How to access
Click the Article Manager icon in the Control Panel, or click 'Article Manager' in the 'Content' menu in the Back-end.

Description
The Article Manager is the place in the back-end where you can add and manage all of the articles for your web site.

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Column Headers

Click on the column heading to sort the list by that column's value.

• #. An indexing number automatically assigned for ease of reference.

• Checkbox. Check this box to select one or more items.

• Title. The name of the item.

• Published. The Article's Published status. The possible values are shown under the main window, as shown below:

   

• Front Page. Whether or not the Article will show on the Front Page.

• Order. The order to display items. If the list is sorted by this column, you can change the order by clicking the arrows or by entering the sequential order and clicking 'Save Order'.

• Access Level. Who has access to this item. Current options are:

  • Public: Everyone has access

  • Registered: Only registered users have access

  • Special: Only users with author status or higher have access

You can change an item's Access Level by clicking on the icon in the column.

• Section. The Section this item belongs to.

• Category. The Category this item belongs to.

• Author. Name of the User who created this item.

• Date. The date this Article was created.

• Hits. The number of hits for an Article. A hit is the number of times a page has been viewed.

• ID. The ID number. This is a unique identification number for this item assigned automatically.

• Display #. The number of items to display on one page.

Toolbar

At the top right you will see the following toolbar:

The functions are:

• Unarchive. To remove one or more Articles from Archived status.

• Archive. To change one or more Articles to Archived status.

• Publish. To publish one or more items, select them and click on this button.

• Unpublish. To unpublish one or more items, select them and click on this button.

• Move. Select one or more items and click on this button to move them.

• Copy. Select one or more items and click this button to copy them.

• Trash. Select one or more Articles and click on this button to move them to the Trash Manager.

• Edit. Select one item and click on this button to open it in edit mode. If you have more than one item selected, the first item will be opened.

• New. Click on this button to create a new item. You will enter the New page for this item.

• Parameters. Click this button to open the Global Configuration window. This window allows you to set default parameters for Articles.

List Filter

Filter by Section, Category, Author, Published State

In the upper right area, above the column headings, are 4 drop-down list boxes as shown below:

The selections may be combined. Only items matching all selections will display in the list.

• Select Section. Use the drop-down list box to select the desired Section. Only items in this Section will display.

• Select Category. Use the drop-down list box to select the desired Category. Only items in this Category will display.

• Select Author. Use the drop-down list box to select the desired Author.

• Select State. Use the drop-down list box to select the published state: Published or Unpublished.

Global Configuration

This pop-up screen is shown when the User clicks the 'Parameters' button on the Toolbar.

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Column Headers

• Show Unauthorized Links. (No/Yes). Whether or not to show links to Articles that the User is not authorized to access. If set to No, Users will only see links to Articles that they may access. If set to Yes, every User will see all Article links, whether or not they can access them. In this case, a link to the User Login page will display below the Article Title.

• Show Article Title. (No/Yes) Whether or not to show the title of the article.

• Title Linkable. (No/Yes) Whether or not the Title of the Article will be a hyperlink to the Article.

• Show Intro Text. (Hide/Show) Hide or Show an Article's Intro Text when the 'Read more...' link is selected. Intro Text is the part of the Article before a 'Read more...' break. If this parameter is 'Show', when the User selects the 'Read more...' link, the entire article will display, including the Intro Text. If this parameter is 'Hide', when the User selects the 'Read more...' link, only the part of the Article after the 'Read more...' link will display.

• Section Name. (Hide/Show) Whether or not the Section Name will display.

• Section Title Linkable. (No/Yes) Whether or not the Title of the Section will be a hyperlink to the Section page.

• Category Title. (Hide/Show) Whether or not the Category Title will display.

• Category Title Linkable. (No/Yes) Whether or not the Title of the Category will be a hyperlink to the Category page.

• Author Name. (Hide/Show) Whether or not to display the Author Name.

• Created Date and Time. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display the date and time the Article was created.

• Modified Date and Time. (Hide/Show) Whether or not to display the date and time the Article was last modified.

• Show Navigation. (Hide/Show) Whether or not to show a navigation link (e.g., Next, Previous) between Articles.

• Read More... Link. (Hide/Show) Whether or not to show the "Read More..." link to link from the part of the Article before the "Read More..." break to the rest of the Article.

• Article Rating/Voting. (Hide/Show) Whether or not to display the Article Rating/Voting module.

• Icons. (Hide/Show) Whether the PDF, Print, and E-mail buttons for the Article will display as Icons or Text. If set to Hide, these buttons will display as Text ("PDF", "Print", and "E-mail"). If set to Show, they will display as Icons. Note that these buttons only display if the individual options are set to Show.

• PDF Icon. (Hide/Show) Whether or not to display a button to allow the Article to be rendered in a new window in PDF format. This allows the User to view, print, or save the Article as a PDF file.

• Print Icon. (Hide/Show) Whether or not to display a button to allow the Article to be printed. This allows the User to print the current Article in a printer-friendly format.

• E-mail Icon. (Hide/Show) Whether or not to display a button to allow a link to the Article to be e-mailed. This displays a form that allows the user to send an e-mail with a link to the current Article.

• Hits. The number of hits for an Article. A hit is the number of times a page has been viewed. Hits can be reset to 0 in the Article Manager - New/Edit screen.

• For each feed item show. (Intro Text/Full Text) If set to Intro Text, only the intro text of each feed item will show. If set to Full Text, the whole article will show in the newsfeed.

 

 Filter Examples

Example One:

To allow people in your Author group to only submit content with basic HTML tags, use the following settings:

• In the Filter groups box, select Registered and Author.

• Select White List as the Filter type

• Set the Filter tags to: p, b, i, em, br, a, ul, ol, li, img

• Set the Filter attributes to: href, target, src

In this example, no filtering will be done for members of the Editor, Publisher, Manager, Administrator, and Super Administrator groups.

Example Two:

To apply the default black-list filtering to all groups except for Admin and Super Admin, use the following settings:

• In the Filter groups box, select all groups except Admin and Super Admin.

• Select Black List as the Filter type.

• Leave the Filter Tags and Filter attributes fields empty.

In this example, no filtering will be done for members of the Administrator and Super Administrator groups.

Example Three:

If you allow others you do not know (and therefore have no reason to trust) to submit articles on your Web site, the safest (and most restrictive) filtering is as follows:

• In the Site → Global Configuration → System, set "New Registration Type" to "Author".

• In the Filter groups box, select Registered and Author.

• In the Filter Type, select "No html".

This will not allow an author to use any HTML inside an article's content. In this example, no filtering will be done for members of the Editor, Publisher, Manager, Administrator, and Super Administrator groups.

Developers Notes

The filtering parameters in config.xml have the new parameter menu="hide". This hides the filters from the Menu Item's Component pane as you do not want cascading overrides to occur at the menu item level.

Quick Tips

• There were separate processes for creating a Static Content Item and normal Content Items. Both processes are now done just by adding Articles. Normal Content Items are now just called Articles, and Static Content Items are now called Uncategorized Articles.

• To create a static content item, create a new Article in the same way as for normal content and assign it to the 'Uncategorized' Section and Category. You can then use the Menu Item Type called Article Layout to show the Article in a page.

• When you are adding or editing an article, just press the 'Read more...' button located at the bottom of the screen, next to Image and Pagebreak buttons. This inserts a 'Read more...' break in the Article. The text before the break will display as the Intro Text, and the text after the break will display when the 'Read more...' link is pressed.