Understanding Type Parameters
Properties tab
Parameter |
Type |
Description |
Itemid Target |
Dropdown |
Select the front-end menu item which item ID will be used by the type to generate the URL of all type’s records. |
Allow Edit |
Yes/No |
Allow to edit records on the front-end. |
Allow Delete |
Yes/No |
Allow users to remove their records. |
Allow Archive |
Dropdown |
Allow users to archive their records. “Record Author” means that record owners and special users may archive records. “Special” means that only special users groups may archive records. |
Allow Extend |
Dropdown |
Set who can extended automatic expired records. “Record Author” means that record owners and special users may extend records. “Special” means that only special users groups may extend records. |
Extend Days |
Text |
Set how may days an user will add to expiration date of expired record. This parameter defines number of days expired records to be extended. |
Date Format |
Dropdown |
Set date format for the type. |
Readon Label |
Text |
Set another text for record “Read more” label. |
Mark New |
Text |
Set how many days records will be marked as new. |
Enable Favorites |
Yes/No |
Allow/disallow users mark records as favorite. See grey/gold favorite star icon near records titles when this parameter is activated. Gold star icon means that record has been added to favorite records list. |
Enable Tags |
Yes/No |
Enable/Disable tag system for the type. |
Tags Num |
Yes/No |
Activate/deactivate tag num counting. Users will see how may times certain tag was added, i.e. how many records has this tag. |
Non-Author Tagging |
Dropdown |
Allow Non-Author adding tags to records. Set which user group may add tags to all records. By default record owner and special back-end users may add tags to records only. You may extend this functionality for any user group in this parameter. |
Enable Ratings |
Dropdown |
Set user group who may rate records of the type. For, instance, you may strict Registered and Public users from rating records of the type by set “special” for this parameter. |
Allow Record Compare |
Dropdown |
Set which user groups may compare records of certain type |
Templates | ||
Article Template |
Dropdown |
Set template for article full view. |
Form |
Dropdown |
Set template for article adding form. |
Rating Template |
Dropdown |
Set rating template. Template is applied for article full view and record list. |
Comments Template |
Dropdown |
Set template for comments. Comments can be displayed in the article full view only. |
Mobile Templates |
Templates will be loaded if user agent is one of set in global configuration (see parameter “Mobile Useragents”). For general mobile view joomla template view www.mightytemplate.com | |
Article Template |
Dropdown |
Set template for article full view. |
Form |
Dropdown |
Set template for article adding form. |
Rating Template |
Dropdown |
Set rating template. Template is applied for article full view and record list. |
Comments Template |
Dropdown |
Set template for comments. Comments can be displayed in the article full view only. |
Elements | ||
Show Title |
Yes/No |
Activate/Deactivate records titles displaying. |
Show categories |
Yes/No |
Activate/Deactivate link to record’s home category, i.e. the category which record belongs, |
Title Linkage |
Yes/No |
Display record’s titles as links (only for records list pages). |
Show Hits |
Yes/No |
Display hits count, i.e. number of the record’s views. |
Show Created Date |
Yes/No |
Display record creation date |
Show Expire Date |
Yes/No |
Display record expiration date |
Show Modified Date |
Yes/No |
Display record modification date |
Show Navigation |
Yes/No |
(Currently is not available!) Display Previous/Next button in full record view, this option allows quick records switching, users should return to the category any more. |
Show Read More |
Yes/No |
Display “Read More …” link in record list template. This parameter should be activated if you disable “Title Linkage”, so users can browse record full view page. |
Show Icons |
Yes/No |
Display PDF, Print and Email buttons |
Icons As |
Radio button |
Set the way of PDF, Print and Email buttons displaying. |
Show PDF Icon |
Yes/No |
Activate/Deactivate PDF button |
Show Print Icon |
Yes/No |
Activate/Deactivate Print button |
Show Email Icon |
Yes/No |
Activate/Deactivate Email button |
Alerts tab
Parameter |
Type |
Description |
Send Mode |
Dropdown |
|
User Alerts |
You can translate or change alert text by editing files in /components/com_resource/alerts/ | |
Featured Finished |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as record’s featured period finishes |
Now Featured |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as his record is set featured |
New Rating |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as his record gets new rating. This option activated alert for moderators as well. |
Rating Deleted |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as record’s rating is deleted. Record owner will get this alert only if moderator will remove rating. |
