Number of items on page - This determines how many FAQ questions will appear on a page.
Input: Integers
;
Order items by column - This determines how the the FAQ questions will be ordered.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Dimension of order - This determines if the FAQ questions are ordered 'top-down' or 'bottom-up'.
Input: Asc/Desc
;
Question list layout - This determines how the various FAQ questions are handled when a browser goes into a specific category. 'No links' will simply display all the questions when the category for the questions is clicked on. 'Linked to separate page' will instead display links to a page specifically for the question for each question in a category on the page when the category is clicked on. 'Linked to same page' is a legacy option and should not be used.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Allow only registered users to add questions - If set to on, only registered and logged in users will be able to post a question.
Input: On/Off
;
For Future Use Question number type -
Input: Drop-Down
;
Send the answer to the question's author (defaultvalue) - When a question asked by a user (the author), this determines if they are e-mailed the response when it is made.
Input: On/Off
;
Confirm e-mail - This is the e-mail address that is used for the 'reply-to' for the confirmation e-mail.
Input: E-mail Address
Inherited from [Core]:[System Settings]:[Company email];
Email for notify e-mails about posted questions - This is the e-mail address that notifications of new questions is sent to.
Input: E-mail Address
Inherited from [Core]:[System Settings]:[Company email];
Used extensions - This determines what applicable extensions (if any) that are used.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
Life time of the data in cache - This determines how long data in the cache is saved before it is dropped. 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 sticky elements - This determines where FAQ items checked as 'sticky elements' display. A sticky element always displays on the page if the page matches the criteria selected.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
Show items' numbers instead of page numbers in a list - In cases where there are more FAQ questions than the option 'Number of items on page' is set to, this determines the text format for the link to the additional question pages. If set to 'On', it will show the items' numbers instead of pages as the link text. For example, if the number of items per page is 10, setting this to 'On' would show the links for the additional pages as 1-10, 11-20, 21-30 as apposed to 1, 2, 3, which would be displayed if set to 'Off'.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Show items' numbers instead of page numbers in a list];
}
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 put between 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 "(Title of FAQ question) - (Category of the FAQ) - (Page Name) | (Name of site)". If, for example, your site was named 'My Site', an FAQ page in that site was named 'Common Questions', and an FAQ item was called 'How do I walk' in the 'Human Functions' category, and you wanted the title to display as "My Site's Common Questions - Human Functions - How do I walk", you would enter in "'s - - ", where as the default setting would display it as "How Do I Walk - Human Functions - Common Questions | My Site". This only applies to auto generated titles, such as those for newly created pages.
Input: Text
;
}
Subjects {
Use of subjects - This determines if the FAQ module categorizes FAQs into subjects.
Input: On/Off
;
Columns in the subject browse mode - This determines how many columns the subjects are arranged in when browsing subjects.
Input: Integers
;
To show the list of subjects in the list of questions - If enabled, FAQ subject links will be place above FAQ lists.
Input: On/Off
;
To show the list of subjects in details of question - If enabled, FAQ subject links will be placed above the body of FAQ questions when viewing the full detail of a question.
Input: On/Off
;
For Future Use Support for special link parameter "show_last=N"
Input: Integers
;
}
Sub items showing {
Show category items mode - This determines if individual FAQ announces are shown in the FAQ subject selection page. If set to 'Count' or 'All', it will display the most relevant questions for each subject under the link to view all the questions for that subject, as determined by 'Order sub items by column'. The amount of questions shown in such a way is determined by the input for the textbox for 'Count'. If 'All' is selected, all questions for that subject 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 questions 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 question in the item editor of the FAQ 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 subject select page.
Input: Integers
;
For Future Use Splitter adding period for sub items -
Input: Integers
;
}
Spec block options {
Count of items for special block - This determines how many items are shown in the 'FAQ announce' spec block.
Input: Integers
;
Count of categories to show articles in special block - This determines how many FAQ subjects to show in the 'FAQ announce' spec block. If set to 0, the 'FAQ announce' spec block will not separate or organize questions by subject and will instead just display the most relevant (as determined by 'Order articles in special block by category column') questions from all subjects.
Input: Integers
;
Category ids to show articles in special block - This determines what subjects will be displayed in the 'FAQ announce' spec block. If nothing is selected, all subjects will be displayed.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
Order articles in special block by category column - This determines the order of subjects 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 FAQ subject editor in the FAQ module. Take, for example, three FAQ subjects, 'A subject', 'C subject', and 'B subject', 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 'FAQ announce' spec block would show 'A subject' and 'B subject', since those are the two top subjects, alphabetically (by name). If this option was set to 'Custom Position', the 'FAQ announce' block would instead show 'A subject' and 'C subject', since those are the top two subjects by position.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Direction of articles sorting in special block by category column - This determines if the subjects displayed by the 'FAQ 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 questions are displayed in within the 'FAQ announce' spec block.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Direction of items sorting in special block - This determines if the questions displayed by the 'FAQ 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 'FAQ announce' spec block to only display those questions that are displayed on the selected 'FAQ' type pages.
Input: Multi-Selection
;
}
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: Special
;
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 - This determines whether a message informing the user that their action was blocked is generated.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [Service]:[SPAM prevention]:[Show message about blocking of action];
}
}
FAQ : Subjects (Note: 'Use of subjects' under FAQ must be turned on for these to have effect){
Common options {
For Future Use Subject number type -
Input: Drop-Down
;
For Future Use Subject list layout -
Input: Drop-Down
;
Show question counters in subjects - This determines if the amount of questions is counted and listed next to the subjects when browsing FAQ subjects.
Input: On/off
;
Order items by column - This determines what property the subjects are organized by.
Input: Drop-Down
;
Show empty subjects - This determines if subjects that do not yet contatin questions are listed.
Input: On/Off
;
Fill element's empty description with announce on details page - If turned on, this will fill the description of a FAQ subject with an auto generated description based on the announce of the FAQ subject item.
Input: On/Off
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Fill element's empty description with announce on details page];
Show sticky elements - This determines where download categories checked as 'sticky elements' display. A sticky element always displays on the page if the page matches the criteria.
Input: Mutli-Selection
;
}
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 subject or when the information is empty, 'Force' will generate the title/keywords every time the subject is saved (regardless of any thing you have changed, essentially writing over any changes), and 'Off' will turn the feature off.
Input:
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Keywords and title generate mode];
Splitter between items of title - This is the splitter that is put between different title clauses.
Input:
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 subject) - (Name of page) | (Name of site)". If, for example, your site was named 'My Site', a page in that site was named 'Frequent Questions', and a Category was called 'Technical Questions' and you wanted the title to display as "My Site's Frequent Questions page - Technical Questions", you would enter in "'s page - ", where as the default setting would display it as "Technical Questions - Frequent Questions | My Site". This only applies to auto generated titles, such as those for newly created pages.
Input:
Inherited from [System]:[Common settings]:[Template of auto generation of titles];
