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==How to access==
Click the Article Manager icon in the [[screen.cpanel.15|Control Panel]], or click 'Article Manager' in the 'Content' menu in the back-end of your Joomla! installation.

==Description==
The Article Manager is the place in the back-end where you can add and manage all of the articles for your web site.

==Screenshot==
[[Image:Article.Manager.png]]

''Note: greyed item (# 15) is archived and cannot be edited before unarchived.''

==Column Headers==
Click on the column heading to sort the list by that column's value.
{{colheader|Number}}
{{colheader|Checkbox}}
{{colheader|Title}}
{{colheader|Article Published}}
{{colheader|Front Page}}
{{colheader|Order}}
{{colheader|Access Level}}
{{colheader|Section}}
{{colheader|Category}}
{{colheader|Author}}
{{colheader|Date}}
{{colheader|Hits}}
{{colheader|Id}}
{{colheader|Display #}}

==Toolbar==
At the top right you will see the following toolbar:
[[Image:article_manager_toolbar.png]]

The functions are:
{{toolbaricon|Unarchive}}
{{toolbaricon|Archive}} 
{{toolbaricon|Publish}}
{{toolbaricon|Unpublish}}
{{toolbaricon|Move}}
{{toolbaricon|Copy}}
{{toolbaricon|Trash}} 
{{toolbaricon|Edit}}
{{toolbaricon|New}}
*'''Parameters.''' Click this button to open the Global Configuration window. This window allows you to set default parameters for Articles. This default parameter will take effect if the corresponding Menu Item parameter and Article parameter are both set to 'Use Global'. See [[#Global Configuration|Global Configuration]] below.
{{toolbaricon|Help}}

==List Filters==
'''Filter by Partial Title'''

You can filter the list of items either by entering in part of the title or the ID number. Or you can select a combination of Section, Category, Author, and Published State.
{{colheader|List Filter}}

'''Filter by Section, Category, Author, Published State'''
In the upper right area, above the column headings, are 4 drop-down list boxes as shown below:[[Image:article_manager_filter2.png|center]] The selections may be combined. Only items matching all selections will display in the list.
{{colheader|Select Section}}
{{colheader|Select Category}}
{{colheader|Select Author}}
{{colheader|Select State}}

==Global Configuration==
This pop-up screen is shown when the User clicks the 'Parameters' button on the Toolbar.

===Screenshot===
[[Image:articles_global1.png|center]]
[[Image:articles_global2.png|center]]

===Column Headers===

{{colheader|Global Show Unauthorized Links}}
{{colheader|Global Show Article Title}}
{{colheader|Global Title Linkable}}
{{colheader|Global Show Intro Text}}
{{colheader|Global Section Name}}
{{colheader|Global Section Title Linkable}}
{{colheader|Global Category Title}}
{{colheader|Global Category Title Linkable}}
{{colheader|Global Author Name}}
{{colheader|Global Created Date and Time}}
{{colheader|Global Modified Date and Time}}
{{colheader|Global Show Navigation}}
{{colheader|Global Read more... Link}}
{{colheader|Global Article Rating/Voting}}
{{colheader|Global Icons}}
{{colheader|Global PDF Icon}}
{{colheader|Global Print Icon}}
{{colheader|Global E-mail Icon}}
{{colheader|Hits}}
{{colheader|Global For each feed item show}}

===Filtering Options (HTML)===

Web sites can be attacked by users entering in special HTML code. Filtering is a way to protect your Joomla! web site. Joomla! 1.5 brings new filtering options to give you more control over the HTML that your content providers are allowed to submit. You can be as strict or as liberal as you desire, depending on your site's needs. 

It is important to understand that filtering occurs at the time an article is saved, ''after'' it has been written or edited. Depending on your editor and filter settings, it is possible for a user to add HTML to an article during the edit session only to have that HTML removed from the article when it is saved. This can sometimes cause confusion or frustration. If you have filtering set up on your site, make sure your users understand what types of HTML are allowed.

The default setting, as of Joomla! version 1.5.9, is that all users ''except members of the Super Administrator group'' will have "black list" filtering on by default. This is designed to protect against markup commonly associated with web site attacks. So, if you do not set any filtering options, the Super Administrator will have no filtering done, and all other users will have "black list" filtering done using the default list of filtered items. If you create a filter here, this overrides the default, and the default filter is no longer in effect. Only one filter option is allowed per site.

There are two steps to setting up filtering:
# Decide on the user groups that will receive filtering. This will normally include the highest level group you want to filter and all of the groups below that level. For example, if you want to filter Publishers and below, this would include Publisher, Editor, Author, and Registered.
# Enter the type and extent of the desired filtering.
For example, if you want filtering only for Author, Registered user, and guests, select "Author", "Registered", and "Public Front End" for the Filter Groups and then select the desired type of filtering. This will apply to members of the Author, Registered and public groups but not to "higher" groups, such as Editors, Publishers, and so on.

