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Description¶

The List All Web Link Categories menu item is used to show a list of all Web Link Categories in a hierarchical list.

Common Elements¶

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

• Toolbars.
• The Category 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 List All Web Link Categories 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 dialogue select the Weblinks item to open a list and then select the List All Web Link Categories item.

To edit an existing List All Web Link Categories menu item:

• Select its Title in the Menus: Items list.

Screenshot¶

Form Fields¶

Categories tab¶

• Top Level Category Description Show or hide the description of the top-level category. Note that this description can be overridden for this layout by entering an Alternative Description below.
• Alternative Description Enter an optional description to replace the category description for this layout. If the Top Level Description option is set to Show, this entered description will show instead of the normal category description.
• Subcategory Levels The number of levels of subcategories to show in the layout. Select All to show all levels in the subcategory hierarchy.
• Empty Categories Show or hide the categories that contain no content items or subcategories.
• Subcategories Descriptions Show or hide the category descriptions of subcategories.
• # Web links Show or hide the number of Web Links in each category.

Tips¶

• Categories can be nested into levels, similar to folders on a disk drive. In theory there is no absolute limit on the number of levels you can have. However, as a practical matter it is recommended to keep the levels to a minimum. The Show All Categories layout may not work correctly if the number of levels shown is greater than five.
• If you set up category titles as linkable, the user can select a category page. If there is a pre-existing menu item for that category (for example, a Category List menu item), then the options set for that menu item will control the page display. Otherwise, the options set for the current Show All Categories menu item will control the page display.