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How to Access[edit]

Navigate to the Contact Manager. To add a new Contact, press the "New" icon in the toolbar. To edit an existing Contact, click on the Contact's Name or click the Contact's checkbox and then click on the "Edit" icon in the toolbar.

Description[edit]

This is where you can add a Contact or edit an existing Contact. Contacts allow you to list people on your web site and allow users to send e-mails to those people.

Screenshot[edit]

Details and Parameters[edit]

In this section, you can type information about the Contact, such as name, address, e-mail, and so on. The Parameters allow you to control what information gets displayed for each Contact.

Details[edit]

Name. The full name of the Contact.

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Published. Whether or not this item is published. Select Yes or No from the radio button group to set the Published state for this item.
Category. Select the Category for this Contact from the drop-down list box. Note that you must have at least one Contact Category defined before you can add a Contact.
Linked to User. Select the User, if any, that this Contact is linked to from the drop-down list box. This allows you to link this Contact's information to a Joomla! registered User. If this Contact is not linked to a User, select "-No User-".
Order. Indicates the order of this Contact in the Contact Manager. The default Order is to add the item to the end of the list. This Contact will moved to the order position just after the Contact selected from the drop-down list. Note that the Order of Contacts can also be changed in the Contact Manager.

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

Enter the desired level using the drop-down list box.

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.

Information[edit]

Contact's Position: The Contact's current position.
E-mail. The Contact's e-mail address. Note that e-mail addresses in Joomla! can be protected from "spambots" by enabling "Content-Email Cloaking" in the [[ screen.plugins.15|Plugin Manager]]. This is enabled by default.
Street Address. The Contact's street address.
Town/Suburb. The Contact's town or suburb.
State/County. The Contact's state or county.
Postal Code/ZIP. The Contact's postal code.
Country. The Contact's country.
Telephone. The Contact's phone number.
Mobile Phone Number: The Contact's mobile phone number.
Fax. The Contact's fax number.
Web URL. The Contact's web site address.
Miscellaneous Information. Other information about this Contact. No HTML is allowed in this field.
Contact Image. Image to display for this Contact. Select an image file from the drop-down list box. This lists images in the 'images/stories' folder. Images can be uploaded using the Media Manager.

Contact Parameters[edit]

Name. Hide or Show the Contact's Name.
Contact's Position. Hide or Show the Contact's Position.
E-mail. Hide or Show the Contact's e-mail address.
Street Address. Hide or Show the Contact's street address.
Town/Suburb. Hide or Show the Contact's town or suburb.
State/County. Hide or Show the Contact's state or county.
Postal/Zip Code. Hide or Show the Contact's postal code.
Country. Hide or Show the Contact's country.
Telephone. Hide or Show the Contact's telephone number.
Mobile Phone Number. Hide or Show the Contact's mobile phone number.
Fax. Hide or Show the Contact's fax number.
Web URL. Hide or Show the Contact's web site URL.
Miscellaneous Information. Hide or Show any miscellaneous information entered for this Contact.
Contact Image. Hide or Show the Contact's image.
vCard. Hide or Show the vCard link for this Contact.

Advanced Parameters[edit]

Clicking on the "Advanced Parameters" heading displays the Advanced Parameters screen, as shown below:

Icons/Text. Whether to display an Icon, Text or nothing next to the Contact fields.

Address Icon. Icon to use for Address. Select an image file in the drop-down list box. These images are located in the 'images/M_images' folder.

E-mail Icon. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display a button to allow a link to the Article to be e-mailed. This displays a form that allows the user to send an e-mail with a link to the current Article.

Telephone Icon. Icon to use for Telephone. Select an image file in the drop-down list box. These images are located in the 'images/M_images' folder.

Mobile Icon. Icon to use for Mobile phone. Select an image file in the drop-down list box. These images are located in the 'images/M_images' folder.

Fax Icon. Icon to use for Fax. Select an image file in the drop-down list box. These images are located in the 'images/M_images' folder.

Miscellaneous Icon. Icon to use for Miscellaneous. Select an image file in the drop-down list box. These images are located in the 'images/M_images' folder.

E-mail Parameters[edit]

E-mail Form Hide/Show
Description Text Enter e-mail description
E-mail Copy Hide/Show
Banned E-mail Enter a list of addresses which are unable to email this contact
Banned Subject Enter a list of subjects which are unacceptable for this contact
Banned Text Enter a list of words/phrases which are unacceptable for this contact

Toolbar[edit]

At the top right you will see the toolbar:

File:Screen contacts edit toolbar.png

The functions are:

Save: Save the feed and return to the main screen of the News Feed Manager

Cancel: Go back to the main screen of the News Feed Manager, without saving the feed you edited or created.

Help: Open the Help Screen for the News Feed Manager: New/Edit. That is the same screen as this Help Screen.

Version Changes[edit]

Joomla! 1.0 did not have the alias field.

Typical Usage[edit]

You will use the Contact Manager New/Edit when you want to add a contact, or edit an existing contact. Here you will find some of the reasons for the use of this screen.

You want to create a new contact.
You want to change the name or alias of a contact.
You want to change the category of a contact.
You want to change the user a contact links to.
You want to change the order of a feed within it's category.

Points to Watch[edit]

Name of the contact is required.
Contact categories must be added before adding the contact.
The Alias will be used in the URL when SEF is activated.
The Alias should consist of lowercase letters, and no blank spaces are allowed. Use a hyphen (-) instead.

Dependencies[edit]

Contact categories are added using the Category Manager, but are not linked to sections.

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 === Advanced Parameters ===
-If you click on the "Advanced Parameters" heading, the Advanced Parameters screen displays as shown below: [[Image:contact_new_advanced.png|frame|center]]
+Clicking on the "Advanced Parameters" heading displays the Advanced Parameters screen, as shown below: [[Image:contact_new_advanced.png|frame|center]]
 *'''Icons/Text.''' Whether to display an Icon, Text or nothing next to the Contact fields.
 {{colheader|Address Icon}}

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