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Form Fields

Contacts Tab

These settings apply for single Contact unless they are changed for a specific menu item or Contact

• Choose a Layout. Default layout to use for items.
• Contact Category. If 'Hide', the Contact Category will not show. If 'Show Without Link', Category will show as text. If 'Show With Link', Category will show as a link to a Single Category Menu Item.
• Enable Versions. (Yes/No). Whether or not to save version history for this component. If No, version history will not be saved for component items or for this component's categories.
• Maximum Versions. The maximum number of versions to store for an item. If an item is saved and the maximum number of versions has been reached, the oldest version will be deleted automatically. If set to 0, then versions will never be deleted automatically. Also, specific versions may be flagged as "Keep Forever" and will not be deleted automatically. Note that versions may be deleted manually using the Delete button in the Version History screen.
• Show Contact List. If 'Show', the user will be able to change which contact is shown by selecting a contact from a drop-down list of all contacts in the current contact category.
• Display Format. Determines the style used to display sections of the contact form.
• Tags. Whether to hide or show any tags for this item.

• Use Global: Use the default value from the contacts options screen.
• Show: Show to allow users to select a contact in a drop down list.
• Hide: Do not display the Contact list.

• Contact Information. Show or hide the contact information.
• Name. Show name of the contact.
• Contact's Position. Show or Hide position.
• Email. Show or Hide contact email.
• Add Mailto: Link. Adds a mailto: link to the displayed email address.
• Street Address. Show or Hide street address.
• City or Suburb. Show or hide city or suburb.
• State or County. Show or Hide state or county.
• Postal/ZIP Code. Show or Hide postal or zip code.
• Country. Show or Hide Country.
• Telephone. Show or Hide telephone number.
• Mobile Phone. Show or Hide mobile number.
• Fax. Show or Hide fax number.
• Webpage. Show or hide webpage.
• Image. Show or Hide image.
• Image. Choose the image file to use for the contact.
• Miscellaneous Information. Show or Hide miscellaneous information.
• vCard. Whether or not to allow export to vCard format.
• Show User Articles. Show User Articles::If this contact is mapped to a user, and if this is set to Show, then a list of articles created by this user will show.
• # Articles to List. Number of articles to list.
• User Profile. Show or hide Profile.
• Show User Custom Fields. Show user custom fields which belong to all or only selected field groups.
• Contact Links. Show or hide Links.
• Link A Label. An additional link for this contact.
• Link B Label. An additional link for this contact.
• Link C Label. An additional link for this contact.
• Link D Label. An additional link for this contact.
• Link E Label. An additional link for this contact.