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   4  <title>Menu Format - Blog Content Category Archive</title>
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   7  <body><strong class="title">Menu Item Format: <span class="hs_header01"><strong>Blog
   8  - Content Category Archive</strong></span></strong>
   9  <table width="100%"  border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
  10       <tr>
  11            <td width="16%" align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Purpose:</td>
  12            <td width="84%" valign="top" class="data"><p>The <strong>Blog
  13                           - Content Category Archive</strong> Menu Item adds a link that lists in a &quot;blog&quot; format
  14                      the archived items in a particular Content Category within
  15                      a Section. The list of Archived Items can be accessed through
  16            Content -&gt; Archives Manager.</p>
  17                 <strong>Details</strong>
  18                 <ul>
  19                      <li><strong>Name :</strong> Enter the name of the Menu
  20                           Item as you want it to appear on the menu of your
  21                           site.</li>
  22                      <li><strong>Category :</strong> Here you may select all,
  23                           one or multiple categories.</li>
  24                      <li><strong>URL :</strong> (The URL for this item will&nbsp;appear
  25                           after Apply/Save.)</li>
  26                      <li><strong>Parent Item :</strong> Select &quot;Top&quot; if
  27                           you want the Menu Item to appear at the same level as
  28                           your primary navigation. You can also put the Menu Item
  29                           under an existing Menu Item by selecting that existing
  30                           Menu Item as parent.</li>
  31                      <li><strong>Ordering:</strong> By default, Mambo adds new
  32                           items to the end of the existing Menu Items list. After
  33                           saving or applying the new item, you can change its
  34                           order when editing, using a pull-down menu to select
  35                           the item after which the item will appear.</li>
  36                      <li><strong>Access Level:</strong> Sets who can view this
  37                           item.</li>
  38                      <li><strong>Published:</strong> Sets whether the Menu Item
  39                           is published or not. By default, new Menu Items are
  40                           set to be published.</li>
  41                 </ul></td>
  42       </tr>
  43       <tr>
  44            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Usage:</td>
  45            <td valign="top" class="data">n/a</td>
  46       </tr>
  47       <tr>
  48            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Default State: </td>
  49            <td valign="top" class="data">n/a</td>
  50       </tr>
  51       <tr>
  52            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Parameters:</td>
  53            <td valign="top" class="data"><ul>
  54                 <li><strong><strong>Menu Image:</strong></strong> Allows you to
  55                      set an image to appear to the left or right of the Item on
  56                      themenu. The image must be placed in the /images/stories
  57                      directory. Note: The &#39;Show Menu Items&#39; option located
  58                      in the parameters at Modules -&gt; Site Modules -&gt; [name-of-menu]
  59                      must be set to &#39;Yes&#39;.</li>
  60                 <li><strong>Page Class Suffix:</strong> Allows you to set customized
  61                      styles for this page. The suffix you type here is automatically
  62                      added to the CSS classes for this page, and will have to
  63                      be defined in your template&#39;s CSS stylesheet for usage.</li>
  64                 <li><strong>Back Button:</strong> Controls whether to show or
  65                      hide a &quot;Back&quot; text link that would appear on the
  66                      bottom of the page and return the user to the previously
  67                      viewed page. The pull down lets select &#39;Use Global&#39; to
  68                      use the parameter as defined globally through the Site-&gt;Global
  69                      Configuration, &#39;Hide&#39; or &#39;Show&#39;.</li>
  70                 <li><strong>Page Title:</strong> Text to display at the top of
  71                      the page.</li>
  72                 <li><strong>Page Title:</strong> Hides or shows the
  73                      Page Title text (defined in the field described above).</li>
  74                 <li><strong># Leading:</strong> Number of items to display as
  75                      leading (running the width of the display area on the page).
