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Tagged Items

Description

The Tagged Items menu item type is used to create a page to display content with selected tags.

How To Access

To create a new Tagged Items 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 Tags item to open a list and then select the Tagged Items item.

To edit an existing Tagged Items menu item:

  • Select its Title in the Menus: Items list.

Screenshot

Tagged Items details tab

Form Fields

Tag Options Tab

Tagged items details tab

  • Tag Name Show or hide the tag name for a layout with one tag.
  • Tag Image Show or hide the tag image for a layout with one tag.
  • Tag Description Show or hide the description for a layout with one tag.
  • Image Select or upload the image.
  • Image Description (Alt Text) Alt text for accessibility compliance.
  • No Description Checkbox to indicate the image is decorative and does not require alt text.
  • Description Optional description to show at the top of the list. For example, this can be used when you have a layout that includes more than one tag.
  • Order The column by which to sort displayed items in the table. The values are the same as the column heading names.
  • Direction The sort order direction.

Item Options Tab

Tagged items details tab

  • Item Image Show or hide the image for each item.
  • Item Description Show or hide the description for each item in the list.
  • Maximum Characters The maximum number of characters to display from the description in each tag.
  • Filter Field Show or hide the list Filter.

Pagination Options Tab

Tagged items details tab

  • Display Select Show or hide the # control that allows the user to select the number of items to show in the list. Note that if you have a large number of items, it may be helpful to use the Filter options to limit which items display.
  • Pagination Show or hide Pagination support. Pagination provides page links at the bottom of the page that allow the User to navigate to additional pages.
  • Pagination Summary Show or hide the current page number and total pages (e.g., "Page 1 of 2") at the bottom of each page.

Item Selection Options Tab

Tagged items details tab

  • Match Type All will return items that have all of the tags. Any will return items that have at least one of the tags.
  • Child Tags Include or exclude child tags from the result list for a tag.