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List Layouts

List Layout Options control the appearance of the menu item.

• Display Select. Show the Display # control that allows the user to select the number of articles to show.
• Filter Field. Show a text field in the Frontend where a user can filter the articles.
  Options in the Backend menu item edit.
  • Hide: Don't show a filter field.
  • Title: Filter on article title.
  • Author: Filter on the author's name.
  • Hits: Filter on the number of article hits.
  • Tags: Filter on the article tags.
  • Month (published): Filter on the month of published articles.
• Table Headings. Show a heading in the article list in the Frontend.
• Date. Show a date in the list.
  • Hide: Don't show any date.
  • Created: Show the created date.
  • Modified: Show the date of the last modification.
  • Published: Show the start publishing date.
• Date Format. Optional format string to control the format of the date.
• Hits. Show the number of hits for articles.
• Author. Show the name of the author.

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• Category Order.
  • No Order: Articles are ordered only by the Article Order, without regard to Category.
  • Title Alphabetical: Categories are displayed in alphabetical order (A to Z).
  • Title Reverse Alphabetical: Categories are displayed in reverse alphabetical order (Z to A).
  • Category Order: Categories are ordered according to the Order column entered in Articles: Categories.
• Article Order.
  • Featured Articles Order: Articles are ordered according to the Order column entered in Articles: Featured.
  • Most Recent First: Articles are displayed starting with the most recent and ending with the oldest.
  • Oldest First: Articles are displayed starting with the oldest and ending with the most recent.
  • Title Alphabetical: Articles are displayed by Title in alphabetical order (A to Z).
  • Title Reverse Alphabetical: Articles are displayed by Title in reverse alphabetical order (Z to A).
  • Author Alphabetical: Articles are displayed by Author in alphabetical order (A to Z).
  • Author Reverse Alphabetical: Articles are displayed by Author in reverse alphabetical order (Z to A).
  • Most Hits: Articles are displayed by the number of hits, starting with the one with the most hits and ending with the one with the least hits.
  • Least Hits: Articles are displayed by the number of hits, starting with the one with the least hits and ending with the one with the most hits.
  • Random Order: Articles are displayed in random order.
  • Article Order: Articles are ordered according to the Order column entered in Articles.
  • Article Reverse Order: Articles are ordered reverse to the according of the Order column entered in Articles.
• Date for Ordering. The date used when articles are sorted by date.
  • Created: Use the article created date.
  • Modified: Use the article modified date.
  • Published: Use the article start publishing date.
• Pagination. Pagination provides page links at the bottom of the page that allow the User to navigate to additional pages. These are needed if the Articles will not fit on one page.
  • Hide: Pagination links not shown. Note: Users will not be able to navigate to additional pages.
  • Show: Pagination links shown if needed.
  • Auto: Pagination links shown if needed.
• Pagination Summary. Show the current page number and total pages (e.g., "Page 1 of 2") at the bottom of each page.
• # Articles to List. Number of articles shown in the list.
• Featured Articles.
  • Show: Display featured articles and non-featured articles.
  • Hide: Display only non-featured articles.
  • Only: Display only featured articles.