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The Table - Content
Category Menu Item adds a link to a Content Category,
displaying the category as a table that lists all published
Content Items in this category as clickable titles.
Details
- Name : Enter the name of the Menu
Item as you want it to appear on the menu of your site.
If you leave this blank, the Category name will automatically
be used.
- Category
: Select one published Category.
- URL : (The URL for this item will appear
after 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 Title: Show/Hide
the page(s) title.
- 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: Show or hide a "Back" button on
the bottom of the page to allow the user to return to the
previously viewed page.
- Order
by: Controls the order that
the Content Items will be displayed on
the category page. In this drop-down
menu, one of the following options can
be selected:
- Default: Arranges items according to the order shown
in the Content
Items Manager (Content -> All
Content Items)
- Title Alphabetical: Arranges items in alphabetical
order
- Title Reverse-Alphabetical: Arranges items in reverse
alphabetical order
- Ordering: Arranges items according to the order
set in the Content
Items Manager (Content -> All
Content Items)
- Date Format: Set the format for the
dates of items to be displayed in the category
table. (See the Administration Manual for detailed information).
- Date
Column: Show/Hide the date column on the
category table. You can use the option set in the
Global Configuration page (Site -> Global Configuration) by setting this
option to *Use Global*, or you can override the Global
Configuration setting (for the category table page only)
by setting this option to "Show" or "Hide".
- Author
Column: Show/Hide the author column on
the category table. You can use the option set
in the Global Configuration page (Site -> Global Configuration)
by setting this option to "Use Global", or
you can override the Global Configuration setting (for
the category table page only) by setting this option
to "Show" or "Hide".
- Hits
Column: Show/Hide the Hits column on the
category page that shows the number of hits for
each item. You can use the option set in the Global
Configuration page (Site -> Global Configuration)
by setting this option to *Use Global* or you can
override the Global Configuration setting (for
the category pages only).
- Table Headings:
Show/Hide the headings (*Date,* *Item Title,*
*Author,* and *Hits*) on the category page.
- Navigation
Bar: Show/Hide the Navigation bar on the
category page. The Navigation bar shows links to
other pages, such
as, << Start < Prev 1 2 Next > End >>.
- Order
Select: Show/Hide the Order Select dropdown
on the category page. The Order Select dropdown
provides several options for your site's users
to change the order in which the items are displayed
on the category page.
Changes that users make in the Order Select don't
affect the display for other users.
- Display Select:
Show/Hide the Display Number dropdown (detailed
below) on the category page.
- Display Number: Sets
the default number of items to be displayed
in the Display Number dropdown on the category page. The
Display Number dropdown controls the number of items that
users see at one time on the category page.
- Filter: Show/Hide
the Filter text box on the category page.
- Filter
Field: Controls which field the filter
applies to. Options are *Author* *Title*
and *Hits* (number of hits that
the item has had).
- Other Categories: Show/Hide
other categories when viewing a specific content
category. When set to show, the displayed category titles
will act as clickable links.
- Empty categories : Show/Hide
empty categories (categories containing no Content
Items).
- # Category Items : Show/Hide the number of
items for each category displayed.
- Category
Description: Show/Hide the descriptions
of other content categories. These category descriptions
appear under the category name in the list of categories,
which appears under the table of content
items details.
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