Number of items on page - This determines how many articles will display on one Article page. Any more than this number will overflow to a new page, and page links will be generated to navigate to the additional page(s).
Input: Integers
;
Order items by column - This determines how the Article items are ordered and listed on the webpage.
Input: Article Properties
;
Dimension of order - This determines if the Article items listed are listed back to front or front to back.
Input: Asc/Desc
;
Number of columns - This determines the number of columns that are used to display the Article items in the Article page. If you have 6 articles displayed on the Article page, for example, and 3 set for the Number of columns, then the page would display 3 columns of two items each.
Input: Integers
;
Fill element's empty description with announce on details page - If tuned on, this will fill the description of a Article item with an auto generated description based on the announce and the body of the article.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Fill element's empty description with announce on details page];
Used extensions - This determines what applicable extensions the page uses.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
Show sticky elements - This determines where Article items checked as 'sticky elements' display. A sticky element always displays on the page if the page matches the criteria.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
Life time of the data in cache - Input is either 'Auto' or 'Forcibly', with 'Forcibly' requiring a textbox for amount of time and a drop-down for type of time allowing seconds, minutes,.., years.
Input: Special
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Life time of the data in cache];
Show items' numbers instead of page numbers in a list - Set to 'On' this displays multiple pages for articles as '1-10', '11-20', etc., based upon the article's number. Turned off, it displays multiple pages as '1','2',etc., without reference to what number the articles are.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Show items' numbers instead of page numbers in a list];
}
Pictures {
Available pictures for module - This determines what pictures may be attached to an article. Otherwise, pictures can always be put in the content of a article instead.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
Type of the image for display in the list (admin) - This determines which image to display in article item lists in the CMS, if any.
Input: Drop-Down
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Type of the image for display in the list (admin)];
Resize selected pictures automatically - Image types selected here will be resized automatically according to resize options.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
Prior source picture - This determines the source picture type for auto-generated images. This means that if you upload a picture for this picture type, the CMS will generate pictures based on resize settings for any picture types that have not yet had a picture set for them. The auto-generated pictures will simply be re-sizes of the prior source picture.
Input: Drop-Down
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Prior source picture];
Resized picture maximum width - Maximum resize width for basic picture type.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Resized picture maximum width];
Resized picture maximum height - Maximum resize height for basic picture type.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Resized picture maximum height];
Popup picture maximum width - Maximum resize width for the popup picture type.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Popup picture maximum width];
Popup picture maximum height - Maximum resize height for the popup picture type.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Popup picture maximum height];
Small picture maximum width - Maximum resize width for small picture type.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Small picture maximum width];
Small picture maximum height - Maximum resize height for basic picture type.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Small picture maximum width];
Generate bigger image from original if required - If the resize options state that the auto generated picture should be bigger than the picture it is generating off of, it will be resized to be larger if this is on. This will reduce image quality.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Generate bigger image from original if required];
}
Title and keywords of page {
Keywords and title generate mode - This determines when keywords and titles are generated. 'Auto' will generate the keywords/title on save upon creation of a new item or when the information is empty, 'Force' will generate the title/keywords every time the page is saved (regardless of any thing you have changed, essentially writing over any changes), and 'Off' will turn the feature off.
Input: Drop-Down
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Keywords and title generate mode];
Splitter between items of title - This determines the splitter used to seperate clauses in the title.
Input: Text
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Splitter between items of title];
Template of auto generation of titles - This controls how titles are auto generated. Default is " - - | ", which will put for your title "(Name of the page or object) - (Category of the article) - (Title of the article) | (Name of site)". If, for example, your site was named 'My Site', a page in that site was named 'Articles', and an article was called 'Somebody won some award' in the 'Awards' category, and you wanted the title to display as "My Site's Articles page - Awards - Somebody won some award", you would enter in "'s page - - ", where as the default setting would display it as "Articles - Awards - Somebody won some award | My Site". This only applies to auto generated titles, such as those for newly created pages.
Input: Text
;
}
Options of filtered item's list {
Number of items on a page -
Input: Integers
;
Number of columns -
Input: Integers
;
}
Archivation {
Type of archiving - Determines whether the CMS automatically archives Articles items, after the 'Period of automatic archiving' is satisfied. If set to manual, the CMS does not archive, and the user is given control of archiving in the Articles module.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Period of automatic archiving - Determines when the CMS archives articles. The input should be a negative number. For example, if set to -12 months, the CMS will archive anything that is 12 months or more in the past.
