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Field | Description |
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Number of columns per page when listing categories | Select the number of columns (from 1 to 6) in which to display the directory categories. The Directory categories can be displayed in one long list (a single column) or in up to six columns. |
Links per page | Specify the number of directory entries to display, per page. After Tiki displays the specified number of links on the first page, it will direct the user to additional pages of links. |
Validate URLs | This is enabled to require links submitted by users to be validated (approved) by an admin or editor prior to being added to the Directory. If submitted links are to be immediately entered in the Directory without first being validated by an admin or editor, this should be left unchecked. Like other Tiki permissions, the authority to validate Directory links is given on a group basis. To enable others to validate links, the appropriate permission — tiki_p_validate_links — must be given to a Tiki user group on the Admin > Groups page (tiki-admingroups.php) (see Permissions). This group is then indicated when the Category is added or edited. |
Enable cool sites | This puts the cool sites link on the Directory navbar and activates the "Directory ranking" page, which lists the most-visited sites in the Directory in descending order. |
Show country flag | Specify if the country flag is shown for each directory item. This option was introduced in Tiki 2.0. |
Method to open directory links | Specify how Tiki links to each item in the directory: Replace current window: Close the Tiki window and open the linked site in its place. Open new window: Put the Directory page in the background, but keeping it open Inline frame: Display the linked web page in Tiki's center column |
To open the Directory Administration page (tiki-directory_admin.php), go to the Application Menu and select Admin directory from the Directory menu items. (See screenshot below.)
The top navigation bar of the Directory Admin page contains these links:
The admin links in the navbar (which is displayed on all Directory pages) are repeated in the admin menu at the bottom of this page, perhaps with a settings link to the Tiki Admin > Directory page (tiki-admin.php?page=directory), depending on the viewer's permissions.
Tiki maintains several Directory statistics:
Clicking on categories opens the Admin directory categories page, which displays the Parent category (a drop-down list), a form to add a new category, and a list of subcategories under the current parent category.
Note that categories are arranged as parents and children. Above all the child categories is the Top category. You can create subcategories under the Top category or any other category by first selecting the category as the Parent category, using the drop-down menu. Then, complete and submit the Add a directory category form to make a new child category under this parent.
The options are:
At the bottom of the Admin directory categories page is a list of directory subcategories for the parent category indicated by the drop-down menu at the top of the page.
Its columns indicate how a sub-category was configured with the Add a directory category form:
In addition to a category being able to contain other categories, it can also be directly related to another. This is useful when, for example, there is some logical connection between categories and a person browsing one category would benefit from seeing the other. The related category link functions as a "See also..." reference.
Clicking on related displays the Admin related categories page.
To create a relationship between two categories:
Under Related categories, you will see a drop-down list of the categories that are related to the selected "parent category". Relationships can be updated or removed here.
Click on sites to display the Admin sites page.
The Parent category drop-down menu includes all categories in the Directory that can contain sites directly. (A category for which "contain sites" was not checked will not appear in this list.) Selecting "all" displays all sites, in the table below; selecting one of the categories displays the sites in that category.
To add a site, enter the appropriate information for the site in the Add or edit a site form. To edit a site, click its edit icon. Note that a site can be added to more than one category by control-clicking each desired category. (The Parent category selection at the top of the page determines what appears in the Sites section of the screen. This selection has no effect on the information input when adding a new site.)
Clicking on validate will display the Validate sites page, where user-suggested sites are "validated" (approved for inclusion in the Directory — "valid" here doesn't refer to the actual validity of the linked URL).
To validate one or several sites, check the appropriate box(es) and click the validate button. A similar technique will do mass "invalidations" (removals from the Directory). Click the edit icon to edit a site or the delete icon to remove one.