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Description

This is where you can

• Add a new User Note Category.

• Edit an existing User Note Category.

How to Access

Add a new User Note Category

• Click the New button in the toolbar.

Edit an existing User Note Category

• Click on an Category's Title.

• Check the Category's Checkbox
• Click the Edit button in the toolbar.

Screenshot

Form Fields

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Options

• Layout. (Use Global). Use a layout from the supplied component view or overrides in the templates.
• Image. Choose an image for this category.
• Alt Text. Alternative text used for visitors without access to images.

Publishing

• Created Date. The date and time this item was first created. This is entered by the system automatically.
• Created By. The user who created this item.
• Modified Date. The date and time this item was last modified. This is entered by the system automatically.
• Modified By. The user who did the last modification.
• Hits. Number of hits for this category.
• Meta Description. An optional paragraph to be used as the description of the page in the HTML output. This will generally display in the results of search engines.
• Meta Keywords. An optional comma-separated list of keywords and/or phrases to be used in the HTML output.
• Author. The author of this content.
• Robots. (Use Global/Index, Follow/No index, follow/Index, No follow/No index, no follow). Robots Instructions.

Permissions

Manage the permission settings for user groups.

To change the permissions for this category, do the following.

1. Select the Group by clicking its title located on the left.

2. Find the desired Action. Possible Actions are:

• Create. Users can create content of this category.

• Delete. Users can delete content of this category.

• Edit. Users can edit content of this category.

• Edit State. Users can change the published state and related information for content of this category.

• Edit Own. Users can edit own created content of this category.

3. Select the desired Permission for the action you wish to change. Possible settings are:

• Inherited: Inherited for users in this Group from the user options permissions of this category.

• Allowed: Allowed for users in this Group. Note that, if this action is Denied at one of the higher levels, the Allowed permission here will not take effect. A Denied setting cannot be overridden.

• Denied: Denied for users in this Group.

Toolbar

At the top left you will see the toolbar.

The functions are:

• Save. Saves the category and stays in the current screen.

• Save & Close. Saves the category and closes the current screen.

• Save & New. Saves the category and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another category.

• Save as Copy. Saves your changes to a copy of the current category. Does not affect the current category.
  Note: This toolbar icon is only shown if you edit an existing category.

• Versions. Opens the Category Version History window to show any prior versions of this category. This allows you to view older versions of this category and, if desired, restore from an older version. Learn more about Version History.

• 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

• User Manager: Add/Edit Notes
• User Manager: Users Notes
• User Manager: User Note Categories
• To work with existing Categories: Category Manager
• To work with Articles: Article Manager
• To create a page showing Articles for a Category in a Blog layout: Menu Item Manager - New/Edit - Category Blog Layout
• To create a page showing Articles for a Category in a List layout: Menu Item Manager - New/Edit - Category List Layout