Contact Manager
-- Draft 4.5.3
The
Contact Manager lets manage a list of contacts for your site.
This allows visitors to find contact information for different people
or departments.
Toolbar Icons
Select contacts by clicking the checkbox at the start of each row.
Publish and Unpublish: Click the 'Publish' or 'Unpublish' icon to publish or unpublish any number of selected Contacts.
Delete: Click the 'Delete' icon to delete the contact from the database.
Edit: Click the 'Edit' icon to edit the Contact.
New: Click the 'New' icon to create a new Contact.
Filters
From left to right:
Search a Contact by name.
State: lets display contacts according to their published state.
Category: lets display contacts according to their category.
Column descriptions
Clicking on any title will order the items according to the title clicked.
Check
Box/Padlock: Click this to select the contact. A padlock icon will
replace the Check Box if the contact is checked-out. Clicking on it will check-in the contact on an individual basis. If
this contact has been checked out by another manager/administrator,
please contact the administrator of your site for him/her to Check-in
the contact. When checked, clicking the Toolbar Icons will perform the various actions available.
Name: This is the name of the contact. This
can be a person, department or whatever you wish. This is what shows up
on the Frontend of the site. You can click the name to edit that
contact.
Category: You can assign contacts to different categories. This column
displays which category the contact belongs too. Click to edit the
Category.
Linked to User: If the contact is linked to a registered user of the site, the users name will appear here. Click to edit user.
Published: Click on the icon to toggle Publish/Unpublish to decide whether the contact will be available or not on your site.
Reorder: Click the icons to
move the record up or down in the list. The order is used in both the
contact manager and on the contact page the visitor will see.
Order : To
modify the order, type in the number that you would like to have them
presented. Then, click the ‘Save Order’ icon next to the Column
Heading ‘Order’.
ID: Reference Contact ID in the database.
At the bottom of the list you may see a
pagination feature, which will allow you to navigate to the next set of
banners in the list. You can also set the number of banners displayed
on a page by selecting the number in the drop down box at the bottom of
the screen.