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Introduction to Article Manager

The Main Menu

The main menu is the nerve center of the entire module. It allows you to do four basic tasks -- list articles, create a new article, change Article Manager configuration settings and manage the Image Library.

LIST ARTICLES:
Here you can choose to view all approved articles on the site or just your articles ordered by Title or by the date of creation, publication, expiration, or the last update. This list can be viewed in ascending or descending order.

Each article in the listing is accompanied by buttons allowing you to set it as the homepage, edit it, delete it, or immediately publish or expire it. Of course buttons or options can only be seen if you are authorized to use them.

CREATE A NEW ARTICLE:
See the next section "CREATING & EDITING ARTICLES".

CHANGE CONFIGURATION SETTINGS:
We've made module customization easier for you by allowing you to change the following default settings:

The default page template
The default section template
The # of summaries that show up on the Home Page
The # of summaries that show up on article summary listings
The # of article listings that show up under the main menu
Whether articles need approval before publication
Whether articles can expire on a predefined date
Default expiration date offsets (years, months, days)
How many years in advance publication dates can be set
Uploaded image size limits (filesize, height, width)

Administrators can also decide whether users can:

upload images
include images in articles
add comments to articles
post comments without registering (Anonymous)
create new articles
edit/delete any, all, or just their own articles
choose when their articles expire
publish articles without admin approval
change the module configuration
Image Library Management

Instead of taking the security risk of allowing users to upload images to the server, admin-approved images can be stored in and selected from the Image Library.

After an image is uploaded to the library using the "Image Library Management" interface, it will appear on the list underneath that also gives you the opportunity to delete existing pictures.

Customizing your Lists

Article Listing