Categories Manager: New/Edit

This page is shown when you are creating or editing a Category.

This page is called from:

 

Toolbar Icons

Upload: Opens a new popup window which lets you upload a file or an image from your computer to /media folder.

Save: Saves the Category and returns to previous screen.

Apply: Saves changes and remains to this screen.

Cancel: Cancels changes and returns to previous screen.

Help: This Help Screen

 

Category Details

Section: While adding a new Category, you can select the Section that it will belong. While editing is non editable and shows the Section this Category belongs.

Category Title: Type here the title of the Category as you want to be displayed in this site.

Category Name: Type here the name of the Category as you want to be displayed as heading.

SEO title: Type here a Search Engines and Human-Friendly page title. Use only latin characters. Instead of spaces use '-' or '_' characters. It will be used only if SEO Pro is enabled, but it is a good habit to always fill it.

Image: If you want, you can select an image that will be used next to Category's description text. The dropdown lists images from the images/stories folder.

Image position: Select the position of this image. Available options are Left or right.

Ordering: Select here the order this Category is listed. Also affects the order Categories are displayed in the Front-End. New categories by default are placed to the last position. Ordering can be changed after applying or saving changes.

Access Level: Select the user group a user must belong, in order to view this Category and its contents.

Published: Select "Yes" to make it available to this site. Select "No" to hide it. It also hides all items that belong to this Category.

Languages: Select the language(s) under which this Category will be available. If you select "All", it will be available and viewable, under all languages.

Description: You can type a descriptional text for this Category.

 

Bellow Description, there are a number of special buttons. By default there are 'Image', 'Page Break' and 'Flash Video'. These are shortcuts for inserting Bots code. For example, clicking the 'Page Break' button, will insert '{mospagebreak}'. Alternatively, you can insert by hand Bots code. Effect is the same.
You can install and use more Bots.

 

The following parameters will only show after saving or applying changes for the first time.

 

Link to Menu

Provides an alternative way to create a new menu item of one of the following types "Content Category Table", "Content Category Blog", "Content Category Archive Blog" that links to this Category.

Select a Menu: Select the menu that you want the menu item to be created in.

Menu Type: Select the type of the menu item.

Menu Item Name: Type the name of the menu item.

Link to Menu: Click this button to create the new menu item.

Existing Menu Links: Displays a list of all menu items that reference this Category.