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How to Access[edit]

Navigate to the Contact Manager. To add a new Contact, press the "New" icon in the toolbar. To edit an existing Contact, click on the Contact's Name or click the Contact's checkbox and then click on the "Edit" icon in the toolbar.

Description[edit]

This is where you can add a Contact or edit an existing Contact. Contacts allow you to list people on your web site. They also allow users to send e-mails to those people.

Screenshot[edit]

Details and Parameters[edit]

In this section, you can enter information about the Contact, such as name, address, e-mail, and so on. The Parameters allow you to control what information gets displayed for each Contact.

Details[edit]

Name. The full name of the Contact.

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Published. Whether or not Users can view this Contact's information
Category. Select the Category for this Contact from the drop-down list box. Note that you must have at least one Contact Category defined before you can add a Contact.
Linked to User. Select the User, if any, that this Contact is linked to from the drop-down list box. This allows you to link this Contact's information to a registered Joomla! User. If this Contact is not linked to a User, select "-No User-".
Order. Indicates the order of this Contact in the Contact Manager. The default Order is to add the item to the end of the list. This Contact will move to the position just after the Contact selected from the drop-down list. Note that the Order of Contacts can also be changed in the Contact Manager.

Access Level. Who has access to this item. Current options are:
- Public: Everyone has access
- Registered: Only registered users have access
- Special: Only users with author status or higher have access

Enter the desired level using the drop-down list box.

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.

Information[edit]

Contact's Position: The Contact's current position.
E-mail. The Contact's e-mail address. Note that e-mail addresses in Joomla! can be protected from "spambots" by enabling "Content-Email Cloaking" in the Plugin Manager. This is enabled by default.
Street Address. The Contact's street address.
Town/Suburb. The Contact's town or suburb.
State/County. The Contact's state or county.
Postal Code/ZIP. The Contact's postal code.
Country. The Contact's country.
Telephone. The Contact's phone number.
Mobile Phone Number: The Contact's mobile phone number.
Fax. The Contact's fax number.
Web URL. The Contact's web site address.
Miscellaneous Information. Other information about this Contact. No HTML is allowed in this field.
Contact Image. Image to display for this Contact. Select an image file from the drop-down list box. This lists images in the 'images/stories' folder. Images can be uploaded using the Media Manager.

Contact Parameters[edit]

Name. Hide or Show the Contact's Name.
Contact's Position. Hide or Show the Contact's Position.
E-mail. Hide or Show the Contact's e-mail address.
Street Address. Hide or Show the Contact's street address.
Town/Suburb. Hide or Show the Contact's town or suburb.
State/County. Hide or Show the Contact's state or county.
Postal/Zip Code. Hide or Show the Contact's postal code.
Country. Hide or Show the Contact's country.
Telephone. Hide or Show the Contact's telephone number.
Mobile Phone Number. Hide or Show the Contact's mobile phone number.
Fax. Hide or Show the Contact's fax number.
Web URL. Hide or Show the Contact's web site URL.
Miscellaneous Information. Hide or Show any miscellaneous information entered for this Contact.
Contact Image. Hide or Show the Contact's image.
vCard. Hide or Show the vCard link for this Contact. Note that the "Enable vCard" parameter in the Contact Manager - Parameters must be set to "Yes" for this option to work correctly. Otherwise, pressing the vCard link will just show a blank screen.

Advanced Parameters[edit]

Clicking on the "Advanced Parameters" heading displays the Advanced Parameters screen, as shown below:

Icons/Text. Whether to display an Icon, Text or nothing next to the Contact fields.

Address Icon. Icon to use for Address. Select an image file in the drop-down list box. These images are located in the 'images/M_images' folder.

E-mail Icon. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display a button to allow a link to the Article to be e-mailed. This displays a form that allows the user to send an e-mail with a link to the current Article.

Telephone Icon. Icon to use for Telephone. Select an image file in the drop-down list box. These images are located in the 'images/M_images' folder.

Mobile Icon. Icon to use for Mobile phone. Select an image file in the drop-down list box. These images are located in the 'images/M_images' folder.