  76                      These items will display with the introductory text shown
  77                      as defined in a content item&#39;s Intro Text field.</li>
  78                 <li><strong># Intro:</strong> Number of items to display with
  79                      the introductory text shown (as defined in a Content Item&#39;s
  80                      Intro Text field) in the columns as defined hereafter (if
  81                      only one column is chosen, these items will display in the
  82                      same way as the #Leading Items).</li>
  83                 <li><strong>Columns:</strong> Number of columns used to display
  84                      items whose introductory text is displayed.</li>
  85                 <li><strong># Links:</strong> Number of items to display as linked
  86                      titles, with no introductory text. These items will appear
  87                      under the leading items and items with the Intro Text showing.</li>
  88                 <li><strong>Order by:</strong> This controls the order that
  89                      the items will be displayed in. The setting in the Category
  90                      Order field (described above) takes precedence. In this drop-down
  91                      menu, one of the following options can be selected:</li>
  92                 <ul>
  93                           <li> &#39;Default&#39;: Arranges items according to
  94                                the order set for the specific category in the
  95                                Content Items </li>
  96                           <li> &#39;Oldest first&#39;: Arranges items in chronological
  97                                order, with the oldest items first. </li>
  98                           <li> &#39;Most recent first&#39;: Arranges items in
  99                                chronological order, with the newest items first. </li>
 100                           <li> &#39;Title Alphabetical&#39;: Arranges items by
 101                                title in alphabetical order. </li>
 102                           <li> &#39;Title Reverse-Alphabetical&#39;: Arranges
 103                                items by title in reverse alphabetical order. </li>
 104                           <li>&#39;Author Alphabetical&#39;: Arranges items by
 105                           author in alphabetical order. </li>
 106                           <li> &#39;Author Reverse-Alphabetical&#39;: Arranges
 107                                items by author in reverse alphabetical order. </li>
 108                           <li> &#39;Most Hits&#39;: Arranges items according to
 109                                the number of hits, with the items with the most
 110                                hits first. </li>
 111                           <li> &#39;Least Hits&#39;: Arranges items according
 112                                to the number of hits, with the items with the
 113                                least hits first.</li>
 114                           <li>'Ordering': Manual ordering. </li>
 115                 </ul>
 116                 <li><strong>Pagination:</strong> Hides, shows or sets to &#39;auto&#39; the
 117                      pagination of page items. The Pagination shows links to other
 118                      pages on the list of items (such as &lt;&lt; Start &lt; Prev
 119                      1 2 Next &gt; End &gt;&gt;).</li>
 120                 <li><strong>Pagination Results:</strong> Hides or shows the Pagination
 121                      Results information (the number of items to be displayed
 122                      on the page, such as &#39;Results 1-6 of 6&#39;).</li>
 123                 <li><strong>MOSImages:</strong> Hides or shows images displayed
 124                      by the tag. These images are defined within each Content
 125                      Item.</li>
 126                 <li><strong>Section Name:</strong> Hides or shows the name of
 127                      the section to which each item belongs. If this option is
 128                      turned on, each item&#39;s section name will be shown under
 129                      the item&#39;s title on the home page.</li>
 130                 <li><strong>Section Name Linkable:</strong> Enables you to make
 131                      each item&#39;s section name linkable. Applies only when
 132                      the Section Name option (described above) is set to &#39;Show.&#39;</li>
 133                 <li><strong>Item Title:</strong> Hides or shows the titles for
 134                      items on the page.</li>
 135            </ul>
 136                 <p>For each of the following nine items listed below, you can
 137                      use the option selected in the Global Configuration settings
 138                      (Site -&gt; Global Configuration) by selecting &#39;Use Global&#39; or
 139                      you can override the Global Configuration setting by selecting &#39;Show&#39; or &#39;Hide.&#39; Overriding
 140                      the settings here for items will not affect the Global Configuration
 141                      settings and will not affect the settings on the rest of
 142                      the site.Linked Titles: Enables you to make item titles linked.
 143                      The link will go to the item page.</p>
 144                 <ul>
 145                      <li><strong>Linked Titles</strong>: Enable the Content Items'
 146                           titles to be hyperlinks to the Content Item.  </li>
 147                      <li><strong>Read More:</strong> Hides or shows
 148                           the &#39;Read
 149                           more&#39; link that appears after the introductory text
 150                           of Content Items. The link will go to the Content Item
 151                           in full.</li>
 152                      <li><strong>Item Rating:</strong> Hides or shows ratings
 153                           given to home page items by your site&#39;s users.</li>
 154                      <li><strong>Author Names:</strong> Hides or shows the names
 155                           of authors of items.</li>
 156                      <li><strong>Created Date and Time:</strong> Hides or shows
 157                           the date and time the items were created.</li>
 158                      <li><strong>Modified Date and Time:</strong> Hides or shows
 159                           the date and time the items were last modified.</li>
 160                      <li><strong>PDF Icon:</strong> Hides or shows the icon and
 161                           link to the PDF version of the items.</li>
 162                      <li><strong>Print Icon:</strong> Hides or shows the icon
 163                           and link to the printer-friendly format of the items.</li>
 164                      <li><strong>Email Icon:</strong> Hides or shows the icon
 165                           and link to the page that enables users to email items
 166                           to others.</li>
 167                 </ul>
 168            </td>
 169       </tr>     <tr>
 170            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Toolbar Icons: </td>
 171            <td valign="top" class="data"><ul>
 172                 <li><strong>Back:</strong> Return to the previous page.</li>
 173                 <li><strong>Save: </strong>Save your changes. </li>
 174                 <li><strong>Apply: </strong>Apply your changes to the site without
 175                      saving. </li>
 176                 <li><strong>Cancel: </strong>Cancel the present operation without
 177                      saving.</li>
 178            </ul></td>
 179       </tr>
 180  </table>
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