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   4  <title>Menu Format - Blog Content Category</title>
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   7  <body><strong class="title">Menu Item Format: <strong>Blog
   8  - Content Category</strong></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 - Content
  13                      Category</strong> Menu Item Format adds a link that lists
  14                      published items from one or multiple Content Categories in
  15                      a &quot;blog&quot; format.
  16                      The blog format displays articles as a series of short summaries
  17            of items on your site.</p>
  18            <strong>Details</strong>
  19            <ul>
  20                 <li><strong>Name :</strong> Enter the name of
  21                      the Menu Item as you want it to appear on the menu of your
  22                      site.</li>
  23                 <li><strong>Category :</strong> Here you may select
  24                      all, one or multiple categories.</li>
  25                 <li><strong>URL :</strong> (The URL for this item
  26                      will&nbsp;appear
  27                           after Apply/Save.)</li>
  28                 <li><strong>Parent Item :</strong> Select &quot;Top&quot; if
  29                           you want the Menu Item to appear at the same level as
  30                      your primary navigation. You can also put the Menu Item under
  31                      an existing Menu Item by selecting that existing Menu Item
  32                      as parent.</li>
  33                 <li><strong>Ordering:</strong> By default, Mambo
  34                      adds new items to the end of the existing Menu Items list.
  35                      After saving or applying the new item, you can change its
  36                      order when editing, using a pull-down menu to select the
  37                      item after which the item will appear.</li>
  38                 <li><strong>Access Level:</strong> Sets who can view
  39                      this item.</li>
  40                 <li><strong>Published:</strong> Sets whether the
  41                      Menu Item is published or not. By default, new Menu Items
  42                      are set to be published.</li>
  43            </ul>          </td>
  44       </tr>
  45       <tr>
  46            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Usage:</td>
  47            <td valign="top" class="data">n/a</td>
  48       </tr>
  49       <tr>
  50            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Default State: </td>
  51            <td valign="top" class="data">n/a</td>
  52       </tr>
  53       <tr>
  54            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Parameters:</td>
  55            <td valign="top" class="data"><ul>
  56                 <li><strong><strong>Menu Image:</strong></strong> Allows you to
  57                      set an image to appear to the left or right of the Item on
  58                      themenu. The image must be placed in the /images/stories
  59                      directory. Note: The &#39;Show Menu Items&#39; option located
  60                      in the parameters at Modules -&gt; Site Modules -&gt; [name-of-menu]
  61                      must be set to &#39;Yes&#39;.</li>
  62                 <li><strong>Page Class Suffix:</strong> Allows
  63                           you to set customized styles for this page. The suffix
  64                           you type here is automatically added to the CSS classes
  65                           for this page, and will have to be defined in your template&#39;s
  66                      CSS stylesheet for usage.</li>
  67                 <li><strong>Back Button:</strong> Controls
  68                           whether to show or hide a &quot;Back&quot; text link
  69                           that would appear on the bottom of the page and return
  70                           the user to the previously viewed page. The pull down
  71                           lets select &#39;Use
  72                                Global&#39; to use the parameter as defined globally
  73                      through the Site-&gt;Global Configuration, &#39;Hide&#39; or &#39;Show&#39;.</li>
  74                 <li><strong>Page Title:</strong> Text to display
  75                      at the top of the page.</li>
  76                 <li><strong>Page Title:</strong> Hides
  77                                          or shows the Page Title text (defined
  78                      in the field described above).</li>
  79                 <li><strong># Leading:</strong> Number
  80                           of items to display as leading (running the width of
  81                      the display area on the page). These items will display with
  82                           the introductory text shown as defined in a content
  83                      item&#39;s
  84                      Intro Text field.</li>
  85                 <li><strong># Intro:</strong> Number
  86                                of items to display with the introductory text
  87                                shown (as defined in a Content Item&#39;s Intro
  88                                Text field) in the columns as defined hereafter
  89                                (if only one column is chosen, these items will
  90                      display in the same way as the #Leading Items).</li>
  91                 <li><strong>Columns:</strong> Number of columns
  92                                used to display items whose introductory text is
  93                      displayed.</li>
  94                 <li><strong># Links:</strong> Number of items
  95                                                         to display as linked titles,
  96                      with no introductory text. These items will appear under
  97                      the leading items and items with the Intro Text showing.</li>
  98                 <li><strong>Category Order:</strong> If the page
  99                                                              displays items from
 100                      several categories, the items can be grouped by category,
 101                      then by primary order (as specified in the Primary Order
 102                      field, described below). In this drop-down menu, one of the
 103                      following options can be selected:
 104                           <ul>
 105                                <li>
 106                                      &#39;No, order by primary ordering only&#39;:
 107                                                                        Arranges
 108                                          items only by primary order (as specified
 109                                                                        in the
 110                                          Primary Order field, described below),
 111                                     regardless of category. 
