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Creating / Editing Lists

You can create the following types of lists:

• Automatic Content Manager automatically creates list items of all of the contents of the Content Items, Images, Files, or Menus and Pages library directory that you select.
• Manual Allows you to manually select list items in a Content Items, Images, Files, or Menus and Pages libraries directory or from a combination of these libraries.

To add or edit a list:

In the Content Lists Screen (Manage Site Assets > Libraries > Content Lists), click Add New.

A blank List Details page appears:

List properties are on the left side, while a List Preview is on the right.

Edit List Properties

Enter the List Properties as described below in the table and directions.

For an Existing List: most of these items can be edited with the exception of the Title and List Type. Click Preview to see what affect your changes will have.

1. For a New List, enter Title and Description.
2. Use the drop-down to choose a type of list
   1. Note: If Combo, Content Manager automatically selects the Build Manually radio button, as you can only mix various types of content in a list built manually.
3. Click either the Directory or Build Manually radio button as appropriate. Differences adding content between the two are described below. Most other properties of either type of list are the same.
4. Enter the maximum number of the contents from the selected directory to display as list items. Leave field blank to display all contents.

5. Click the arrow in the Order by pick-list to specify the criteria by which to order contents from the selected directory: Title, Description, or Creation Date.

   1. Click the appropriate radio button to select to display content items in ascending or descending order according to the order by criteria.

6. Add filters. You can choose any Tags you would like to use as a filter by checking the box next to the term.
   1. If you select a folder, a confirmation dialog appears, prompting you to specify whether you want to add all terms in the folder. 
   2. If a Tag is checked, items that do not have the tag will not be displayed.
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   4. Click Preview to display the effects of any filters in the List Preview pane.
7. Optionally, specify a publish date on which this list will be available for use throughout Content Manager using one of the following options:

   1. Click the Publish Between radio button to specify a publish date range and then choose a range using the calendar drop-down.

   2. Click the Remove When Older than radio button and choose a date term from the options (ranging from 30 days to a year).

   3. If you want no publish date limitations, leave the radio button on the default None.

For Manually Built

8. To add items to a manual list, click Add List Item(s) to add existing items from the library.

9. iAPPS will display the appropriate library for your type of content.

   Note: if you choose Combo list, you will see a drop-down list of content types (Pages, Content, Images, Files). Choose the one you would like and then choose Add List Item(s).

   You will need to repeat the addition process for each different type of content you want.

10. 

    Navigate through the menu node and folder lists in the left pane. As you navigate the directory, you see the options you can choose for the list appear in the center pane.

    Check the box next to any Items you want and then click the Add Items button at the top of the listing.
    
    The items will appear in the Content/Page/File or Image List on the far right pane.

    Click the X next to an item to remove it from the list.

11. When you finish selecting all items from that library to include in the list, click Save at the bottom on the modal. The selected items appear in the List Preview Pane of the main List Details screen.

12. When you have finished editing all the details and properties of your list, click Save at the top of the page.
    
    Your new or edited list will appear in the main Content Lists page.

 

For Automatically Built

8. Click the Directory link to choose a directory from the libraries.
   1. Navigate to the menu node or folder you want and click Select Directory.
   2. Once you have chosen a link you can Edit by clicking that link after the directory path.
   3. The directory path you selected appears after Link to:

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10. Click Preview to display the effects of any filters in the List Preview pane.
11. If you do not like the results you can click Reset and add or remove filters or change the directory.
12. When you have finished editing all the details and properties of your list, click Save at the top of the page.
    
    Your new or edited list will appear in the main Content Lists page.