Managing Related Articles

Magazine Articles can be related together in an arbitrary way using Related Articles.

Related Articles List

Selecting Related Articles from the Linkbar will present you with a list of the related articles defined in Catalog.

Toolbar

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

• Publish the selected related article(es).
• Unpublish the selected related article(es).
• Edit a selected related article.
• Add a new related article
• Delete the selected related article(es).

Filters

You can filter the list by the following:

• Part of a string in the title of a related article.

List Interaction

You can interact with the list of related articles 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 relationship.
• In the Related Article 1 or Related Article 2 column, the outbound link allows you to edit the article.
• In the Published column, click the icons to toggle between published and unpublished states.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 related article.

Adding or Editing a Relationship

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.

Main Page

The add/edit page is divided into two main areas: a Title Block and a tabbed section.

The Title Block allows you to manage the following fields:

• Title - the title for the relationship.
• Alias - The alias for the relationship used in URLs when Search Engine Friendly URLs are activated.

General Tab

This tab allows you to manage the following fields:

• Description - the body text or desciption (note, in the screenshot the WYSiWYG editor buttons are collapsed for the sake of clarity).
• Published - allows you to set the item to a published or unpublished state.
  
• Access Level - The access level that controls who can view the item.
• 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.

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