Help4.x:User Notes: Categories

Description

This screen allows you to look at a list of your user note categories and sort them in different ways. You can also edit and create user note categories and access levels.

How to access

You can access the Notes Category Manager by clicking on Users → User Note Categories or clicking User Note Categories link in the Users Manager Menu in the left sidebar when an other User Manager page is displayed.

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Column Headers

In the table containing the user note categories from your Joomla! site, you will see different columns. Chunk4x:Help screen column header Ordering\en Chunk4x:Help screen column header Checkbox\en Chunk4x:Help screen column header Status\en Chunk4x:Help screen column header Title\en Chunk4x:Help screen column header Access\en Chunk4x:Help screen column header Language\en Chunk4x:Help screen column header Id\en

Column Filters

Above the column headers on the right, there are 2 drop down input fields, Sort Table by: (preset to Ordering ascending), and a number (preset to 20) to display.

Toolbar

At the top you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

• New. Opens the editing screen to create a new category.

• Edit. Opens the editing screen for the selected category. If more than one category is selected (where applicable), only the first category will be opened. The editing screen can also be opened by clicking on the Name of the category.
• Publish. Makes the selected user notes category available to administrators of your website.
• Unpublish. Makes the selected user notes category not available to administrators of your website.

• Archive. Changes the status of the selected category to indicate that they are archived.
  Archived category can be moved back to the published or unpublished state by selecting 'Archived' in the 'Select Status' filter and changing the status of the category.

• Check-In. Checks-in the selected category. Works with one or multiple category selected.

• Batch. Batch processes the selected category. Works with one or multiple items selected.

• Rebuild. Reconstructs and refreshes the category table. Normally, you do not need to rebuild this table. This function is provided in case the data in the table becomes corrupted.

• Trash. Changes the status of the selected category to indicate that they are trashed.
  Trashed category can still be recovered by selecting 'Trashed' in the 'Select Status' filter and changing the status of the articles to Published or Unpublished as preferred.
  To permanently delete trashed category, select 'Trashed' in the 'Select Status' filter, select the category to be permanently deleted, then click the 'Empty Trash' toolbar icon.

List Filters

The List Filter, above on the left, and other filters, left, bottom sidebar are a series of controls that let you limit what items show in the user note category manager screen. More than one filter may be entered. Only items that meet all of the filter conditions will show on the list.

Related Information

• User Manager: Add/Edit Notes
• User Manager: Users Notes
• User Manager: User Note Add/Edit Category