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The Blog - Content Section
Archive Menu Item adds a link that lists in a "blog" format
the archived items in a whole Content Section, as listed in the
Archive Manager (Content -> Archive Manager).
Details
- Name : Enter the name of the Menu Item as
you want it to appear on the menu of your site.
- Section : Here you may select all, one or
multiple sections.
- URL : (The URL for this item will appear
after you Apply/Save.)
- Parent Item : Select *Top* if you want the
Menu Item to appear at the same level as your primary navigation.
You can also put the menu item under an existing Menu Item
by selecting that existing menu item as parent.
- Ordering: By default, Mambo adds new items
to the end of the Menu Items list. After saving or applying
the new item, you can change its order when editing, using
a pull-down menu to select the item after which the item
will appear.
- Access Level: Sets who can view this item.
- Published: Sets whether the Menu Item is
published or not. By default, new Menu Items are set to be
published.
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Parameters: |
- Menu Image: Allows you to
set an image to appear to the left or right of the Item on
themenu. The image must be placed in the /images/stories
directory. Note: The 'Show Menu Items' option located
in the parameters at Modules -> Site Modules -> [name-of-menu]
must be set to 'Yes'.
- Page Class Suffix: Allows you to set customized
styles for this page. The suffix you type here is automatically
added to the CSS classes for this page, and will have to
be defined in your template's CSS stylesheet for usage.
- Back Button: Controls whether to show or
hide a "Back" text link that would appear on the
bottom of the page and return the user to the previously
viewed page. The pull down lets select 'Use Global' to
use the parameter as defined globally through the Site->Global
Configuration, 'Hide' or 'Show'.
- Page Title: Text to display at the top of
the page.
- Page Title: Hides or shows the Page Title
text (defined in the field described above).
- # Leading: Number of items to display as
leading (running the width of the display area on the page).
These items will display with the introductory text shown
as defined in a content item's Intro Text field.
- # Intro: Number of items to display with
the introductory text shown (as defined in a Content Item's
Intro Text field) in the columns as defined hereafter (if
only one column is chosen, these items will display in the
same way as the #Leading Items).
- Columns: Number of columns used to display
items whose introductory text is displayed.
- # Links: Number of items to display as linked
titles, with no introductory text. These items will appear
under the leading items and items with the Intro Text showing.
- Category Order: If the page displays items
from several categories, the items can be grouped by category,
then by primary order (as specified in the Primary Order
field, described below). In this drop-down menu, one of the
following options can be selected:
- 'No, order by primary ordering only':
Arranges items only by primary order (as specified
in the Primary Order field, described below),
regardless of category.
- 'Title Alphabetical': Arranges items
first by category in alphabetical order, then
by the primary order (as specified in the
Primary Order field).
- 'Title Reverse-Alphabetical': Arranges
items first by category in reverse alphabetical
order, then by the primary order (as specified
in the Primary Order field).
- 'Ordering': Arranges items first by
category order as set in the Category Manager
(Content ->Category Manager), then by the
primary order (as specified in the Primary
Order field).
- Primary Order: This controls the order that
the items will be displayed in. The setting in the Category
Order field (described above) takes precedence. In this drop-down
menu, one of the following options can be selected:
- 'Default': Arranges items according to the order
set for the specific category in the Content Items
- Manager [section: Name-of-section] (Content ->Content
by Section).
- 'Oldest first': Arranges items in chronological
order, with the oldest items first.
- 'Most recent first': Arranges items in chronological
order, with the newest items first.
- 'Title Alphabetical': Arranges items by title
in alphabetical order.
- 'Title Reverse-Alphabetical': Arranges items
by title in reverse alphabetical order.
- 'Author Alphabetical': Arranges items by author
in alphabetical order.
- 'Author Reverse-Alphabetical': Arranges items
by author in reverse alphabetical order.
- 'Most Hits': Arranges items according to the
number of hits, with the items with the most hits first.
- 'Least Hits': Arranges items according to the
number of hits, with the items with the least hits first.
- Pagination: Hides, shows or sets to 'auto' the
pagination of page items. The Pagination shows links to other
pages on the list of items (such as << Start < Prev
1 2 Next > End >>).
- Pagination Results: Hides or shows the Pagination
Results information (the number of items to be displayed
on the page, such as 'Results 1-6 of 6').
- MOSImages: Hides or shows images displayed
by the tag. These images are defined within each Content
Item.
- Category Name: Hides or shows the name of
the category to which each item belongs. If this option is
turned on, each item's category name will be shown under
the item's title on the home page.
- Category Name Linkable: Enables you to make
each item's category name linkable. Applies only when
the Category Name option (described above) is set to 'Show.'
- Item Title: Hides or shows the titles for
items on the page.
For each of the following nine items listed below, you can
use the option selected in the Global Configuration settings
(Site -> Global Configuration) by selecting 'Use Global' or
you can override the Global Configuration setting by selecting 'Show' or 'Hide.' Overriding
the settings here for items will not affect the Global Configuration
settings and will not affect the settings on the rest of
the site.Linked Titles: Enables you to make item titles linked.
The link will go to the item page.
- Linked Titles: Enable the Content Items'
titles to be hyperlinks to the Content Item.
- Read More: Hides or shows the 'Read
more' link that appears after the introductory text
of Content Items. The link will go to the Content Item
in full.
- Item Rating: Hides or shows ratings
given to home page items by your site's users.
- Author Names: Hides or shows the names
of authors of items.
- Created Date and Time: Hides or shows
the date and time the items were created.
- Modified Date and Time: Hides or shows
the date and time the items were last modified.
- PDF Icon: Hides or shows the icon and
link to the PDF version of the items.
- Print Icon: Hides or shows the icon
and link to the printer-friendly format of the items.
- Email Icon: Hides or shows the icon
and link to the page that enables users to email items
to others
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