List Name Administration

In Catalog, you often have the need to define specific lists.  List Names allows you do define the names of lists that you can use.  List Names and List Items form the part of Catalog called taxonomy.

List Names List

Selecting List Names from the Linkbar will present you with a list of the lists defined in Catalog.

Toolbar

In conjuction with selecting one or more checkboxes in the list, the Toolbar provides the following functions:

• Publish the selected list(s).
• Unpublish the selected list(s).
• Edit a selected list.
• Add a new list
• Delete the selected list(s).

Filters

You can filter the list by the following:

• Part of a string in the title of a list.

List Interaction

You can interact with the list of names in the following ways:

• Click the linked column headers to change the sort order of the list and to reverse the sort direction.
• In the Title column, click the first link to edit the list.
• In the Published column, click the icons to toggle between published and unpublished states.
• In the Order column, click the up and down arrow icons to weight the ordering in different directions.
• Use the list pagination features as you would for any other component.

Related Information

The table also shows how many items have been created in each list (see List Items Administration).

Quick Add

The quick add feature allows you to generate many list names in on operation.  Type as many list names in the text box, each list name on a new line.  Click Add Items and the lists will be created automatically for you.  This is the recommended way to create all new list names.

Adding or Editting a List Name

Toolbar

The Toolbar provides the following functions:

• Save the current item but as a new copy of the original item (Save To Copy).  Any change made are saved with the new item, not the original.
• Save the current item and then returns you to add another (Save & New).
• Save the current item and return to the list.
• Apply the changes made to the current item and return to the same page to continue edits.
• Cancel the edits without saving and return to the list.

This page allows you to manage the following fields:

• Title - A human readable title for the list
• Name - A unique name for the list (a suggestion is automatically generated for you when you tab out of the Title).
  
• Order - the weighted order for the item.  Negative numbers rise to the top of lists, and positive numbers sink to the bottom.  The order values do not need to be sequential.

Additional Comments

List Names are required before you can use List Items to actually define what will be in the list.