Added To Favorite |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as someone added his record to favorite. |
Tags Added |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as someone adds a tag to his record. |
About To Expire |
Yes/No |
This parameter regulates sending of 2 alert types. The first one is warning, it informs record author about soon expiration date. The second one informs that record has been expired. |
Expiration Days |
Text |
Define number of date before record expiration date to send warning expiration date alert (see About To Expire parameter). |
Extended |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as his record has been extended. Extended means that record expiration time was prolonged. |
Publish |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as his record has published. |
Archived |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as his record has archived. |
Unpublish |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as his record has unpublished. |
Deleted |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as his record has deleted. |
Edited |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as his record has edited. |
New Record |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts when he add new record to certain section/category of the project. |
New Comment |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as his record gets new comment. |
Comment Rated |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as his record’s comment gets new rating. |
Comment Rate Deleted |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as his record’s comment rating has been removed. |
Comment Deleted |
Yes/No |
Article author gets alerts as soon as his record’s comment has been removed. |
Insert Comment |
Yes/No |
Regulates inserting of comment body to new comment alert email. |
Administrator Alerts | ||
New Comment |
Dropdown |
Choose administrator who gets alert about new comments have been added. |
New Comment Vote |
Dropdown |
Choose administrator who gets alert about new comment voting. |
New Vote |
Dropdown |
Choose administrator who gets alert about new record voting. |
New Record |
Dropdown |
Choose administrator who gets alert about new record has been added. |
Custom Alerts |
You may enter emails separated by coma to fields of following parameters | |
New Comment |
Text |
Insert user email who need get alert about new comments have been added. |
New Comment Vote |
Text |
Insert user email who need get alert about new comment voting. |
New Vote |
Text |
Insert user email who need get alert about new records ratings. |
New Record |
Text |
Insert user email who need get alert about new records has been added. |
Submission tab
Parameter |
Type |
Description |
Allow Submission |
Dropdown |
Define users group who can create records of this type. |
Submit Auto Publish |
Radio button |
‘Manually’ means that record should be checked and published by admin just after record’s submission, i.e. no one (with the exception of record author) can see new record until admin check and publish it. |
Edit Auto Publish |
Radio button |
‘Manually’ means that record should be checked and published by admin just after record’s edit, i.e. no one (with the exception of record author) can see edited record until admin check and publish it. |
Article Access |
Dropdown |
Set articles level access. Please note that you define article full view level access only. You need edit section settings to set access for records list. |
Category Limit |
Multiple select |
Strict sections/categories where users may submit records of the type, i.e. users may submit to sections/categories set in this parameter only. Leave parameter empty not to strict submission area. |
Allow Category Select |
Yes/No |
Allow/Prohibit users from select category where an record should be saved. If you prohibit category select then user may submit records to current category only. |
Section Name |
Yes/No |
Display section name in the select category list. You net set “No” to prevent submitting to section. |
Multi Categories Select |
Yes/No |
Allow users to submit record to several categories. |
Public Alert |
Yes/No |
If submission is allowed for Public users and this parameter set to “Yes” than users see alert “You are submitting without being logged-in. You will not be able to edit this record later.” above the submission form. Set “No” to disable public submission alert. |
Size Categories Select |
Text |
Set number of rows for select category field. |
Redirect URL |
Text |
Set successful submission redirect url, i.e. url of the page where user will be redirected after submitting an record. |
Expire In X days |
Text |
Set how many days should pass after record submission before expiration date. If you set 3 then it means that record is expired in 3 days after submission date. Set 0 to disable auto expiration option. |
Elements | ||
Show Expiry Field |
Yes/No |
