User's Manual

You can toggle the Published state on and off by clicking on the icon in this column. A status of

Pending means that an Article's Start Publishing Date is in the future. You can hover on the icon to

see an Article's Start and Stop Publishing dates.

· Order. The order in which to display the Articles on the Front Page. If the list is sorted by this

column, you can change the order by clicking the arrows or by entering the sequential order and

clicking 'Save Order'. Note that the display order on the Front Page is set in the Parameters -

Advanced section for the Front Page Blog Menu Item. To sort Front Page Articles using this Order

value, set the Category Order to "No. Order by Primary Order Only" and set the Primary Order to

"Default". If these Parameters are set to other values (for example, "Oldest First" or "Title

(Alphabetical)"), then the Articles will be sorted that way and this column will be ignored.

· Access Level. Who has access to this item. Current options are:

o Public: Everyone has access

o Registered: Only registered users have access

o Special: Only users with author status or higher have access

You can change an item's Access Level by clicking on the icon in the column.

· ID. The ID number. This is a unique identification number for this item assigned automatically by

Joomla!. It is used to identify the item internally, for example in internal links. You can not change

this number.

· Section. The Section this item belongs to. Clicking on the Section Title opens the Section for editing.

See Section Manager - Edit.

· Category. The Category this item belongs to. Clicking on the Category title opens the Category for

editing. See Category Manager - Edit.

· Author. Name of the Joomla! User who created this item. Clicking on the Author opens the User for

editing. See User Manager - Edit.

· Display #. The number of items to display on one page. If there are more items than this number,

you can use the page navigation buttons (Start, Prev, Next, End, and page numbers) to navigate

between pages. Note that if you have a large number of items, it may be helpful to use the Filter

options, located above the column headings, to limit which items display.

Toolbar

At the top right you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

· Archive. To change one or more Articles to Archived status, select them and press this button.

Archived Articles are retained on the site and are available for viewing on Menu Items with a Type