# Category Manager

-- Draft 4.5.3

The Category Manager shows a list of the Content Categories defined on your site. They are ordered by the section they belong to.

See the following Help Screen for specific help for News Feeds, Contacts & Weblinks Category Managers.
Help Screen: News Feeds Category Manager.
Help Screen: Contacts Category Manager.
Help Screen: Weblinks Category Manager.

## Toolbar Icons

Select categories 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 Categories. You may check multiple checkboxes.
Move: Opens a new ‘Move Category’ window where you can choose to move the specific Category and *all its Content Items* to another existing Section. You may click multiple checkboxes here.
Copy: Opens a new ‘Copy Category’ window where you can choose to copy the specific Category and *all its Content Items* to another existing Section. You may click multiple checkboxes here. (The content items copied will keep the same name)
Delete: Lets you delete the category chosen. An Alert will pop up to let you confirm this choice. This action can't be performed if the category contains Content Items. In this last case, you would have to delete the Content Items first.

Edit : Edit an existing category parameters.

New : Create a new Category.

## JS Tree

This navigation tree provides shortcuts to access various aspects of the Administration related to Categories.
Sections Manager
Content Items Manager
Frontpage Manager

## Filters

From left to right:
Search a Category by name.
State: displays depending on Publish or Unpublished state.
Access: displays depending on the type of user access level.
Section: displays depending on the sections categories belong to.

## Column Descriptions

Clicking on any title will order the items according to the title clicked.
Check Box/Padlock: Click this to select the item. A padlock icon will replace the Check Box if the item is checked-out. Clicking on it will check-in the item on an individual basis. If this item has been checked out by another manager/administrator, please contact the administrator of your site for him/her to Check-in the item. When checked, clicking the Toolbar Icons will perform the various actions available.

Category Name: This is the name of a category. Click the name to edit the category parameters. A padlock icon next to it shows that it is checked-out. To check-in, click the name to edit,
Section: The name of the Section de category belongs to. Clicking on this name lets you edit the category's section's parameters.

Published: Whether a category is published or not. Click the icon to change the state.
Order: Order of the categories on the list (this has no effect on site display). You may change it by editing 2 # conjointly and clicking on the ‘Save Order’ icon in the heading.

Access: This is the User access level. Public, Registered or Special. Click to toggle.
ID: There is the ID for each category as defined 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 items in the list. You can also set the number of items displayed on a page by selecting the number in the drop down box at the bottom of the screen.