Display expiration date field in the record submission form. Set “No” to hide expiration date field. |
Show Create Filed |
Yes/No |
Display creation date field in the record submission form. Set “No” to hide creation date field. |
Show Meta Key |
Yes/No |
Display keywords field, i.e. the field where users may set meta tag “keywords” for the record. |
Show Meta Description |
Yes/No |
Display description field, i.e. the field where users may set meta tag “description” for the record. |
Show Apply Button |
Yes/No |
Activate “Apply” button for edit record page. |
Hide Captcha For Registered |
Yes/No |
Disable captcha for Registered users. |
Show Cancel Button |
Radio button |
Set where to show “Cancel” button: do not display cancel button, display on edit record page, display on add new record page, display button on both pages. |
Labels |
Here you may change labels of submit/edit page. Please note that you may translate labels via language titles – just copy label to language file, make all the letters in uppercase, type ‘=’ sign on the right of the line and type the desirable translation (TEXT=your translation). | |
Title Label |
Text |
Set label for record Title field. |
Category Label |
Text |
Set label for choose categories field. |
Submit Button Label |
Text |
Set submit button label |
Expire date time |
Text |
Set label for expiration date field |
Create date time |
Text |
Set label for creation date field |
Hide Record |
Text |
Set label for hide/unpublish field. |
Comments tab
Parameter |
Type |
Description |
Comments Type |
Dropdown |
Set default comment type for current content Type: Resources comments system, Jcomments component comment system, custom javascript code comments or disable comments at all. |
Custom JavaScript Code |
Textarea |
This parameter should contain custom javascript code only if previous parameter set to “Custom JavaScript Code”. |
Language Mode |
Dropdown |
Select whether the Resource will display only those comments, which are in current language or the Resources will display comments in all languages. |
Comments Style |
Dropdown |
Tree comments style activates reply button for each comment. Plain means that comments are displayed in one column with with out “replay” offset. |
Primary Order |
Dropdown |
Set comments ordering. |
Editor |
Dropdown |
Set editor for comment adding form. |
Date Format |
Dropdown |
Define date format for comments display. |
Subject Field |
Yes/No |
Enable/disable comments Subject field. |
Smart Captcha |
Yes/No |
Set this parameter to “Yes” to disable captcha for Registered users. |
Comments RSS |
Yes/No |
Enable/disable rss feed for comments. |
Fold Comments |
Yes/No |
Parameter is actual for Tree comments style. If parameter is set to “Yes” then comment’s replies are collapsed, i.e. users have to click a link to see replies of certain comment. |
Pagination Limit Box |
Yes/No |
Show/hide pagination limit box of comments list. |
Default Pagination Limit |
Text |
Set default pagination limit, i.e. define number of comments displaying per page. |
Title |
Text |
Set default label of comments block. |
Form Add New Title |
Text |
Set label for add new comment form. |
Button Title |
Text |
Set label for add comment button. |
Rating | ||
Allow Rating |
Yes/No |
Activate comments rating |
Rating Access |
Dropdown |
Define comment rating access level. |
Auto Unpublish |
Text |
Unpublish comment if it has rating value less than values set in this parameter. |
Attachments | ||
Allow Attachments |
Yes/No |
Allow attachment for comments. |
Attach Timestamp |
Yes/No |
Add timestamp to the name of attached files. To avoid attached files names duplicating. |
Overwrite If Existing |
Yes/No |
Activate attached file overwriting if file names are equal. |
Show Hits |
Yes/No |
Display attached file hits number. |
Show Size |
Yes/No |
Display size of attached file. |
Allowed Formats |
Text |
Set allowed file formats. |
File Max Size (Byte) |
Text |
Strict attached file size. You need set maximum available file size in bytes. |
Access | ||
Access To Post |
Dropdown |
Set access level for comment post. |
Require Admin Approval |
Yes/No |
Set whether comments appear at once after posting (set “No”) or each new comment should be checked by administrator. |
Record author can moderate |
Yes/No |
Allow record author to moderate comments of the record. Set “No” that only administrator may moderate comments of other users. |
Allow Delete |
Yes/No |
Allow user to delete their commetns |
Allow Author Stop Comments |
Yes/No |
Allow record author to strict adding comments to the article. |
Allow Hide Comments |
Yes/No |
Allow commentators to hide their comments. |
Allow Choose Alert Replay |
Yes/No |
Allow users to choose whether they want to get alert about new comments added to the record or |
Default Hidden State |
Not to hide/ Hide |
Set default status for new comments, i.e. every new comment will have this hidden status by default. |
Author View Hidden Comments |
Yes/No |
