for multiple ways to display and use content controlled by categorisation. Some of the content types which have categorisation are <a href="/Article" title="Article">articles</a> (Main content of web pages), banners, contacts and web links. </p><p>Joomla! category named "Uncategorised" is the default category, assigned to any and all content types. The "Uncategorised" category is not descriptive and should be used on as needed basis for content types which do not fall under a specific category. </p><p>When creating and assigning categories, you should have a planned structure. As an example, this is one way of how you would categorise several Joomla <a href="/Article" title="Article">articles</a> on birds. Create two top article categories called "Animals" and "Plants". Under the "Animals" category, you might have sub categories called "Birds" and "Mammals". Under the "Birds" sub category, you might have 3 articles named "Hawks," "Parrots" and "Sparrows". </p> <ul><li>Animals <ul><li>Birds <ul><li>Hawks</li> <li>Parrots</li> <li>Sparrows</li></ul></li> <li>Mammals</li></ul></li></ul> <p>The example above could be expanded even more with specific articles on different species of Hawks, Parrots and Sparrows. 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