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Description¶

The Featured Contacts menu item type is used to show a list of featured contacts.

Common Elements¶

Some aspects of this page are covered in separate Help articles:

• Toolbars.
• The Details Tab.
• The List Layouts Tab.
• The Link Type Tab.
• The Page Display Tab.
• The Metadata Tab.
• The Associations Tab.
• The Module Assignment Tab.

How To Access¶

To create a new Featured Contacts Menu Item:

• Select Menus → [name of the menu] from the Administrator menu (for example, Menus → Main Menu). Then...
  • Select the New button in the Toolbar. Then...
  • Select the Menu Item Type Select button
  • In the modal dialog select the Contacts item to open a list and then select the Featured Contacts item.

To edit an existing Featured Contacts menu item:

• Select its Title in the Menus: Items list.

Screenshot¶

Form Fields¶

Form Tab¶

• Tags Show or hide the contact's Tags.
• Contact Information Show or hide the contact's Contact Information.
• vCard Show or hide the contact's vCard.
• Miscellaneous Information Show or hide the contact's Miscellaneous Information.
• User Articles Show or hide the contact's User Articles.
• # Articles to List Show or hide the contact's # Articles to List.
• Contact Links Show or hide the contact's Contact Links.
• Link <letter> Label <A to E> Labels (5) to override the shown link's label.

Mail Options Tab¶

Contact Mail Options control the appearance of a Contact's → Contact Form if it is enabled.

• Contact Form Show or hide the contact's contact form.
• Send Copy to Submitter Show or hide the a check box to allow a Submitter to send a copy of email to themselves.
• Session Check Check for the existence of session cookie. Users without cookies enabled will not be able to send emails. It has the following options available:
  • Use Global Use the default value from the contacts options screen.
  • Yes Check for session cookie.
  • No Do not check for session cookie.
• Custom Reply Turn on or off the custom message reply to contact form's submitter, allowing for Plugins to handle integration with other systems. It has the following options available:
  • Use Global Use the default value from the contacts options screen.
  • Yes Send an automated reply email.
  • No Do not send an automated reply email.
• Contact Redirect Enter an alternative URL to redirect the submitter after the email is sent.

Tips¶

• To feature a contact do one of the following using the Contacts list:
  • Select the Featured symbol (circle with a star) in the Featured column,
  • Select the Item select check box and select Feature in the Actions drop-down list in the Toolbar. Several items can be selected to Feature or Unfeature via the Actions list.