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