Joomla Content Item Manager

Content Items Manager in Joomla

Content Items

All Content Items
The All Content Items menu leads you to the Content Items Manager:

Figure 5.8: Content Items Manager

The Content Items Manager is the central configuration station for all types of content within the web design. You can filter the displayed content by section (area), category, and author in three option lists in the information area. In addition, you will find a search field, with which you can search the titles. In the lower part is the navigation bar, with the assistance of which you can leaf through the contents. In the option list, you can select the number of entries you want to see. The setting that you entered in Site | Global Configuration | Site acts as the default. The list is sorted by title, section, category, and author. There is a checkbox in front of the title, with which you can select those elements that you want to work on. If you select the checkbox in front of the headline, all elements of the list are selected.
Title: The Title is a link to the edit mode for Content Items (Figure 5.4).
Published: Published indicates whether the entry is published (green icon) or not (red cross). Besides these two symbols, the possibility also exists that the publication period has run out and the element is stored in the archives.
Frontpage: Frontpage (see the Frontpage Manager section later on in the chapter) indicates whether the entry is published on the front page (green check mark) or not (red cross).
Reorder: Reorder lets you move the entries within a section by clicking the blue arrows.
Order: Order lets you execute this sorting by input of a number.
Access: Access lets you see green public links. By clicking one of these links you can change the access rights between the three groups: Public, Registered, and Special. In addition there are also symbols for pending (waiting status) and expired (out of date).
ID: ID is the record number in the MySQL table. This ID will show up again in the URL for this entry.
Section: Section is the area to which this entry is assigned. You wind up in the Section Manager if you click this link.
Category: Category is the category in which this entry is classified. Clicking the link takes you to the Category


Manager
Author: Author gives the author of the entry. Click this link and you end up in the User Manager.
Date: Date gives the creation date of the entry.

Static Content Manager

Figure 5.9: Static Content Manager

Click New and we'll run an example through the Static Content Manager by creating your imprint. You will see an input mask, just like in Figure 5.9. This time, however, there will be a text field. Enter imprint as title or alias title and enter your address as text. Click Apply.

Content Parameters
This section discusses the different parameters associated with the content. These parameters are divided among five different tabs, Publishing, Images, Parameters, Meta Info, and Link to Menu.

Publishing
Parameters that have to do with publishing are defined with this.
State: Current status (currently published).
Published: Checkbox to change the status.
Access Level: Access rights for the three user groups.
Author Alias: Here you can enter a pseudonym for the author.
Change Creator: Here you can change the creator of the information.

Figure 5.10: Publishing

Override Created Date: At this point you can change the creation date of the item. Clicking on the three dots will get the graphic calendar to help you with the input of dates, as shown in Figure 5.11.
Start Publishing: This serves to specify the start date of the publication. By default, content is published immediately within the web design. By clicking the three dots, a graphic calendar is displayed for input assistance (as shown in Figure 5.11).
Finish Publishing: Here you can determine the expiration date of the content. The default is that content is never purged. Click the three dots to call up the graphic calendar again (as shown in Figure 5.11):

Figure 5.11: Calendar Element