America's Boating Club®

United States Power Squadrons®

Article Index

Options Tab

This section allows you to enter additional parameters for this Article. Holding the cursor over a selection will display a Tool Tip with information on what the selection does.  The Options settings are show below:

optionstab

Access to the some of the Option selections is restricted.  Most of these options will use the default Global setting no matter how the Article Options are set.  If you feel you need to set one of the options you don't have access to, contact a System Administrator.  'Show Intro text' and 'Read More Text' can be set from Article Options.

  • Show Title. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Determines whether or not to show the Article's Title. (Default is Hide—can't be set in Article Manger.)
  • Link Titles. (No/Yes/Use Global) Whether or not the Title of the Article will be a hyperlink to the Article. (Default is No—can't not be set in Article Manager.)
  • Show Intro Text. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Hide or Show the Article's Intro Text when 'Read more...' is selected. Intro Text is the first part of the Article before the 'Read more...' break. If this parameter is 'Show', when the User selects 'Read more...', the entire article will display. If this parameter is 'Hide', when the User selects 'Read more...', only the part of the Article after the 'Read more...' link will display. (Default is Show—can be set in Article Manger.)

  • Show Category. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not the Category Title will display. (Default is No—can't not be set in Article Manger.)
  • Link Category. (No/Yes/Use Global) Whether or not the Title of the Category will be a hyperlink to the Category page. (Default is No—can't not be set in Article Manger.)

  • Show Parent. (Use Global/Hide/Show). If set to show, the title of the article's parent category will show. (Default is Hide—can't not be set in Article Manager.)

  • Link Parent. (No/Yes/Use Global). If set to Yes and Show Parent is set to Yes, the Parent Categories Title will be a link showing articles in that category. (Default is No—ca'tn not be set in Article Manger.)
  • Show Author. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display the Author's Name. (Default is Hide—can't be set in Article Manger.)

  • Link Author. (No/Yes/Use Global). If set to Yes, the Article's Author will be linked to contact page if one exists. (Default is No—can't not be set in Article Manger.)

  • Show Created Date. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display the date and time the Article was created. (Default is Hide—can't be set in Article Manger.) 
  • Show Modify Date. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display the date and time the Article was last modified. (Default is Hide—can't not be set in Article Manger.)

  • Show Publish Date. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display the date and time the Article was published. (Default is Hide—can't not be set in Article Manger.)

  • Show Navigation. (Hide/Show/Use Global). If set to Show, displays a navigation link (Next, Previous) between articles. (Default is Hide—can't not be set in Article Manger.)

  • Show Icons. (Hide/Show/Use Global). Print and Email will utilize icons or text. (Default is Show—can't not be set in Article Manger.)

  • Print Icon. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display a button to allow the Article to be printed. This allows the User to print the current Article in a printer-friendly format. (Default is Hide—can't be set in Article Manger.)
  • E-mail Icon. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display a button to allow 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. (Default is Hide—can't not be set in Article Manger.)

  • Show Voting. (Hide/Show/Use Global). If set to Show, a voting system will be enabled for articles. (Default is Hide—can't not be set in Article Manger.)

  • Show Hits. (Hide/Show/Use Global). If set to Show, the number are hits on a particular article will be displayed. (Default is Hide—can't not be set in Article Manger.)

  • Show Unauthorized Links. (Hide/Show/Use Global). If set to show, links to registered content will be displayed in the Read More Intro Text even if you are not logged-in—you must log in to access the full item. (Default is Hide—can't not be set in Article Manger.)

  • Positioning of Links. (Above/Below/Use Global). Displays links above or below the content. (Default is Above—can't not be set in Article Manger.)
  • Read more: text. Optional text to display next to the 'Read more...' link. If no text is entered, "Continue Reading" will be displayed.

  • Alternative Layout. Use a different layout to override the template. Can't be changed in Article Manager.
Sponsors

 

McGriff Insurance Group
Dawn's Travel Deals Logo