Input: Time Drop-Down
;
Show items - This determines which news articles are displayed in the Articles module. 'All' will show all articles, 'Active' will show only those not archived, and 'Archive only' will display those archived.
Input: Drop-Down
;
}
Categories {
Use of categories - This determines if the Articles module uses categories, or if everything is considered the same category.
Input: On/Off
;
Columns in the category browse mode - This determines the number of columns that are used to display the article categories on the article category browse page. If you have 6 categories displayed on the article category page, for example, and 3 set for the 'Columns in the category browse mode', then the page would display 3 columns of two items each.
Input: Integers
;
To show the list of categories in the list of articles - If enabled, article category links will be place above article lists.
Input: On/Off
;
To show the list of categories in the details of article - If enabled, article category links will be placed above the body of articles when viewing the full detail of an article.
Input: On/Off
;
- Support for special link parameter "show_last=N"
Input: Integers
;
}
Options of SPAM prevention extension - In order for these options to have effect, 'SPAM prevention' must be selected in 'Used extensions' in Articles' common options. {
Period of next active action preventing (e. g. adding message to forum) - This determines how long a user must wait after posting a reply of any sort before they can post another. This is intended to prevent bots from spamming multiple replies.
Input: Time Drop-Down
;
Protection from robots (image) - This determines whether a 'captcha' image is required to post any type of reply. A captcha image is an image of a series of characters that must be inputted in a textbox to perform an action.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [Service]:[SPAM prevention]:[Protection from robots (image)];
Check captcha without page reloading - If this is enabled, the captcha will be checked before reloading the page, and if the inputted captcha code does not match up, a pop up message will inform the user that it does not match. If set to off, the page will instead reload without posting the message, requiring a different captcha input from before.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [Service]:[SPAM prevention]:[Check captcha without page reloading];
Show message about blocking an action -
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [Service]:[SPAM prevention]:[Show message about blocking of action];
}
Discussions - In order for these options to have effect, 'Discussion' must be selected in 'Used extensions' in Articles' common options. {
Show body of items in discussion mode - Determines if the discussion block has the body of the page displayed above it when viewing the discussion. Only applicable if 'Show forum at element details page' is set to off.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [Interactive Modules]:[Forum : Module extension : forum]:[Show body of items in discussion mode];
Show replies count - If this is turned on, the amount of replies will be displayed next to the discussion link of each article when a browser is looking at a 'Articles' type page.
Show topics count - If this is turned on, the amount of topics associated with the article will be displayed next to the discussion link of each article when a browser is looking at the 'Articles' type page.
Show link to discussion in common list - This determines if a link to the discussion of a article is displayed to the browser on the applicable 'Articles' type pages.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [Interactive Modules]:[Forum : Module extension : forum]:[Show link to discussion in common list];
Show link to discussion in spec block's list - This determines if a link to the discussion of a article is displayed to the browser in Articles announce spec blocks.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [Interactive Modules]:[Forum : Module extension : forum]:[Show link to discussion in spec block's list];
E-mail for forum moderator - This is the e-mail address that notifications of topic replies is sent to.
Input: E-Mail
Inherited from [Interactive Modules]:[Forum : Module extension : forum]:[E-mail for forum moderator];
E-mail for anonymous user - This is the e-mail address that notifications of topic replies from anonymous users is sent to.
Input: E-Mail
Inherited from [Interactive Modules]:[Forum : Module extension : forum]:[E-mail for anonymous user];
Attaches files to the messages - This allows users to attach files to their discussion replies.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [Interactive Modules]:[Forum : Module extension : forum]:[Attaches files to the messages];
Treelike view of forum - This determines if replies are organized in a 'treelike' fashion, indenting replies underneath the message they replied to.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [Interactive Modules]:[Forum : Module extension : forum]:[Treelike view of forum];
To allow in discussions it is more one themes - This allows multiple topics to be created for each item in the discussion. If not enabled, all discussion will be considered one topic, and all replies will be in that topic. If enabled, all new discussion replies will be a new topic unless they go into a previously made topic and reply to that.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [Interactive Modules]:[Forum : Module extension : forum]:[To allow in discussions it is more one themes];
Mode of page navigation -
Input: Drop-Down
Inherited from [Interactive Modules]:[Forum : Module extension : forum]:[Mode of page navigation];
Show forum at element details page - This determines how the discussion is displayed on the full version view of a item. If set to on, the discussion block will be viewable on the item's page, if set to off, the discussion block will only be viewable if the discussion link is clicked on.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [Interactive Modules]:[Forum : Module extension : forum]:[Show forum at element details page];
}
Sub items showing {
Show category items mode - This determines if individual article announces are shown in the article category selection page. If set to 'Count' or 'All', it will display the most relevant articles for each category under the link to view all the articles for that category, as determined by 'Order sub items by column'. The amount of articles shown in such a way is determined by the input for the textbox for 'Count'. If 'All' is selected, all articles for that category are shown. Input is a drop-down of either 'Do not show', 'All', or 'Count', with 'Count' requiring a textbox that accepts integers.
