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Overview
This screen is accessed from the back-end Joomla! administrator panel. It is used to manage contacts in your Joomla! website.
How to access[edit]
- Select Components → Contacts → Contacts from the drop-down menu of the Joomla! Administrator Panel. You can also select the 'Contacts' menu link from the Category Manager: Contacts screen.
Description[edit]
The Contact Manager screen allows you to add contact information to your Joomla! site. You can enter information such as name, address, phone and e-mail. You can also link contacts to registered users. Afterwards, you can use the Menu Manager to create front-end links to the the contacts.
Screenshot[edit]
Column Headers[edit]
Click on the column heading to sort the list by that column's value.
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List Filters[edit]
Filter by Partial Title[edit]
You can filter the list of items by typing in part of the Title or the ID number.
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Filter by State, Category, Access and Language[edit]
In the upper right area, above the column headings, there are four drop-down list boxes as shown below:
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The selections may be combined. Only items matching all selections will be displayed in the list.
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Number of Items to Display[edit]
Below the list you'll find:
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Toolbar[edit]
At the top right you will see the toolbar:
File:Help30-New-Edit-Publish-Unpublish-Archive-Checkin-Trash-Options-Help-toolbar.png
The functions are:
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- New. Opens the editing screen to create a new contact.</translate>
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- Edit. Opens the editing screen for the selected contact. If more than one contact is selected (where applicable), only the first contact will be opened. The editing screen can also be opened by clicking on the Name of the contact.</translate>
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- Publish. Makes the selected contact available to visitors to your website.</translate>
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- Unpublish. Makes the selected contacts unavailable to visitors to your website.</translate>
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- Archive. Changes the status of the selected contacts to indicate that they are archived. Archived contacts can be moved back to the published or unpublished state by selecting "Archived" in the Select Status filter and changing the status of the contacts to Published or Unpublished as preferred.</translate>
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- Check-in. Checks-in the selected contacts. Works with one or multiple contacts selected.</translate>
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- Trash. Changes the status of the selected contacts to indicate that they are trashed. Trashed contacts can still be recovered by selecting 'Trashed' in the 'Select Status' filter and changing the status of the contacts to Published or Unpublished as preferred. To permanently delete trashed contacts, select 'Trashed' in the 'Select Status' filter, select the contacts to be permanently deleted, then click the 'Empty Trash' toolbar icon.</translate>
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- Options. Opens the Options window where settings such as default parameters can be edited.</translate>
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- Help. Opens this help screen.</translate>
Options[edit]
Click the Options button to open the Contact Manager Options window which lets you configure this component.
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Buttons Common to All Tabs[edit]
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Contacts Tab[edit]
These settings apply for single Contact unless they are changed for a specific menu item or Contact
- Choose a layout. Default layout to use for articles.
- Choose Category. If 'Hide', the Contact Category will not show. If 'Show Without Link', Category will show as text. If 'Show With Link', Category will show as a link to a Single Category Menu Item.
- Show Contact List. If 'Show', the user will be able to change which contact is shown by selecting a contact from a drop-down list of all contacts in the current contact category.
- Display format. Determines the style used to display sections of the contact form.
- Name. Show name of the contact.
- Contact's Position. Show or Hide position.
- Email. Show or Hide contact email.
- Street Address. Show or Hide street address.
- City or Suburb. Show or hide city or suburb.
- State or County. Show or Hide state or county.
- Postal Code. Show or Hide postal or zip code.
- Country. Show or Hide Country.
- Telephone. Show or Hide telephone number.
- Mobile phone. Show or Hide mobile number.
- Fax. Show or Hide fax number.
- Webpage. Show or hide webpage.
- Misc. Information. Show or Hide miscellaneous information.
- Image. Show or Hide image.
- Image. Choose the image file to use for the contact.
- vCard. Whether or not to allow export to vCard format.
- Show User Articles. Show User Articles::If this contact is mapped to a user, and if this is set to Show, then a list of articles created by this user will show.
- Show Profile. Show Profile.
- Show Links. Show Links.
- Link A Label. An additional link for this contact.
- Link B Label. An additional link for this contact.
- Link C Label. An additional link for this contact.
- Link D Label. An additional link for this contact.
- Link E Label. An additional link for this contact.
Icons Tab[edit]
These settings apply for single Contact unless they are changed for a specific menu item or Contact
- Settings. Choose whether to display icons, text or nothing next to the information.
- Address Icon. Select the Address icon. If none selected, the default icon will be displayed.
- Email Icon. Select the Email icon. If none selected, the default icon will be displayed.
- Telephone Icon. Select the Telephone icon. If none selected, the default icon will be displayed.
- Mobile Icon. Select the Mobile icon. If none selected, the default icon will be displayed.
- Fax Icon. Select the Fax icon. If none selected, the default icon will be displayed.
- Misc Icon. Select the Misc icon. If none selected, the default icon will be displayed.
Category Tab[edit]
These settings apply for Contact Category Options unless they are changed for a specific menu item.
- Choose a layout. Default layout to use for articles.
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- # Contacts in Category. Show or Hide the number of Contacts in category.
Categories Tab[edit]
These settings apply for Contact Categories Options unless they are changed for a specific menu item. Chunk30:ComponentOptions Chunk30:ComponentOptions Chunk30:ComponentOptions Chunk30:ComponentOptions
- # Contacts in Category. Show or Hide the number of Contacts in category.
List Layouts Tab[edit]
These settings apply for Contact List Options unless they are changed for a specific menu item. Chunk30:ComponentOptions Chunk30:ComponentOptions
- Position. Show or Hide a Position column in the list of Contacts.
- Email. Show or Hide an Email column in the list of Contacts.
- Phone. Show or Hide a Phone column in the list of Contacts.
- Mobile. Show or Hide show a Mobile column in the list of Contacts.
- Fax. Show or Hide a Fax column in the list of Contacts.
- City or Suburb. Show or Hide a City or Suburb column in the list of Contacts.
- State. Show or Hide a State column in the list of Contacts.
- Country. Show or Hide a Country column in the list of Contacts.
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Form Tab[edit]
These settings apply for single Contact unless they are changed for a specific menu item or Contact.
- Show Contact Form. Show or Hide contact form.
- Send Copy to Submitter. Hide or Show checkbox to allow copy of email to be sent to submitter.
- Banned Email. Email addresses not allowed to submit information with the contact form.
- Banned Subject. Subjects not allowed in contact form.
- Banned Text. Text not allowed in contact form body.
- Session Check. Check for the existence of session cookie. This means that users without cookies enabled will not be able to send emails.
- Custom Reply. Turns off the automated reply, allowing for Plugins to handle integration with other systems.
- Contact Redirect. Enter an alternative email address, where information will be sent to.
Integration Tab[edit]
These settings determine how the Contact Component will integrate with other extensions. Chunk30:ComponentOptions Chunk30:ComponentOptions
Permissions Tab[edit]
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- Edit Own. Grants users the right to edit any content they submitted in this extension.
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- For more information about Joomla's Access Control List system: ACL Tutorial</translate>
Toolbar Links[edit]
At the top left, above the Filter, you will see the following two links:
File:Help30-Components-Contacts-Contacts-links-subscreen.png
- Contacts. This link takes you to the screen you are currently on.
- Categories. Click this link to go to the Category Manager: Contacts screen.
Quick Tips[edit]
- You need to add at least one Category for your Contacts before you can add your first Contact. Categories are added using the Category Manager: Contacts screen.
Related Information[edit]
- To add or edit Contacts: Contact Manager: Contact - New/Edit
- To work with Contact Categories: Category Manager: Contacts
- To work with Users: User Manager