Joomla! Documentation™

Edit Contact

Here you enter the basic information about the contact.

• Linked User. Select the User, if any, that this Contact is linked to from the drop-down list box. This allows you to link this Contact's information to a registered Joomla! User. If this Contact is not linked to a User, select "-No User-".
• Image. Image to display for this Contact. Select an image file from the drop-down list box. This lists images in the 'images/stories' folder. Images can be uploaded using the Media Manager.
• Position: The Contact's current position.
• E-mail. The Contact's e-mail address. Note that e-mail addresses in Joomla! can be protected from "spambots" by enabling "Content-Email Cloaking" in the Plug-in Manager. This is enabled by default.
• Address. The Contact's street address.
• City or Suburb. The Contact's town or suburb.
• State or Province. The Contact's state or county.
• Postal / ZIP Code. The Contact's postal code.
• Country. The Contact's country.
• Telephone. The Contact's phone number.
• Mobile. The Contact's mobile phone number.
• Fax. The Contact's fax number.
• Website. The Contact's web site address.
• Sort Fields. To enable sort fields for Category lists go to the Contacts → Options screen and set List Layouts → Sort By to Sort Name. Then you need to use real words for sorting. For example, set First Sort Field to Doe, second field to John for the first contact; then First Sort Field to Doe, second field to Jane for the second contact. The third field is not used in this case. The sort fields are character fields so if you want to sort by age you need to enter 0x for ages under 10, so 08 for example.
  • First Sort Field. The name to use as the first sort field.
  • Second Sort Field. The name to use as the second sort field.
  • Third Sort Field. The name to use as the third sort field.

• Status: Published status of the item. Possible values are:
  • Published: The item is published. This is the only state that will allow regular website users to view this item.
  • Unpublished: The item is unpublished.
  • Archived: The item has been archived.
  • Trashed: The item has been sent to the Trash.

• Category. The Category this item belongs to.

• Featured. Whether or not the item will be displayed in featured view.

• Access. The viewing Access Level for this item.

• Language. Item language.

• Tags. Enter one or more optional tags for this item. You can select existing tags by entering in the first few letters. You may also create new tags by entering them here. Tags allow you to see lists of related items across content types (for example, articles, contacts, and categories).

• Version Note. Optional field to identify this version of the item in the item's Version History window.