 112                                </li>
 113                                <li>
 114                                      &#39;Title Alphabetical&#39;: Arranges
 115                                          items first by category in alphabetical
 116                                          order, then by the primary order (as
 117                                          specified in the Primary Order field). 
 118                                </li>
 119                                <li>
 120                                      &#39;Title Reverse-Alphabetical&#39;:
 121                                          Arranges items first by category in reverse
 122                                          alphabetical order, then by the primary
 123                                          order (as specified in the Primary Order
 124                                          field). 
 125                                </li>
 126                                <li>
 127                                      &#39;Ordering&#39;: Arranges items first
 128                                                                        by category
 129                                          order as set in the Category Manager
 130                                          (Content -&gt;Category Manager), then
 131                                          by the primary order (as specified in
 132                                          the Primary Order field). 
 133                                </li>
 134                           </ul>
 135                      </li>
 136                 <li><strong>Primary Order:</strong> This controls
 137                                                              the order that the
 138                      items will be displayed in. The setting in the Category Order
 139                      field (described above) takes precedence. In this drop-down
 140                      menu, one of the following options can be selected:</li>
 141                 <ul>
 142                           <li>
 143                                 &#39;Default&#39;: Arranges
 144                                                    items according to the order
 145                                                    set for the specific category
 146                                          in the Content Items 
 147                           </li>
 148                                <li>
 149                                      Manager [section: Name-of-section]
 150                                               (Content -&gt;Content by Section). 
 151                                </li>
 152                                <li>
 153                                      &#39;Oldest first&#39;: Arranges
 154                                                    items in chronological order,
 155                                               with the oldest items first. 
 156                                </li>
 157                                <li>
 158                                      &#39;Most recent first&#39;:
 159                                                    Arranges items in chronological
 160                                                    order, with the newest items
 161                                          first. 
 162                                </li>
 163                                <li>
 164                                      &#39;Title Alphabetical&#39;:
 165                                                    Arranges items by title in
 166                                alphabetical order. </li>
 167                                <li> &#39;Title Reverse-Alphabetical&#39;: Arranges
 168                                     items by title in reverse alphabetical order.</li>
 169                                <li>
 170                                      &#39;Author Alphabetical&#39;:
 171                                                    Arranges items by author in
 172                                               alphabetical order. 
 173                                </li>
 174                                <li>
 175                                      &#39;Author Reverse-Alphabetical&#39;:
 176                                                    Arranges items by author in
 177                                               reverse alphabetical order. 
 178                                </li>
 179                                <li>
 180                                      &#39;Most Hits&#39;: Arranges
 181                                                    items according to the number
 182                                                    of hits, with the items with
 183                                          the most hits first. 
 184                                </li>
 185                                <li>
 186                                      &#39;Least Hits&#39;: Arranges
 187                                                    items according to the number
 188                                                    of hits, with the items with
 189                                     the least hits first.