Fax Icon. Icon to use for Fax. Select an image file in the drop-down list box. These images are located in the 'images/M_images' folder.

Miscellaneous Icon. Icon to use for Miscellaneous. Select an image file in the drop-down list box. These images are located in the 'images/M_images' folder.

E-mail Parameters[edit]

Clicking on the "Advanced Parameters" heading displays the E-mail Parameters screen, as shown below:

E-mail Form. Hide or Show the E-mail form. If Show is selected, a form is displayed as shown below that allows the user to send an e-mail to the Contact from the web site.
Description Text. Optional description text for the E-mail form.
E-mail copy. Hide or Show the checkbox: 'E-mail a copy of this message to your own address.'

Banned E-mail. Enter any e-mails to be banned from the site. E-mail addresses containing any of the listed text will be banned. Separate different words with semi-colons ';'. For example, the entry "spam;junk" would ban e-mail addresses such as "myspam@.com" or "aeddie@junkisgood.com".

Banned Subject. Enter any e-mail subject words to be banned from the site. Separate different words with semi-colons ';'. For example, the entry "spam;junk" would ban e-mail subjects such as "This is not spam" or "I Like Junk".

Banned Text. Enter any e-mail text words to be banned from the site. Separate different words with semi-colons ';'. For example, the entry "spam;junk" would ban e-mail content such as "This is not spam" or "I Like Junk".

Toolbar[edit]

At the top right you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

Save. Save it and return to editing the menu details.

Apply. Save it, but stay in the same screen. If you have been working on a screen for a long time and don't want to risk losing your work, pressing Apply saves your work and lets you continue working. If, for example, you lost your Internet connection, your work will be saved up this point.

Close. Return to the previous screen without saving your work. If you press Close while adding a new item, this new item will not be created. If you were modifying an existing item, the modifications will not be saved.

Help. Opens this Help Screen.

Points to Watch[edit]

At least one Contact Category must be added before adding the first Contact.

Related Information[edit]

To add or edit Contact Categories: Contact Category Manager
To find and edit existing Contacts: Contact Manager
To create a page layout for Contacts: Menu Item Manager - New/Edit - Contacts

