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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

• 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

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

Column Headers

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

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• Linked User. The username this contact is linked to (if applicable).

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• Featured. Whether or not the item will be displayed in featured view. A blue circle with a white star inside means yes and a gray circle with a white dot inside means no.

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See Category Manager: Contacts screen.

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List Filters

The List Filters, above table on the left, above table on right, and other filters as detailed below are in the left, bottom sidebar. These filters are a series of controls that let you limit what items show in the manager screen. More than one filter may be entered. In this case, only items that meet all of the filter conditions will show on the list.

Column Filtering

Above the column headers on the right, there are 3 drop down input fields, Sort Table by: (preset to Title), Select the ordering (preset to Ascending) and a number (preset to 20) to display. Chunk30:Help screen column header Contact Column filter

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Filter by Partial Title

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Filter by State, Category, Access and Language

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

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

Below the list you'll find:

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Toolbar

At the top left you will see the toolbar:

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

Click the Options button to open the Contact Manager Options window which lets you configure this component.

Contacts Tab

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

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

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.

• # Contacts in Category. Show or Hide the number of Contacts in category.

Categories Tab

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

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.

Form Tab

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

These settings determine how the Contact Component will integrate with other extensions. Chunk30:ComponentOptions Chunk30:ComponentOptions

Permissions Tab

• 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

At the top left, above the Filter, you will see the following two links:

• 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

• 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

• To add or edit Contacts: Contact Manager: Contact - New/Edit
• To work with Contact Categories: Category Manager: Contacts
• To work with Users: User Manager