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Edit a note or comment on a specific user

Description

User notes are pieces of information which can be assigned to registered users on your Joomla! site. These notes can contain for example comments about 'offending' or 'difficult' users etc.

In this screen you can create an user note or edit an user note. The 'editor' will be the chosen 'editor' for the user editing the note. Examples: TinyMCE - JCE - Codemirror

How to access

To edit an existing user note, navigate to the User Notes tab of the User Manager (Users → User Manager → User Notes). Then

1. click on the user name

To create a new user note,

1. select Users → User Notes → Add User Note from the menu or
2. click on the New button in the User Manager: User Notes screen.

Screenshot

Details

• Subject: The subject line for the note.
• User: The user for the note. You can select an existing user
• Category: (Uncategorised). The category that this item is assigned to.
• Status: (Published/Unpublished/Archived/Trashed). Set publication status.
• Review Date: Review date is a manually entered date you can use as fits in your workflow. Examples would be to put in a date that you want to review a user or the last date you reviewed the user.
• Version Note: Enter an optional note for this version of the item.
• Note: Enter the note.

Toolbar

At the top of the page you will see the toolbar shown in the Screenshot above. The functions are:

• Save: Saves the user note and stays in the current screen.
• Save & Close. Saves the user note and closes the current screen.
• Save & New. Saves the user note and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another user note.
• Save as Copy. Saves your changes to a copy of the current user note. Does not affect the current user note. This toolbar icon is not shown if you are creating a new user note.
• Versions: Opens the Item Version History window to show any prior versions of this item. This allows you to view older versions of this item and, if desired, restore from an older version. See Version History for more information.
• Close. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.
• Help. Opens this help screen.

Related information

• TinyMCE - the default WYSIWYG Editor
• User Manager: Users Notes
• User Manager: User Note Add/Edit Category
• User Manager: User Note Categories