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Description

The Articles Categories list is used to find, add, and edit articles categories.

Categories are are used to organise Articles for ease of management and display. They can be organised into tree-like structures like file systems. All Articles must be assigned either to a parent Category or a child Category.

How to Access

• Home Dashboard → Site → Article Categories

Screenshot

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Column Headers

• Checkbox. Check this box to select categories. To select all categories, check the box in the column heading. After boxes are checked the toolbar button 'Actions' get active.
• Ordering. You can change the order of an category within a list as follows:
  • Select the Ordering icon in the List heading to make it active.
  • Select one of the Three dots icons and drag it up or down to change the position of that row in the list.
  • In the Filter Options you may limit the list to categories that are assigned for example to a Language.
• Status. Status of category. Hover icon for informations.
• Title. The title of the category. Edit the category by clicking on the Title.
• Icons. Counts of number of Published, Unpublished, Archived and Trashed Articles in each Category. Click on a number to get a list of the categories.
• Access. The viewing Access Level for this category.
• Associations. Shows the associated categories. Click on the Language Code to open the category. Multilingual only.
• Language. Categories language, default is 'All'.
• ID. A unique identification number for this category, you cannot change this number.

List Filters

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Filter Options

Near the top of the page you will see the filter bar shown in the Screenshot above.

• Select Status. Select from Trashed / Unpublished / Published / Archived / All.
• Select Access. Select from the list of available viewing access levels.
• Select Language. Select from the list of available languages.
• Select Tag. Select from the list of available tags.
• Select Max Levels. Select from the list of available levels.

Pagination

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Toolbar

At the top of the page you will see the toolbar shown in the Screenshot above.

• New. Opens the editing screen to create a new category.
• Actions. Reveals a list of actions for selected categories. Check one or more categories checkboxes to activate the list.
  • Publish. Makes the selected categories available to visitors to your website.
  • Unpublish. Makes the selected categories unavailable to visitors to your website.
  • Archive. Changes the status of the selected categories to indicate that they are archived. Learn more.
  • Check-In. Checks-in the selected categories.
  • Trash. Changes the status of the selected categories to indicate that they are trashed. Learn more.
  • Batch. Batch processes the selected categories.
• Rebuild. Reconstructs and refreshes the categories table. Normally, you do not need to rebuild this table. This function is provided in case the data in the table becomes corrupted.
• Options. Opens the help screen Articles: Options.
• Help. Opens this help screen.

Batch Process

The Batch Process allows a change in settings for a group of selected categories.

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How to Batch Process a group of categories:

1. Select one or more categories on the list by checking the desired checkboxes.
2. Click the Batch Toolbar button.
3. Set one or more of the following values:
   • To change the Language, select the desired language from the Set Language list box.
   • To change the Access Levels, select the desired new access level from the Set Access Level list box.
   • To change the Category, select a category. To leave the category unchanged, use the default value of 'Select'.
     • To copy the categories to a different category, select the desired category from the category list box and check the Copy option. In this case, the original categories are unchanged and the copies are assigned to the new category and, if selected, the new language, access level, and tag.
     • To move the categories to a different category, select the desired category from the category list box and check the Move option. In this case, the original categories will be moved to a new category and, if selected, be assigned the new language, access level, and tag.
   • To add Tags, select the desired Tags from the dropdown or choose to keep the tags currently added to the original categories.
4. When all of the settings are entered, click on Process to perform the changes. A message "Batch process completed successfully." will show.

Quick Tips

• Click on the icon in the Status column to toggle between Published and Unpublished.

Related Information

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