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Category List Layout

Used to show articles belonging to one Category, in a list layout. A list layout lists each Article's Title and allows the User to link to the Article. An example is shown below:

Parameters - Basic The Category List Layout has the following Basic Parameters, as shown below.

• Category. Category selected for this Layout.

• # Links. The number of Articles to display in the initial view. If a Category has more than this number of Articles, only this many links will show on the first page. In this case, the User can either change the "Display #" in the drop-down list box or use the "Next" link to show the next page of Articles.

• Table Headings. Hide or Show column headings above the fields for the item.

• Date Column. Hide or Show the Created Date for the Article in a column between the Title and Author.

• Date Format. The format of the Created Date. You may leave this blank to use the default date format from your Language file. This value uses the PHP strftime Command Format.

• Filter. Hide or show a Filter form. A Filter allow the user to limit what Articles are displayed. An example is shown below.
  

• Filter Field. Field to use for filtering Articles. Available options are Title, Author, and Hits.

Parameters - Advanced The Category List Layout has the following Advanced Parameters, as shown below.

• Primary Order. Order of Articles within a Category. The following options are available.
  
  • Default: Same as 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.
  • Most recent first: Articles are displayed starting with the most recent and ending with the oldest.
  • 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
  • Order: Articles are ordered according to the Order column entered in the Article Manager.
• Pagination. Hide or Show Pagination support. 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. An example is shown below.
  
  The following options are available.
  • Hide: Pagination links not shown. Note: In this case, Users will not be able to navigate to additional pages.
  • Show: Pagination links shown if needed.
• Display Select: Show or Hide the Display # drop-down list box. This allows you to limit the number of Articles listed on one page.

• Show a Feed Link. Hide or Show an RSS Feed Link. (A Feed Link will show up as a feed icon in the address bar of most modern browsers).