Input: Special
;
Order sub items by column - This determines how the module orders the sub-items if 'Show category items mode' is set to 'Count' or 'All'. If it is set to 'Count', the module will display the amount of articles set by the 'Count' input box, selecting from the top of the ordered list determined by this option. Setting it to 'By position' orders by the position of the article in the item editor of the article module.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Dimension of order sub items - This determines if the sub items created by 'Show category items mode' are ordered and filtered bottom-up, or top-down.
Input: Asc/Desc
;
Columns count for sub items list - This determines the number of columns that are used to display the sub-items on the category select page. If you have 6 sub-items displayed, for example, and 3 set for the 'Columns count for sub items list', then the page would display 3 columns of two items each for each category.
Input: Integers
;
Splitter adding period for sub items -
Input: Integers
;
}
Spec block options {
View mode - This switches between the Calendar and the normal view mode. DO NOT USE.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Count of items for special block - This determines how many items are shown in the 'Articles announce' spec block.
Input: Integers
;
Count of categories to show articles in special block - This determines how many article categories to show in the 'Articles announce' spec block. If set to 0, the 'Articles announce' spec block will not separate or organize articles by category and will instead just display the most relevant (as determined by 'Order articles in special block by category column') articles from all categories.
Input: Integers
;
Category ids to show articles in special block - This determines what categories will be displayed in the 'Articles announce' spec block. If nothing is selected, all categories will be displayed.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
Order articles in special block by category column - This determines the order of categories displayed if 'Count of categories to show articles in special block' is set to be above 0. 'Custom Position' refers to the position in the item organizer of the article category editor in the article module. Take, for example, three article categories, 'A Category', 'C Category', and 'B Category', in that order/position in the item editor. If this option is set to 'Name' and the 'Count of categories to show articles in special block' is set to 2, the 'Article announce' spec block would show 'A Category' and 'B Category', since those are the two top categories, alphabetically (by name). If this option was set to 'Custom Position', the 'Article announce' block would instead show 'A Category' and 'C Category', since those are the top two categories by position.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Direction of articles sorting in special block by category column - This determines if the categories displayed by the 'Articles announce' spec block are ordered and filtered bottom-up, or top-down.
Input: Asc/Desc
;
Order items in special block by column - This determines which order the articles are displayed in within the 'Articles announce' spec block.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Direction of items sorting in special block - This determines if the articles displayed by the 'Articles announce' spec block are ordered bottom-up, or top-down.
Input: Asc/Desc
;
Additional used template file - This points the CMS to use an additional template file. It is advised not to change this unless you know what you are doing.
Input: Directory pointing to .tpl file
;
Show items from selected pages - This forces the 'Article announce' spec block to only display those articles that are displayed on the selected 'Article' type pages.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
}
User items display settings {
Displayed fields -
Input: Multiple Drop-Downs
Date:
Author:
Source:
Picture:
Popup picture:
Small picture:
Text:
HTML title in browser:
;
Required fields -
Input: Multi-Selection
;
Send audit notification on user's item changing -
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [];
Audit actions handling - This determines how the system treats different actions by users.
Input: Multiple Drop-Downs
Add:
Apply:
Delete:
;
}
RSS format export settings {
Number of RSS items - This is the amount of news articles that will be displayed in the RSS feed. The articles displayed are the most recent articles.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Export to RSS]:[Number of RSS items];
Display RSS on page - This determines if the RSS link is an imaged hyperlink, or a text hyperlink.
Input: Multi-Selecition
Inherited from [System]:[Export to RSS]:[Display RSS on page];
Image to display RSS - This determines what standardized image to use if 'Display RSS on page' is set to 'Image generating'.
Input: Drop-Down
Inherited from [System]:[Export to RSS]:[Image to display RSS];
Title of RSS channel - This determines the browser title for the RSS feed.
