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3.7 Topics

Topics are used to divide up different types of stories, but are lower level then sections (3.8). Sections can be thought of as a physical division, while topics are more of a tag on the story. If you don't want to use topics, then they can be disabled with the use_topics var.


3.7.1 Usage

The topics admin screen is fairly simple, with a form to add/edit topics on the left, and a list of topics, with their images, on the right. Clicking on one of the current topics will fill the form with it's information, and put another below that to be used for deleting.

The form itself starts with the topic ID, which should be a unique string identifying the topic. This should be made up of just letters, numbers, and underscores (others may or may not work). Following that are the dimensions of the topic image. The Alt Text is what it says (the alt text for the image), and this may contain just about anything. Finally, the image name is only a filename, no path. The will have the topics var and the imagedir var prepended to it.

If you're editing a topic and decide to delete it, then first choose another topic from the drop down list, then click delete. This will update all stories in the current topic so that they're in the selected one, then remove the topic.


3.7.2 Notes

None


3.7.3 Relevant Vars

use_topics, topics, imagedir


3.7.4 Relevant Perms

edit_topics


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