Joomla! Documentation™

Overview

The Web Links Category Manager allows you to manage categories that can be used to classify Web Links.

How to Access

Select Components → Web Links → Categories from the drop-down menu of the Joomla! Administrator Panel, or select the "Categories" link on the Web Links Manager screen.

Description

The Web Links Category Manager is where you can edit existing Web Links Categories and create new ones. Note that Web Links Categories are separate from other Categories, such as Categories for Articles, Banners, News Feeds, and Contacts. From this screen, you can also navigate to the Web Links Manager screen.

Screenshot

Column Headers

Click on the column heading to sort the list by that column's value.

• Checkbox. Check this box to select one or more items. To select all items, check the box in the column heading. After one or more boxes are checked, click a toolbar button to take an action on the selected item or items. Many toolbar actions, such as Publish and Unpublish, can work with multiple items. Others, such as Edit, only work on one item at a time. If multiple items are checked and you press Edit, the first item will be opened for editing.

• Title. The name of the item. For a Menu Item, the Title will display in the Menu. For an Article, Section, or Category, the Title may optionally be displayed on the web page. This entry is required. You can open the item for editing by clicking on the Title.

• Published. Whether the item has been published or not. You can change the Published state by clicking on the icon in this column.
• Ordering. The order in which to display the items. 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 the 'Save Order' icon in the column header.

• 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

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

• Language. TBD

• 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.

List Settings

Filter by Partial Title

You can filter the list of items by typing in part of the Title or the ID number.

• Filter. In the upper left corner just above the column headings is a Filter field and two buttons, as shown below:
  
  If you have a large number of items on the list, you can use this filter to find the desired item(s) quickly. Enter either part of the title and press 'Go' to display the matching items. You can enter in whole words or part of a word. For example, "ooml" will match all titles with the word "Joomla!" in them. You can also search for a specific item id by entering "id:" followed by the id number. For example, "id:123" will find the item with an id of '123'.

Filter by Access, State and Language

In the upper right area, above the column headings, are 3 drop-down list boxes as shown below:

The selections may be combined. Only items matching all selections will be displayed in the list.

• Access. TBD

• Select Status. Use the drop-down list box to select the published state: Published, Unpublished, Trashed, or All. For Articles, you may also select Archived. Important: With the default setting of -Select Status-, the screen only shows Published and Unpublished items. If you have the filter set to -Select Status- and you change items to Trashed, the Trashed items will disappear from the screen. However, they have not been permanently deleted. To do that you need to:

1. Change the filter to Trashed. The Delete icon will now show in the toolbar.
2. Select the items you want to permanently delete.
3. Click on the Delete icon.

You can see all items, regardless of their published state, by selecting All for this filter. You can also re-publish Trashed items by selecting them and clicking on the Publish icon in the toolbar.

• Language. TBD

Number of Items to Display

Below the list you'll find:

• 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 (where applicable).

Toolbar

At the top right you will see the toolbar:

• New. Creates a new item and opens the editing screen for this item.

• Edit. Opens the editing screen for the selected item. If more than one item is selected (where applicable), only the first item will be opened. An item can also be opened for editing by clicking on its Title or Name.

• Publish. Publishes selected items. Works with one or multiple items selected.

• Unpublish. Unpublishes selected items. Works with one or multiple items selected.

• Archive. Archives selected items. Works with one or multiple items selected.

• Check In. Checks-in selected items. Works with one or multiple items selected.

• Trash. Sends selected items to the trash. Works with one or multiple items selected.
• Rebuild.TBD

• Help. Opens this Help Screen.

"Web Links" / "Categories" Links

At the top left, above the Filter, you will see two links as shown below:

• Web Links. Press this link to go to the Web Links Manager page.
• Categories This link is disabled, since we are already in the Categories page.

Related Information

• To work with Web Links: Web Links Manager
• To add new Web Links Categories: Web Links Category Manager - New/Edit