Managing Categories in Quanta

Quanta allows for you to place your hand-coded charts and records in categories.  Categories can be used to display groups of records on several of the chart styles.

Category List

Select Components ->Quanta from the Joomla Administrator Menubar.

Select Categories from the Sub-menu.  This will show you a list of the categories you have defined for use in the Quanta component.

Click on any of the linked column headings to sort by that column.

Click the linked title to edit the category.  The alias of the category is shown under the title in brackets.

Click the icon in the published column to toggle the published state to either published or unpublished.

The following Toolbar actions are available:

• Publish - Published the selected categories in the list.
• Unpublished - Unpublished the selected categories in the list.
• Trash - Send the selected categories in the list to the trash.
• Delete - Permanently delete the selected categories. Note, this only displays when the Published State filter is set to Trash.
• Edit - Edit the selected category in the list.
• New - Create a new category.

The following list filters are available:

• Search - This filter allows you to search for a string or a sub-string in the category name or alias.
• Published State - This filter allows you to display various published states.  The default setting shows published and unpublished categories.

Create a New Category

To create a new category, click the New icon in the Toolbar of the categories list.

The following Toolbar actions are available:

• Save and New - This button allows you to save the current category and then create a new one without having to go back to the records list.
• Save - Allows you to save the category and returns you to the categories list.
• Apply - Allows you to save the category and returns you to the edit screen of that category.
• Cancel - Returns you to the categories list without saving.

Enter data in the following fields:

• Title - This is the title for the category.
• Alias - This is like the title but is displaying in the URL when SEF URL's are in use. The alias is automatically created for you if you type in the title and then tab out of the input field.
• Description - This is supporting text that can displayed (depending on option settings) when a category is being displayed by the frontend component or a module.
• Published - This is the published state of the category.
• Access - This is the access level that is allowed to view the chart.
• Ordering - This is the fixed ordering value for the category.

Edit an Existing Category

To edit an existing category, click the linked title of the category name in the list.