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The Blog - Content
Category Menu Item Format adds a link that lists
published items from one or multiple Content Categories in
a "blog" format.
The blog format displays articles as a series of short summaries
of items on your site.
Details
- Name : Enter the name of
the Menu Item as you want it to appear on the menu of your
site.
- Category : Here you may select
all, one or multiple categories.
- 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 existing 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).
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'Title Reverse-Alphabetical':
Arranges items first by category in reverse
alphabetical order, then by the primary
order (as specified in the Primary Order
field).
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'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.
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'Most recent first':
Arranges items in chronological
order, with the newest items
first.
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'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.
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'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.
- Description: Show/Hide the
Category description.
- Description image: Show/Hide
the Category Description image.
- 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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