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+==How to Access==
+Navigate to the [[screen.contactmanager.15|Contact Manager]]. To add a new Contact, press the "New" icon in the toolbar. To edit an existing Contact, click on the Contact's Name or click the Contact's checkbox and then click on the "Edit" icon in the toolbar.
 ==Description==
-In this screen you have the ability to create a contact (when you click on the 'New' button in the Contact Manager), or to edit an existing contact (when you select a contact and click on the 'Edit' button in the Contact Manager).
+This is where you can add a Contact or edit an existing Contact. Contacts allow you to list people on your web site. They also allow users to send e-mails to those people.
 ==Screenshot==
-[[Image:Screen_contacts_edit_15.png]]
+[[Image:contact_edit.png]]
-==Details and description==
-You will see different fields where you can fill in or edit information of the contact. These are:
-=== Details ===
-'''Name:''' Fill in the name of the feed. This field is required.
-'''Alias:''' This name is a shortened title of the feed, used when using SEF.
-'''Published:''' Select Yes when you want the section to be published, and No when you do not want the section to be published.
-'''Category:''' Choose the category you want this feed to belong to.
-'''Linked to User:''' If this contact is to be linked to a registered user, select that user here.
-'''Order:''' The order of the feed in the category. When creating a new feed, it will have the default setting of the last place. The order can be changed after the feed is saved.
+==Details and Parameters==
+In this section, you can enter information about the Contact, such as name, address, e-mail, and so on. The Parameters allow you to control what information gets displayed for each Contact.
-'''Access Level:''' Choose who can view this contact's information.
+===Details===
+*'''Name.''' The full name of the Contact.
+{{colheader|Alias}}
+*'''Published.''' Whether or not Users can view this Contact's information
+*'''Category.''' Select the Category for this Contact from the drop-down list box. Note that you must have at least one Contact Category defined before you can add a Contact.
+*'''Linked to User.''' Select the User, if any, that this Contact is linked to from the drop-down list box. This allows you to link this Contact's information to a registered Joomla! User. If this Contact is not linked to a User, select "-No User-".
+*'''Order.''' Indicates the order of this Contact in the Contact Manager. The default Order is to add the item to the end of the list. This Contact will move to the position just after the Contact selected from the drop-down list. Note that the Order of Contacts can also be changed in the [[screen.contactmanager.15|Contact Manager]].
+{{colheader|Enter Access Level}}
+{{colheader|Id}}
 === Information ===
+*'''Contact's Position:''' The Contact's current position.
-'''Contact's Position:''' Enter the contact's current position as regards the site.
+*'''E-mail.''' The Contact's e-mail address. Note that e-mail addresses in Joomla! can be protected from "spambots" by enabling "Content-Email Cloaking" in the [[screen.plugins.15|Plugin Manager]]. This is enabled by default.
+*'''Street Address.''' The Contact's street address.
-'''E-mail:''' Enter this contact's email address.
+*'''Town/Suburb.''' The Contact's town or suburb.
+*'''State/County.''' The Contact's state or county.
-'''Street Address:''' Enter this contact's street address.
+*'''Postal Code/ZIP.''' The Contact's postal code.
+*'''Country.''' The Contact's country.
-'''Town/Suburb:''' Enter this contact's town or suburb.
+*'''Telephone.''' The Contact's phone number.
+*'''Mobile Phone Number:''' The Contact's mobile phone number.
-'''State/County:''' Enter this contact's state.
+*'''Fax.''' The Contact's fax number.
+*'''Web URL.''' The Contact's web site address.
-'''Postal Code/ZIP:''' Enter this contact's postal code.
+*'''Miscellaneous Information.''' Other information about this Contact. No HTML is allowed in this field.
+*'''Contact Image.''' Image to display for this Contact. Select an image file from the drop-down list box. This lists images in the 'images/stories' folder. Images can be uploaded using the [[Screen.mediamanager.15|Media Manager]].
-'''Country:''' Enter this contact's country.
-'''Telephone:''' Enter this contact's phone number.
-'''Mobile Phone Number:''' Enter this contact's mobile phone number.
-'''Fax:''' Enter this contact's fax number.
-'''Web URL:''' Enter a website address for this contact.
-'''Miscellaneous Information:''' Enter any other information about this contact. No HTML is allowed in this field.
-'''Contact Image:''' Choose an image to display against this contact. Images can be uploaded using the [[Screen.mediamanager.15|Media Manager]].
 === Contact Parameters ===
+* '''Name.''' Hide or Show the Contact's Name.
-* '''Name''' Hide/Show
+* '''Contact's Position.''' Hide or Show the Contact's Position.
-* '''Contact's Position''' Hide/Show