Allow record owner to see hidden comments. Otherwise hidden comment will be visible for Special users and hidden comment author. |
Default Access State |
Dropdown |
Set users of which group may choose default access level for their comments viewing. |
Community |
Configure the way of user data displaying in comments list. | |
Author Names |
Dropdown |
Choose what should be display user name, nickname or nothing. |
Avatars |
Yes/No |
Activate avatar displaying. |
Avatar/Name Linkage |
Yes/No |
Set avatar/nickname as link to comment’s author profile. |
Avatar Width |
Text |
Set width of the avatar |
Avatar Height |
Text |
Set height of the avatar |
Linkage Itemid |
Dropdown |
Select the front-end menu item which item ID will be used by the type to generate the URL of all avatars/names links in comments list |
Community tab (most of parameters require Mighty Touch to be installed)
Parameter |
Type |
Description |
Author Name |
Yes/No |
Display record owner nickname/name in the record. |
Author Names |
Dropdown |
Set what should be displayed User Name or User Login Name in record details. |
Author Avatar |
Yes/No |
Display record author avatar or not. |
Avatar Width |
Text |
Set avatar width |
Avatar Height |
Text |
Set avatar height |
Author Names Linkage Itemid |
Dropdown |
Select the front-end menu item whose item ID will be used by the Resources to generate the URL of all author names links. |
All Records Label |
Text |
Set label for link of “Show all records by this user” link. Please note that you may translate this label via language file just adding new language constant. |
Linkage | ||
Author Names Linkage |
Yes/No |
Set record author names as links to users profiles. |
Favorite Linkage |
Yes/No |
Set favorites quantity as link to the list of persons who marked the record favorite. Please note that “Touch – Resources integration” community plugin should be published to make this link work. |
Comment Linkage |
Yes/No |
Set comments quantity as link to the list of persons who commented the record. Please note that “Touch – Resources integration” community plugin should be published to make this link work. |
Hits Linkage |
Yes/No |
Set hits quantity as link to the list of persons who visited the record. Please note that “Touch – Resources integration” community plugin should be published to make this link work. |
Votes Linkage |
Yes/No |
Set votes quantity as link to the list of persons who rated the record. Please note that “Touch – Resources integration” community plugin should be published to make this link work. |
Karma Settings |
How many points to add to user Karma for every action. Points can be positive and negative. | |
User Add Record |
Text |
Set karma points to an user for record adding. |
User Update Record |
Text |
Set karma points to an user for record updating. |
User Add Comment |
Text |
Set karma points to an user for comment adding. |
User Rate Record |
Text |
Set karma points to an user for record rating. |
User Rate Comment |
Text |
Set karma points to an user for comment rating. |
User View Record |
Text |
Set karma points to an user for record view. |
User Favorite Record |
Text |
Set karma points to an user for adding record to favorite list. |
User’s Record Commented |
Text |
Set karma points to record author when someone rates his record. |
User’s Comment Rated |
Text |
Set karma points to comment author when someone rated his comment. |
User’s Record Visited |
Text |
Set karma points to record owner when someone visits his record. |
User’s Record Favorited |
Text |
Set karma points to record owner when someone marks his record favorite. |
User’s Record Rated |
Textarea |
Set karma points to record owner when someone votes his record. |
Deny View |
Text |
Deny record view if visitor has karma less than this parameter value. Set 0 to disable this option. |
Deny Submit |
Text |
Deny record submission if user has karma less than this parameter value. Set 0 to disable this option. |
Deny Edit |
Text |
Deny record editing if user has karma less than this parameter value. Set 0 to disable this option. |
Deny Submit Comment |
Text |
Deny comment submission if user has karma less than this parameter value. Set 0 to disable this option. |
Activity Settings |
This settings for Mighty Touch component activity list. | |
Add Record |
Yes/No |
Enable/disable registration of new records in Mighty Touch activity history. |
Update Record |
Yes/No |
Enable/disable registration of records updating in Mighty Touch activity history. |
Add Comment |
Yes/No |
Enable/disable registration of comments adding in Mighty Touch activity history. |
Rate Record |
Yes/No |
Enable/disable registration of records voting in Mighty Touch activity history. |
View Record |
Yes/No |
Enable/disable registration of records viewing in Mighty Touch activity history. |
Favorite Record |
Yes/No |
Enable/disable registration of marking records as favorite in Mighty Touch activity history. |
Add Record Icon |
Dropdown |
Choose activity item icon. Set icon for “add new record” activity entry here. |
Update Record Icon |