Input: Text
;
Description of RSS channel - This determines the RSS feed's description.
Input: Text
;
Image of RSS channel (maximum width 144, maximum height 400) - The drop-down is a list of images in the '_img' directory of the root of the webpage.
Input: Drop-Down
Inherited from [System]:[Export to RSS]:[Image of RSS channel];
File of RSS channel style -
Input: Drop-Down
Inherited from [System]:[Export to RSS]:[File of RSS channel style];
Administrator's E-mail - This is the e-mail that is associated with the RSS feed. This should be the webmaster's e-mail.
Input: E-Mail
Inherited from [System]:[Export to RSS]:[Administrator's E-mail];
Item title - This determines, for the RSS feed, what the title is for the articles. It pulls directly from the article.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Item description - This determines, for the RSS feed, what the description is for the articles. It pulls directly from the article.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Image to item - This determines if an image is displayed in the RSS feed, and if so, where the image comes from.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Guid of item - This determines if the articles in the RSS feed have a GUID. The GUID is the same as the CMS generated link for the article.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Publication data of item - This determines if the RSS feed contains publication date data, and if so, whether it uses the last modified date or the date the article was created.
Input: Drop-Down
;
}
}
Articles : Categories {
Common options {
Number of items on page - This determines the amount of categories to display on the article category browsing page. Any more categories than this will be displayed on the next page.
Input: Integers
;
Order items by column - This determines the order in which the categories are displayed. 'By position' refers to the position in the article categories item editor in the article module.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Dimension of order - This determines if the categories are ordered bottom-up, or top down.
Input: Asc/Desc
;
Used extensions - This determines what extensions, if any, are used.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
Show empty categories - This determines if categories without articles are shown.
Input: On/Off
;
Fill element's empty description with announce on details page - If tuned on, this will fill the description of a Article item with an auto generated description based on the announce and the body of the article.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Fill element's empty description with announce on details page];
Show sticky elements - This determines where Article category items checked as 'sticky elements' display. A sticky element always displays on the page if the page matches the criteria.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
}
Pictures {
Available pictures for module - This determines what pictures may be attached to an article category.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
Type of the image for display in the list (admin) - This determines which image to display in article category item lists in the CMS, if any.
Input: Drop-Down
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Type of the image for display in the list (admin)];
Resize selected pictures automatically - Image types selected here will be resized automatically according to resize options.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
Prior source picture - This determines the source picture type for auto-generated images. This means that if you upload a picture for this picture type, the CMS will generate pictures based on resize settings for any picture types that have not yet had a picture set for them. The auto-generated pictures will simply be re-sizes of the prior source picture.
Input:
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Prior source picture];
Resized picture maximum width - Maximum resize width for basic picture type.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Resized picture maximum width];
Resized picture maximum height - Maximum resize height for basic picture type.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Resized picture maximum height];
Popup picture maximum width - Maximum resize width for the popup picture type.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Popup picture maximum width];
Popup picture maximum height - Maximum resize height for the popup picture type.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Popup picture maximum height];
Small picture maximum width - Maximum resize width for small picture type.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Small picture maximum width];
Small picture maximum height - Maximum resize height for basic picture type.
Input: Integers
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Small picture maximum width];
Generate bigger image from original if required - If the resize options state that the auto generated picture should be bigger than the picture it is generating off of, it will be resized to be larger if this is on. This will reduce image quality.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Generate bigger image from original if required];
}
Title and keywords of page {
Keywords and title generate mode - This determines when keywords and titles are generated. 'Auto' will generate the keywords/title on save upon creation of a new item or when the information is empty, 'Force' will generate the title/keywords every time the page is saved (regardless of any thing you have changed, essentially writing over any changes), and 'Off' will turn the feature off.
Input: Drop-Down
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Keywords and title generate mode];
Splitter between items of title -
Input: Text
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Splitter between items of title];
Template of auto generation of titles - This controls how titles are auto generated. Default is " - | ", which will put for your title "(Name of the page or object) - (Title of the article category) | (Name of site)". If, for example, your site was named 'My Site', a page in that site was named 'Articles', and an article category was called 'Awards', and you wanted the title to display as "My Site's Articles page - Awards", you would enter in "'s page - ", where as the default setting would display it as "Awards - Articles | My Site". This only applies to auto generated titles, such as those for newly created pages.
Input: Text
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Template of auto generation of titles];
