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   4  <title>Menu Format - Table Content Category</title>
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   7  <body><strong class="title">Menu Item Format: <span class="hs_header01"><strong><strong>Table
   8  - Content Category</strong></strong></span></strong>
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  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>Table - Content
  13                      Category</strong> Menu Item adds a link to a Content Category,
  14                      displaying the category as a table that lists all published
  15            Content Items in this category as clickable titles.</p>
  16            <strong>Details</strong>
  17            <ul>
  18                 <li><strong>Name&nbsp;:</strong> Enter the name of the Menu
  19                      Item as you want it to appear on the menu of your site.
  20                      If you leave this blank, the Category name will automatically
  21                      be used.</li>
  22                 <li><strong>Category
  23                           :</strong> Select one published Category.</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 *Top*
  27                           if you want the Menu Item to appear at the same level
  28                      as your primary navigation. You can also put the Menu Item
  29                      under an existing Menu Item by selecting that existing menu
  30                      item as parent.</li>
  31                 <li><strong>Ordering:</strong> By default, Mambo adds
  32                           new items to the end of the Menu Items list. After saving
  33                           or applying the new item, you can change its order when
  34                      editing, using a pull-down menu to select the item after
  35                      which the item will appear.</li>
  36                 <li><strong>Access Level:</strong> Sets who
  37                           can view this item</li>
  38                 <li><strong>Published:</strong> Sets whether
  39                           the Menu Item is published or not. By default, new menu
  40                      items are 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
  55                      you to set an image to appear to the left or right of the
  56                      Item on 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 Title:</strong> Show/Hide
  61                           the page(s) title.</li>
  62                 <li><strong>Page Class Suffix:</strong> Allows
  63                                     you to set customized styles for this page.
  64                                     The suffix you type here is automatically
  65                                     added to the CSS classes for this page, and
  66                                     will have to be defined in your template&#39;s
  67                      CSS stylesheet for usage.</li>
  68                 <li><strong>Back Button:</strong> Show or hide a &quot;Back&quot; button on
  69                      the bottom of the page to allow the user to return to the
  70                      previously viewed page.</li>
  71                 <li><strong>Order
  72                                          by:</strong> Controls the order that
  73                                          the Content Items will be displayed on
  74                                          the category page. In this drop-down
  75                                          menu, one of the following options can
  76                                          be selected:
  77                                     <ul>
  78                                     <li><strong>Default</strong>: Arranges items according to the order shown
  79                                                                             in the Content
  80                                          Items Manager (Content -&gt; All
  81                                                                   Content Items)</li>
  82                                     <li><strong>Title Alphabetical</strong>: Arranges items in alphabetical
  83                                                              order</li>
  84                                     <li><strong>Title Reverse-Alphabetical</strong>: Arranges items in reverse
  85                                                              alphabetical order</li>
  86                                     <li><strong>Ordering</strong>: Arranges items according to the order
  87                                                                             set in the Content
  88                                          Items Manager (Content -&gt; All
  89                                                                   Content Items)</li>
  90                                     </ul>
  91                 </li>
  92                 <li><strong>Date Format:</strong> Set the format for the
  93                                dates of items to be displayed in the category
  94                      table. (See the Administration Manual for detailed information).</li>
  95                 <li><strong>Date
  96                                Column</strong>: Show/Hide the date column on the
  97                                category table. You can use the option set in the
  98                                Global Configuration page (Site -&gt; Global Configuration) by setting this
  99                                option to *Use Global*, or you can override the Global
 100                                Configuration setting (for the category table page only)
 101                      by setting this option to &quot;Show&quot; or &quot;Hide&quot;.</li>
 102                 <li><strong>Author
 103                                Column</strong>: Show/Hide the author column on
 104                                the category table. You can use the option set
 105                                in the Global Configuration page (Site -&gt; Global Configuration)
 106                                by setting this option to &quot;Use Global&quot;, or
 107                                you can override the Global Configuration setting (for
 108                                the category table page only) by setting this option
 109                      to &quot;Show&quot; or &quot;Hide&quot;.</li>
 110                 <li><strong>Hits
 111                                Column:</strong> Show/Hide the Hits column on the
 112                                category page that shows the number of hits for
 113                                each item. You can use the option set in the Global
 114                                Configuration page (Site -&gt; Global Configuration)
 115                                by setting this option to *Use Global* or you can
 116                                override the Global Configuration setting (for
 117                                the category pages only).</li>
 118                 <li><strong>Table Headings</strong>:
 119                                     Show/Hide the headings (*Date,* *Item Title,*
 120                      *Author,* and *Hits*) on the category page.</li>
 121                 <li><strong>Navigation
 122                                Bar:</strong> Show/Hide the Navigation bar on the
 123                                category page. The Navigation bar shows links to
 124                                other pages,&nbsp; such
 125                      as, &lt;&lt; Start &lt; Prev 1 2 Next &gt; End &gt;&gt;.</li>
 126                 <li><strong>Order
 127                                Select:</strong> Show/Hide the Order Select dropdown
 128                                on the category page. The Order Select dropdown
 129                                provides several options for your site&#39;s users
 130                                to change the order in which the items are displayed
 131                                on the category page.
 132                                Changes that users make in the Order Select don&#39;t
 133                      affect the display for other users.</li>
 134                 <li><strong>Display Select</strong>:
 135                                     Show/Hide the Display Number dropdown (detailed
 136                      below) on the category page.</li>
 137                 <li><strong>Display Number:</strong> Sets
 138                                     the default number of items to be displayed
 139                      in the Display Number dropdown on the category page. The
 140                      Display Number dropdown controls the number of items that
 141                      users see at one time on the category page.</li>
 142                 <li><strong>Filter:</strong> Show/Hide
 143                      the Filter text box on the category page. </li>
 144                 <li><strong>Filter
 145                                Field:</strong> Controls which field the filter
 146                                applies to. Options are *Author*  *Title*
 147                                 and *Hits* (number of hits that
 148                      the item has had).</li>
 149                 <li><strong>Other Categories:</strong> Show/Hide
 150                                     other categories when viewing a specific content
 151                      category. When set to show, the displayed category titles
 152                      will act as clickable links.</li>
 153                 <li><strong>Empty categories :</strong> Show/Hide
 154                                empty categories (categories containing no Content
 155                      Items).</li>
 156                 <li><strong># Category Items :</strong> Show/Hide the number of
 157                      items for each category displayed.</li>
 158                 <li><strong>Category
 159                                Description:</strong> Show/Hide the descriptions
 160                                of other content categories. These category descriptions
 161                                appear under the category name in the list of categories,
 162                                which appears under the table of&nbsp; content
 163                      items details.</li>
 164                 </ul></td>
 165       </tr>     <tr>
 166            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Toolbar Icons: </td>
 167            <td valign="top" class="data"><ul>
 168                 <li><strong>Back:</strong> Return to the previous page.</li>
 169                 <li><strong>Save: </strong>Save your changes. </li>
 170                 <li><strong>Apply: </strong>Apply your changes to the site without
 171                      saving. </li>
 172                 <li><strong>Cancel: </strong>Cancel the present operation without
 173                      saving.</li>
 174            </ul></td>
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