Dropdown |
Choose activity item icon. Set icon for “Update Record” activity entry here. |
Add Comment Icon |
Dropdown |
Choose activity item icon. Set icon for “Add Comment” activity entry here. |
Rate Record Icon |
Dropdown |
Choose activity item icon. Set icon for “Rate Record” activity entry here. |
View Record Icon |
Dropdown |
Choose activity item icon. Set icon for “View Record” activity entry here. |
Favorite Record Icon |
Dropdown |
Choose activity item icon. Set icon for “Favorite Record” activity entry here. |
Add Record Text |
Text |
Set text for “Add new record” Touch component activity item. |
Update Record Text |
Text |
Set text for “Update new record” Touch component activity item. |
Add Comment Text |
Text |
Set text for “Add comment” Touch component activity item. |
Rate Record Text |
Text |
Set text for “Rate record” Touch component activity item. |
View Record Text |
Text |
Set text for “View record” Touch component activity item. |
Favorite Record Text |
Text |
Set text for “Favorite record” Touch component activity item. |
Subscriptions
Parameter |
Type |
Description |
Subscription List Itemid |
Dropdown |
Select the front-end menu item which item ID will be used by the type to generate the URL of subscriptions list page. |
Ignore If Superadmin |
Yes/No |
Allow/Disallow admin to bypass restrictions. Set ‘Yes’ to allow super administrators get access to the page without subscription. |
Submit Restrictions | ||
Subscription Plans |
Multiple select |
Choose subscription(s) for this action. It means that users cannot submit records until they purchase one of the subscriptions. |
Subscription Message |
Set alert text which will get users who have no subscribed yet. | |
Count Limit Mode |
Dropdown |
Mighty Membership count limit support. This is duplicate of subscription plan parameter “Count Limit Mode”. If you set restriction via type then you need set value of “Count Limit Mode” here not in type. |
Edit Restrictions | ||
Subscription Plans |
Multiple select |
Choose subscription(s) for this action. It means that users cannot edit records until they purchase one of the subscriptions. |
Subscription Message |
Text |
Set alert text which will get users who have no subscribed yet. |
Dropdown |
Mighty Membership count limit support. This is duplicate of subscription plan parameter “Count Limit Mode”. If you set restriction via type then you need set value of “Count Limit Mode” here not in type. | |
Display Restrictions |
Allow display article if author has a subscription. Will mark article as expired as soon as author run out of subscriptions. Then author may prolong article. And you may set subscriptions for prolong too. | |
Subscription Plans |
Multiple select |
Choose subscription(s) for this action. It means that users records will mark expired until they purchase one of the subscriptions. |
Subscription Message |
Text |
Set alert text which will get users who have no subscribed yet. |
Count Limit Mode |
Dropdown |
Mighty Membership count limit support. This is duplicate of subscription plan parameter “Count Limit Mode”. If you set restriction via type then you need set value of “Count Limit Mode” here not in type. |
Comment Restrictions | ||
Subscription Plans |
Multiple select |
Choose subscription(s) for this action. It means that users cannot submit comments until they purchase one of the subscriptions. |
Subscription Message |
Text |
Set alert text which will get users who have no subscribed yet. |
Count Limit Mode |
Dropdown |
Mighty Membership count limit support. This is duplicate of subscription plan parameter “Count Limit Mode”. If you set restriction via type then you need set value of “Count Limit Mode” here not in type. |
Make Featured Restrictions | ||
Subscription Plans |
Multiple select |
Choose subscription(s) for this action. It means that users cannot set their records featured until they purchase one of the subscriptions. |
Subscription Message |
Text |
Set alert text which will get users who have no subscribed yet. |
Count Limit Mode |
Dropdown |
Mighty Membership count limit support. This is duplicate of subscription plan parameter “Count Limit Mode”. If you set restriction via type then you need set value of “Count Limit Mode” here not in type. |
Period (days) |
Text |
Set how many days a record should be marked as featured |
Prolong Restrictions | ||
Subscription Plans |
Multiple select |
Choose subscription(s) for this action. It means that users cannot prolong their records until they purchase one of the subscriptions. Prolong means making record active/published. You may set how many days will be added to record expiration date in type parameter “Extend Days”. |
Subscription Message |
Text |
Set alert text which will get users who have no subscribed yet. |
Count Limit Mode |
Dropdown |
Mighty Membership count limit support. This is duplicate of subscription plan parameter “Count Limit Mode”. If you set restriction via type then you need set value of “Count Limit Mode” here not in type. |