Type:

com_contact /new (or edit)

Access:

menu=>Components=>Contacts=>Manage Contacts-> New (or Edit)

User Level:

Administrator; Super Administrator.

Screenshot:

Contact Manager: New & Edit

Description:

The Contact Manager New and Edit screens provide the functions necessary to create, and then manage, Contacts within the web site under development. Only one screenshot is provided as there are very few differences between the two screens. The Screen Title, the switch between the Cancel and Close icons in the Toolbar and the ability to change the order of the Contact.

Toolbar:

Save: Click the Save icon to save any changes made during the current editing session, and return to the Contact Manager screen.

Cancel: Clicking Cancel at any point ends the current Contact creation session and returns the display to the Contact Manager screen. Any changes made since the session commenced will be lost and the new Contact will not have been created.

Help: Click the Help icon at any time to view this Help Screen.

Close: Click the Close icon at any point to end the current editing session and return to the Contact Manager screen. Any changes made since the session commenced will be lost.

Contact Details:

NOTE: Any of the following fields that are completed will be automatically added to the VCard and available for download, provided this option is permitted in the Parameters tab below.

Category: Select the Category, to which this Contact should be associated, from the drop down list of Contact Categories.

Linked to User: Select the Registered User from the drop down list of all Registered Users on the web site. To create a Contact Item that is not associated with a Registered User of the web site select the entry - No User -.

Name: Enter the name of this Contact as it will appear in the target display page. This can either be the real or user name of the individual or anything else for that matter. It is a required field

Contact's Position: If required, enter the position that the Contact entered in the above field holds within the web site, business, or organisation structure.

E-mail: If required, enter the e-mail address that this Contact can be contacted by.

Street: If required enter the street name and/or number for postal address.

Address: If required enter the additional address lines for the Contacts' postal address.

Town/Suburb: If required enter the Town or Suburb name for the Contacts' postal address.

State/County: If required enter the State, County, or Province name for the Contacts postal address.

Country: If required enter the Country of residence for the Contact postal address and general information.

Postal Code/ZIP: If required enter the postal or Zip code number for the Contacts' postal address.

Telephone: If required enter the telephone number for the Contact.

Fax: If required enter the fax machine number for the Contact.

Miscellaneous Info: If required enter additional information about the Contact. This could be a general introduction or a description of the function of a particular individual, for example.

NOTE: It is possible, using the settings in the Attributes Tabs below, and those in the Menu Items used to create links to a Contact, to hide various elements of this information, yet still retain access to it in the Back-end for administrative purposes for example. By default any field that does not have content added to it will not be displayed in the Front-end.