The default filtering is overridden by entering in the following fields:
 	
*'''Filter Groups.''' This sets the user groups that you want filters applied to. Use Ctrl+Click to select multiple groups. Groups that are not selected will have no filtering done. <blockquote>''Important Note: There is a bug, as of version 1.5.8, such that you must specify at least two groups for the filtering to take place. If you only specify one group, no filtering will happen. This is easy to work around. Just be sure to always specify at least two groups here.''</blockquote>
*'''Filter Type.''' Black List (Default), White List, No HTML. 
**Black list means allow all HTML tags and attributes ''except'' those listed. 
**White list means allow ''only'' the listed tags and attributes. 
**No HTML means allow no HTML markup at all. All HTML is removed from an Article when it is saved.
*'''Filter Tags.''' The ''extra'' tags to exclude in a Black List, or the ''only'' tags to allow in a White List.
*'''Filter Attributes.''' The ''extra'' tag attributes to exclude in a Black List, or the ''only'' tag attributes to allow in a White List.

====Default Filters====
The default filter method in Joomla! is 'Black List'. The default 'Black List' contains the following tags to exclude:

:'applet', 'body', 'bgsound', 'base', 'basefont', 'embed', 'frame', 'frameset', 'head', 'html', 'id', 'iframe', 'ilayer', 'layer', 'link', 'meta', 'name', 'object', 'script', 'style', 'title', 'xml'

The default 'Black List' contains the following attributes to exclude:

:'action', 'background', 'codebase', 'dynsrc', 'lowsrc'

You can 'Black List' (disallow) additional tags and attributes by adding to the Filter tags and Filter attributes fields, separating each tag or attribute name with a space or comma. If you select a Filter Type of "Black List", this list will always be used, plus any additional tags and attributes you add.

Please note that these settings work regardless of the editor that you are using.  Even if you are using a WYSIWYG editor, the filtering settings may strip additional tags and attributes prior to saving information in the database.

====Filter Examples====

'''Example One:'''
To allow people in your Author group to only submit content with basic HTML tags, use the following settings:[[Image:Screen_content_article_filter_example1_20090126.png|frame|center]]
* In the Filter groups box, select Registered and Author.
* Select White List as the Filter type
* Set the Filter tags to: p, b, i, em, br, a, ul, ol, li, img
* Set the Filter attributes to: href, target, src
In this example, no filtering will be done for members of the Editor, Publisher, Manager, Administrator, and Super Administrator groups.

'''Example Two:'''
To apply the default black-list filtering to all groups except for Admin and Super Admin, use the following settings:[[Image:Screen_content_article_filter_example2_20090126.png|frame|center]]
* In the Filter groups box, select all groups ''except'' Admin and Super Admin.
* Select Black List as the Filter type.
* Leave the Filter Tags and Filter attributes fields empty.
In this example, no filtering will be done for members of the Administrator and Super Administrator groups.

'''Example Three:'''
If you allow others you do not know (and therefore have no reason to trust) to submit articles on your Joomla! Web site, the safest (and most restrictive) filtering is as follows:[[Image:Screen_content_article_filter_example3_20090126.png|frame|center]]
* In the Site &rarr; Global Configuration &rarr; System, set "New Registration Type" to "Author".
* In the Filter groups box, select Registered and Author.
* In the Filter Type, select "No html". 
This will not allow an author to use any HTML inside an article's content. In this example, no filtering will be done for members of the Editor, Publisher, Manager, Administrator, and Super Administrator groups.

====Developers Notes====

The filtering parameters in config.xml have the new parameter menu="hide".  This hides the filters from the Menu Item's Component pane as you do not want cascading overrides to occur at the menu item level.

==Quick Tips==
*In Joomla! versions prior to 1.5, there were separate processes for creating a Static Content Item and normal Content Items. Both processes are now done just by adding Articles. Normal Content Items are now just called Articles, and Static Content Items are now called Uncategorized Articles.

*To create a static content item, create a new Article in the same way as for normal content and assign it to the 'Uncategorized' Section and Category. You can then use the Menu Item Type called Article Layout to show the Article in a page. 

*Joomla! 1.5 changes the method you must use to create the 'Read more...' link. When you are adding or editing an article, just press the 'Read more...' button located at the bottom of the screen, next to Image and Pagebreak buttons. This inserts a 'Read more...' break in the Article. The text before the break will display as the Intro Text, and the text after the break will display when the 'Read more...' link is pressed.



==Related Information==
* To add or edit Articles: [[screen.content.edit.15|Article Manager - New/Edit]]
* To manage Categories: [[screen.categories.15|Category Manager]]
* To manage Sections: [[screen.sections.15|Section Manager]]
* To manage Users: [[screen.users.15|User Manager]]

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