Managing Articles

Description

Articles List

Selecting Articles from the Linkbar will present you with a list of the classes defined in Magazine.

Toolbar

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

• Publish the selected article(s).
• Unpublish the selected article(s).
• Edit a selected class.
• Add a new class
• Trash or delete the selected article(s).

Filters

You can filter the list by the following:

• Part of a string in the title of a article.
• The published state of the articles.
• The issue that the articles are in.
• The section that the article is in.

List Interaction

You can interact with the list of classes 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 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• In the Published column, click the icons to toggle between published and unpublished states.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 the name of the author assigned to the article and publication in which it resides.

Batch Update

You are able to batch change the something that articles belong to.  Select any number of articles from the list, then select the new something  that you want them to belong to, then click Process.

Tools

You able to generate sample content for demonstration purposes.

Adding or Editing an Article

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 class.
• Alias - The alias for the class used in URLs when Search Engine Friendly URLs are activated.
• Subtitle - The subtitle for the article.
• Article Link - A link that can be associated with the article.

Editor Tab

This tab allows you to manage the following fields:

• Summary - the summary text for the article.
• 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.
• Article Start Date - The date on which to start displaying the article.
• Article End Date - The date on which to end displaying the article.
• Article Publication - This is a read only field showing the publication in which the article resides.
• Article Section - The section that the article it to be placed in.
• Article Issue - The issue that the article will belong to.
• Article Author - The author assigned to this article.
• Article Date - A display and/or sort date for the article.
• Article Parent - Used to create side-bars within the parent article.
• Article Categories - Used to place the article in multiple categories

Media Tab

This tab you to manage the following Media settings for the class:

• Thumb - An option image path that could relate to a thumb sized image.
• Small - An option image path that could relate to a small sized image.
• Medium - An option image path that could relate to a medium sized image.
• Large - An option image path that could relate to a large sized image.
• Full Size - An option image path that could relate to a full size sized image.
• Caption - An optional caption that will be used for the any of the other preset sizes listed above.
• Gallery Folder - An optional path that will be examined for images to use in a popup gallery.  Images to be used for thumbs must be prefixed with "t_" and only images with thumbs are displayed.
• Custom Code - Optional custom code to be used for media such as Flash or other web objects.

For the five preset sizes, you can use the Media Manager to select the image by clicking the Select button beside each field.

This tab you to manage the following Map settings (supported by Google Maps) for the class:

• Longitude (X) - The latitude (X coordinate) for the map point.
• Latitude (Y) - The longitude (Y coordinate) for the map point.
• Map Width - The display width of the map (in pixels).
• Map Height - The display height of the map (in pixels).
• Initial Scale - The initial map scale (smaller numbers show more of the Earth).
• Map Zoom Control - Whether to display the zoom controls on the map.  A number of variations are available.
• Map Type Control - Whether to display the map type controls (Map, Satellite, etc).
• Map Overview Control - Whether to display an overview (birds-eye view) map within the main map.
• Map Scale Control - Whether to show the scale controls on the map.

If you have a Google Map key defined for your Administrator path (because Google looks at the path, you will need to obtain a map key for both the website and the administrator), then a simple location finder is provided beside the map fields.  Type in an address and click the Find button.  Use the zoom controls on the map to fine tune your location.  Pan around by clicking on the map and dragging it around (while holding the mouse button down).  Move the map marker by clicking on it and dragging it around (while holding the mouse button down, then release the button at the desired location).  When you are happy that the marker is in the correct location, click the Use This Point button and the coordinates will be updated.

Parameters Tab

This tab you to manage the following settings for the class:

• Presentation Layout - allows you to force the article to display in a particular layout from either the provided layouts or overrides in the active template.
• Show Article Icon - Which of the predefined media types to display on the page (if supported by the layout).
• Enable Comments - Eanable support for JXtended Comments.
• Enable Social Bookmarks - Enable support for social bookmarks as a part of JXtended Comments.
• Enable Ratings - Enable support for ratings as a part of JXtended Comments.
• Show Article Publication - Show the title of the article publication.
• Show Article Issue - Show the title of the article issue.
• Show Article Section - Show the title of the article section.
• Show Article Summary Text - Show the complete summary text on the page.
• Show Article Author - Show the name of the author of the article.
• Show Article Back Links - Display the back links to visit previous publication issues.
• Print Button - Whether to display "print this page".
• Email Button - Whether to display "email to friend".
• Button Images - Whether to display the print and email actions as images (otherwise they are display as text links).

Metadata Tab

This tab you to manage the following settings for the class:

• Keywords - An optional set of keywords (separated by commas) that will be inserted into the actual web page (good for Search Engine Optimization).
• Description - An optional description that will be inserted into the actual web page (good for Search Engine Optimization).  This description will usually be display as a part of the search results in search engines.
• Reference - An optional external reference to an external datasource.
• Comments - Additional comments that relate to the item (usually not on public display).

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