Joomla not showing articles

Question

For reference, This is what the site looks like,

here is the index.php and

here is the current template.css being used.

My problems are as follow:

1. Using the first menu, [Quem Somos] as example, I've created a category and under it I've put some articles. Using the default mod_mainmenu , how would I make it display a dropdown menu?

   I can't do it even if the primary menu items are created as lists of categories or, when the submenus are linked directly to articles and then these submenus are linked to a primary menu, the module just shows that one level pill menu shown. Do i need an extra module or something? am meddling with swmenufree but am guessing something basic as a dropdown menu fed by a category/section is something that should be built in.

2. In my quest for a 3 column template I've most definitively destroyed something and now whenever i click any link (all links have articles to back them up) the site just shows the same main page. clicking and typing (c&p actually) the entire URL in the address bar gets me nowhere also. The URL it shows is correct but what i keep seeing is the landing page

Answer 1

Looks like you're missing the following:

<jdoc:include type="component" />

Place this where you want your content to appear (your middle column)