 190                                </li>
 191                      </ul>
 192                 <li><strong>Pagination:</strong> Hides,
 193                                          shows or sets to &#39;auto&#39; the pagination
 194                                          of page items. The Pagination shows links
 195                                          to other pages on the list of items (such
 196                                          as &lt;&lt; Start &lt; Prev 1 2 Next &gt; End &gt;&gt;).</li>
 197                 <li><strong>Pagination Results:</strong> Hides
 198                                                                   or shows the
 199                           Pagination Results information (the number of items
 200                           to be displayed on the page, such as &#39;Results
 201                      1-6 of 6&#39;).</li>
 202                 <li><strong>MOSImages:</strong> Hides or shows
 203                                                                        images
 204                      displayed by the tag. These images are defined within each
 205                      Content Item.</li>
 206                 <li><strong>Description:</strong> Show/Hide the
 207                           Category description.</li>
 208                 <li><strong>Description image:</strong> Show/Hide
 209                                the Category Description image.</li>
 210                 <li><strong>Category Name:</strong> Hides
 211                                     or shows the name of the category to which
 212                           each item belongs. If this option is turned on, each
 213                                     item&#39;s category
 214                                                                   name will be shown under the item&#39;s
 215                                                                   title on the
 216                                home page.</li>
 217                 <li><strong>Category Name Linkable:</strong> Enables
 218                                                                   you to make
 219                           each item&#39;s category name linkable.
 220                                                                   Applies only when the Category Name option (described
 221                                above) is set to &#39;Show.&#39;</li>
 222                 <li><strong>Item Title:</strong> Hides or shows
 223                                     the titles for items on the page.</li>
 224            </ul>
 225                 <p>For each of the following nine items
 226                                     listed below, you can use the option selected
 227                           in the Global Configuration settings (Site -&gt; Global Configuration)
 228                                                                   by selecting &#39;Use Global&#39; or you can override
 229                                                                   the Global Configuration setting by selecting &#39;Show&#39; or &#39;Hide.&#39; Overriding
 230                                                                   the settings
 231                                                                   here for items
 232                                                                   will not affect
 233                                                                   the Global Configuration
 234                                                                   settings and
 235                                                                   will not affect
 236                                                                   the settings
 237                                                                   on the rest
 238                                                                   of the site.Linked
 239                                                                   Titles: Enables
 240                                                                   you to make
 241                                                                   item titles
 242                                                                   linked. The
 243                                                                   link will go
 244                                                                   to the item
 245                 page.</p>               
 246                 <ul>
 247                      <li><strong>Linked Titles</strong>:  Enable the Content Items'
 248                      titles to be hyperlinks to the Content Item. </li>
 249                      <li><strong>Read More:</strong> Hides or shows
 250                           the &#39;Read more&#39; link that appears after the
 251                           introductory text of Content Items. The link will go
 252                      to the Content Item in full.</li>
 253                      <li><strong>Item Rating:</strong> Hides
 254                                          or shows ratings given to home page items
 255                           by your site&#39;s
 256                      users.</li>
 257                      <li><strong>Author Names:</strong> Hides or shows
 258                           the names of authors of items.</li>
 259                      <li><strong>Created Date and Time:</strong> Hides
 260                                or shows the date and time the items were created.</li>
 261                      <li><strong>Modified Date and Time:</strong> Hides
 262                                     or shows the date and time the items were
 263                           last modified.</li>
 264                      <li><strong>PDF Icon:</strong> Hides or shows
 265                                the icon and link to the PDF version of the items.</li>
 266                      <li><strong>Print Icon:</strong> Hides or shows
 267                                                                        the icon
 268                           and link to the printer-friendly format of the items.</li>
 269                      <li><strong>Email Icon:</strong> Hides or shows
 270                                                                        the icon
 271                           and link to the page that enables users to email items
 272                           to others.</li>
 273            </ul>               </td>
 274       </tr>     <tr>
 275            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Toolbar Icons: </td>
 276            <td valign="top" class="data"><ul><li><strong>Back:</strong> Return to the previous page.</li>
 277  
 278  <li><strong>Save: </strong>Save your changes. </li>
 279  
 280  <li><strong>Apply: </strong>Apply your changes to the site without saving. </li>
 281  
 282  <li><strong>Cancel: </strong>Cancel the present operation without saving.</li></ul></td>
 283       </tr>
 284  </table>
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