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Managing categories and photo albums
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| · | Create a new category
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| · | Create a new photo album
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| · | Delete a category or photo album
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| 1. | Click the Post Manager tab. The All Articles page opens.
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| 2. | Indicate where the new category should be placed by selecting a category in the Category Tree or from the drop-down list at the top of the page.
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| 3. | Click the Add Category link (located just above the Category Tree). The Add Category page opens.
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| 4. | Enter the following information in the fields provided:
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| · | Title: the name of the category. It can contain letters, numbers, spaces and punctuation.
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| · | Inherit permissions from parent: enable this option to give your new category the same permission settings as its parent category.
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| · | Restrict views: click this checkbox to make the new category restricted. See Restricted categories and photo albums for more information.
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| 5. | Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page. The Category Settings page opens, to allow you to customize the category's properties.
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| 1. | Click the Post Manager tab. The All Articles page opens.
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| 2. | Indicate where the new photo album should be placed by selecting a category in the Category Tree or from the drop-down list at the top of the page.
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| 3. | Click the Add Photo Album link (above the Category Tree). The Add Photo Album page opens.
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| 4. | Enter the following information in the fields provided:
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| · | Title: the name of the photo album. It can contain letters, numbers, spaces and punctuation.
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| · | Inherit permissions from parent: enable this option to give your new photo album the same permission settings as its parent category.
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| · | Restrict views: check this checkbox to restrict your new photo album. See Restricted categories and photo albums for more information.
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| · | Layout type: specifies how your photos are presented within the photo album. There are three layout types:
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| · | Grid: each photo album page contains a specified number of columns and rows. If you choose this layout, the Sort photos, Columns per page, and Rows per page fields must be populated.
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| · | Group by day: organizes your photos in a similar manner to articles in your categories. If you choose this layout, the Use blog defaults or the Articles per page and Days per page settings must be provided. (See Paging type for more information.)
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| · | Mini-thumb - JS: presents your photos as a row of mini-thumbnails. If you choose this layout, the Sort photos, Thumbnail location, and Thumbnails to display fields must be populated.
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| · | Display recently created albums: checking this box causes thumbnails of recently posted photos to appear in the category page. Checking this checkbox causes the Updated Album Display Options controls, which specify the layout of the thumbnails, to appear.
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| · | Display location: specifies where the thumbnails will appear on the category page.
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| · | Albums to display: specifies the n most recent albums' thumbnails to display.
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| · | Thumbnail columns: specifies how many columns of thumbnails to display.
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| · | Thumbnail rows: specifies how many rows of thumbnails to display.
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| 5. | Click the Create Album button at the bottom of the page. The Category Settings page opens, to allow you to customize the photo album's properties.
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| 1. | From the All Articles page, select the category to be deleted, either from the Category Tree or from the drop-down list at the top of the page.
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| 2. | Click the Category Settings link at the top of the page. The Category Settings page opens, with the selected category's information displayed.
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| 3. | Click the Delete button at the bottom of the page.
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