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• Users Access Levels

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.

• Checkbox. Check this box to select one or more items. To select all items, check the box in the column heading. Note: Many toolbar actions can work with multiple items.

• Title. The name of the item. You can open the item for editing by clicking on the Title.
• Linked User. The username this contact is linked to (if applicable).

• Published. Whether the item has been published or not. You can change the Published state by clicking on the icon in this column.
• 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.

• Order (default). Shows ordering of selected column, ascending or descending.

• Access. The viewing Access Level for this item. You can change an item's Access Level by clicking on its Title to open it up for editing.

• Language. Item's language. If you are not using the multi-language feature of Joomla, default is 'All'.

• ID. This is a unique identification number for this item assigned automatically by Joomla. It is used to identify the item internally, and you cannot change this number.

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.

• Order (default). Shows ordering of selected column, ascending or descending.

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• Ascending Shows ordering of selected column, ascending or descending.

• Number of items to display. Shows the number of items to display on one page, default is 20 items. If there are more items than this number, you can use the page navigation buttons to navigate between pages.

Filter by Partial Title

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Search Tools Above the table is a filter or search field and two buttons, as shown below.

• To filter in title, enter part of the title and click Search icon.
• Click Clear to clear the Filter field and restore the list to its unfiltered state.
• To enable more Filters, click on Search Tools.

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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Filter by Status

Lets you show items assigned to a specific state. Use the dropdown list box to select the published state:

• - Select Status -: Show only Published and Unpublished items.
• Trashed: Show only Trashed items. Re-publish by selecting them and clicking on the Publish icon in the toolbar. To permanently delete trashed items:
  • Change the filter to Trashed. The Delete icon will now show in the toolbar.
  • Select the items you want to permanently delete.
  • Click on the Delete icon.
• Unpublished: Show only Unpublished items.
• Published: Show only Unpublished items.
• Archived: Show only Unpublished items.
• All: Show all items, regardless of their published state.

Filter by Category

Lets you show only items assigned to a specific category. The list box will show the categories defined for your site.

• - Select Category -: Show items assigned to any category.
• Uncategorised: Show only items assigned to this category.

Filter by Access

Lets you show only items that have a specified viewing access level. The list box will show the access levels defined for your site.

• - Select Access -: Show items with any viewing access level.
• Public: Show only items with this viewing access level.
• Guest: Show only items with this viewing access level.
• Registered: Show only items with this viewing access level.
• Special: Show only items with this viewing access level.
• Super Users: Show only items with this viewing access level.

Filter by Language

Lets you show only items that have a specific language assigned. The list box will show the languages defined for your site.

• - Select Language -: Show items for any language.
• All: Show items set for 'All' languages.
• English (en-GB): Show items only for this language.

Number of Items to Display

Below the list you'll find:

Page Controls. When the number of items is more than one page, you will see a page control bar as shown below. The current page number being viewed is shaded.

• Start: Click to go to the first page.
• Prev: Click to go to the previous page.
• Page numbers: Click to go to the desired page.
• Next: Click to go to the next page.
• End: Click to go to the last page.

Toolbar

At the top you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

• New. Opens the editing screen to create a new contact.

• 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.

• Publish. Makes the selected contact available to visitors to your website.

• Unpublish. Makes the selected contact unavailable to visitors to your website.

• Archive. Changes the status of the selected contact to indicate that they are archived. Archived contact can be moved back to the published or unpublished state by selecting "Archived" in the Select Status filter and changing the status of the contact to Published or Unpublished as preferred.

• Check-in. Checks-in the selected contact. Works with one or multiple contact selected.

• Batch. Batch processes the selected contact. Works with one or multiple items selected.

• Trash. Changes the status of the selected contact to indicate that they are trashed. Trashed contact can still be recovered by selecting 'Trashed' in the 'Select Status' filter and changing the status of the contact to Published or Unpublished as preferred. To permanently delete trashed contact, select 'Trashed' in the 'Select Status' filter, select the contact to be permanently deleted, then click the 'Empty Trash' toolbar icon.

• Help. Opens this help screen.

• Options. Opens the Options window where settings such as default parameters can be edited.

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