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Article Settings




Permissions Description
Approve Articles

Choose this option to enable Article Routing & Approval.

See the related article Approve Articles for information.

Archive Articles Choose this option to enable the ability to turn on Automatic Article Version Control and Archiving.
Sort By Use this "Drop Down" list to select how articles are sorted in the Left Navigation Pane.   The choices are:
  • Order:  (The order that is manually set for each article)
  • Short Title:  (Alphabetically by Short Title)
  • Long Title:  (Alphabetically by Long Title)
Display Sub Article List Below the Content This will enable the display of sub articles in a list below the article content in the right pane.
Display Article Author on Admin View Choose this option to display the "Author" below the current article for admin users.
Display Article Author on Public View Choose this option to display the "Author" below the current article for public users.
Display Article Editor on Admin View Choose this option to display the current "Editor" below the current article for admin users.
Display Article Editor on Public View Choose this option to display the current "Editor" below the current article for public users.
Display Article Id on Admin View Choose this option to display the "Article ID" below the current article for admin users.
 Display Article Id on Public View Choose this option to display the "Article ID" below the current article for public users.
Display Article Keywords on Admin View Choose this option to display the "Article Keywords", from the keywords field, below the current article for admin users.
Display Article Keywords on Public View Choose this option to display the "Article Keywords", from the keywords field, below the current article for public users.
Display "Last Modified Date" on Admin View Choose this option to display the "Last Modified Date" below the current article for admin users.
Display "Last Modified Date" on Public View Choose this option to display the "Last Modified Date" below the current article for public users.
Display Titles in Included Articles When an articles are included into other articles, choose whether the titles of the included articles will display within the container articles.
Display Left Drill Down Navigation/Menu This option displays or hides the "Left Navigation" pane.
Left Drill Down Navigation/Menu Width*
This setting with the next two settings,  Percents and Pixels, determines how much of the screen is occupied by the Left Navigation pane.
    • Percents
      Indicates that the unit of measurement for the "Left Drill Down Navigation/Menu Width" setting is a percentage of the full screen.
    • Pixels
      Indicates that the unit of measurement for the "Left Drill Down Navigation/Menu Width" setting is in pixels.
Directory/Navigation Separator This setting defines the character that is used to "Separate" the levels of articles above the Right pane button bar.
Display Breadcrumb Trail in Public View Displays a trail of where a user has been.
Display "Email This Article" on Public View With this option enabled, the "Email This Article" icon is displayed in both the admin and public views.  Users can quickly email the current article.
Number of subarticles on the page* This option sets the limit to the number of article titles that will be displayed below the current article.
Enable Author Notification (on article edit)

Notify the author of an article when it is edited.

Author Notification Text  If Enable Author Notification is checked, the email notification will be populated with the content from this box
Enable RSS Feeds

This option enables the RSS icon  at the upper right of the Public pages; above the Login information. 

Clicking this icon will open an RSS Feeds page where users can get feeds for the following Public/Enabled article groups:
  • Most Popular Articles
  • Most helpful Articles
  • Recently Added Articles
  • Recently Updated Articles

See Enabling RSS for more information

Default number of Article RSS Feeds* Set the article limit globally for the feeds listed above.  This is a required field.