+*'''E-mail.''' Hide or Show the Contact's e-mail address.
-* '''E-mail''' Hide/Show
+* '''Street Address.''' Hide or Show the Contact's street address.
-* '''Street Address''' Hide/Show
+* '''Town/Suburb.''' Hide or Show the Contact's town or suburb.
-* '''Town/Suburb''' Hide/Show
+* '''State/County.''' Hide or Show the Contact's state or county.
-* '''State/County''' Hide/Show
+* '''Postal/Zip Code.''' Hide or Show the Contact's postal code.
-* '''Postal/Zip Code''' Hide/Show
+* '''Country.''' Hide or Show the Contact's country.
-* '''Country''' Hide/Show
+* '''Telephone.''' Hide or Show the Contact's telephone number.
-* '''Telephone''' Hide/Show
+* '''Mobile Phone Number.''' Hide or Show the Contact's mobile phone number.
-* '''Mobile Phone Number''' Hide/Show
+* '''Fax.''' Hide or Show the Contact's fax number.
-* '''Fax''' Hide/Show
+* '''Web URL.''' Hide or Show the Contact's web site URL.
-* '''Web URL''' Hide/Show
+* '''Miscellaneous Information.''' Hide or Show any miscellaneous information entered for this Contact.
-* '''Miscellaneous Information''' Hide/Show
+* '''Contact Image.''' Hide or Show the Contact's image.
-* '''Contact Image''' Hide/Show
+* '''vCard.''' Hide or Show the vCard link for this Contact. Note that the "Enable vCard" parameter in the [[screen.contactmanager.15|Contact Manager - Parameters]] must be set to "Yes" for this option to work correctly. Otherwise, pressing the vCard link will just show a blank screen.
-* '''vCard''' Hide/Show
 === Advanced Parameters ===
+Clicking on the "Advanced Parameters" heading displays the Advanced Parameters screen, as shown below: [[Image:contact_new_advanced.png|frame|center]]
+*'''Icons/Text.''' Whether to display an Icon, Text or nothing next to the Contact fields.
+{{colheader|Address Icon}}
+{{colheader|E-mail Icon}}
+{{colheader|Telephone Icon}}
+{{colheader|Mobile Icon}}
+{{colheader|Fax Icon}}
+{{colheader|Miscellaneous Icon}}
-* '''Icons/Text''' Icons/Text/None
+===E-mail Parameters===
-* '''Address Icon''' Choose image to use for address icon
+Clicking on the "Advanced Parameters" heading displays the E-mail Parameters screen, as shown below: [[Image:contact_new_email.png|frame|center]]
-* '''E-mail Icon''' Choose image to use for e-mail icon
+*'''E-mail Form.''' Hide or Show the E-mail form. If Show is selected, a form is displayed as shown below that allows the user to send an e-mail to the Contact from the web site.[[Image:Contact_email_form.png|frame|center]]
-* '''Telephone Icon''' Choose image to use for telephone icon
+*'''Description Text.''' Optional description text for the E-mail form.
-* '''Mobile Icon''' Choose image to use for mobile phone icon
+*'''E-mail copy.''' Hide or Show the checkbox: 'E-mail a copy of this message to your own address.'
-* '''Fax Icon''' Choose image to use for fax icon
+{{colheader|Banned E-mail}}
-* '''Miscellaneous Icon''' Choose image to use for miscellaneous info icon
+{{colheader|Banned Subject}}
+{{colheader|Banned Text}}
-=== E-mail Parameters ===
 ==Toolbar==
 At the top right you will see the toolbar:
-[[Image:Screen_contacts_edit_toolbar.png]]
+[[Image:section_edit_toolbar.png]]
 The functions are:
+{{toolbaricon|Save}}
+{{toolbaricon|Apply}}
+{{toolbaricon|Close}}
+{{toolbaricon|Help}}
-'''Save:''' Save the feed and return to the main screen of the News Feed Manager
+==Points to Watch==
+*At least one Contact Category must be added ''before'' adding the first Contact.
-'''Cancel:''' Go back to the main screen of the News Feed Manager, without saving the feed you edited or created.
+==Related Information==
+*To add or edit Contact Categories: [[screen.contact_details.categories.15|Contact Category Manager]]
+*To find and edit existing Contacts: [[screen.contactmanager.15|Contact Manager]]
+*To create a page layout for Contacts: [[Screen.menus.edit.15#Internal Link - Contacts|Menu Item Manager - New/Edit - Contacts]]
-'''Help:''' Open the Help Screen for the News Feed Manager: New/Edit. That is the same screen as this Help Screen.
-==Version Changes==
-Joomla! 1.0 did not have the '''alias''' field.
-==Typical Usage==
-You will use the Contact Manager New/Edit when you want to add a contact, or edit an existing contact. Here you will find some of the reasons for the use of this screen.
-*You want to create a new contact.
-*You want to change the name or alias of a contact.
-*You want to change the category of a contact.
-*You want to change the user a contact links to.
-*You want to change the order of a feed within it's category.
-==Points to Watch==
-*Name of the contact is required.
-*Contact categories must be added ''before'' adding the contact.
-*The Alias will be used in the URL when SEF is activated.
-*The Alias should consist of lowercase letters, and no blank spaces are allowed. Use a hyphen (-) instead.
-==Dependencies==
+<noinclude>{{cathelp|1.5|Contact Manager Helps Screens|Components Help Screens}}</noinclude>
-Contact categories are added using the Category Manager, but are not linked to sections.

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