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