Category/Artist Manager

What it does

You can create several categories to order your products under. Similarly you can create several artists to group your products under. If you are solo artist or band, just create one artist.

How to Access

Click on 'Categories/Artists' in the 'Components->MyMuse' menu in the back-end of your Joomla! installation.

Categories/Artists [list] page.

Column Headers

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

  • Num. An indexing number automatically assigned by Joomla! for ease of reference.

  • 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. 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.

  • Order. The order to display 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 'Save Order'.

  • 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.
  • Section. The Section each category is assigned to. MyMuse was designed with two sections: Artists and Catalog. Assign artist to the Artist section and other categories to the Catalog section.

  • Number Products. The number of active Products for this Artist or within this Category.

  • 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, and can be used in links. You can not change this number.

  • Display #. Below the list at the bottom of the page. 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.

Toolbar

At the top right you will see the toolbar:

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The functions are:

  • Publish. To publish one or more items, select them and click on this button.

  • Unpublish. To unpublish one or more items, select them and click on this button.

  • Delete. To delete one or more items, select them and click this button. The selected items will be deleted.

  • Edit. Select one item and click on this button to open it in edit mode. If you have more than one item selected, the first item will be opened. You can also open an item for editing by clicking on its Title or Name.

  • New. Click on this button to create a new item. You will enter the New page for this item.

  • Help. Opens this Help Screen.

List Filters

Filter by Partial Title You can filter the list of items either by entering in part of the title. You can also select a Published State.

  • 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 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.

Filter by Section In the area in the upper right, above the column headings, there is a drop-down list box that allows you to filter by Section.

  • Select Section. Use the drop-down list box to select the Section.

Filter by Published State In the area in the upper right, above the column headings, there is a drop-down list box that allows you to filter the Sections by Published state.

  • Select State. Use the drop-down list box to select the published state: Published or Unpublished.

Quick Tips

  • You can enter an artist/category's edit mode by simply clicking on its title.

  • Click on the green check mark or the red X in the Published column to toggle between the states Published and Unpublished.

  • Click on the Column Headers to sort the Sections by that column. Click a second time to sort descending (Z to A).

 

Last Updated ( Monday, 5 April 2010 )
 
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