Category Settings
- Ray Pearce (Unlicensed)
This area allows you to set specific Category defaults that will override any settings made at the Master Category or answerSpace level, and be applied to any Interactions that they may contain (unless overridden at the Category level).
The following options can be set in this window.
Note: All options set here will affect the equivalent options set at the Interaction levels, unless the ‘Inherit’ option has been specifically turned off at that level.
General
These options govern the way the Category is set up and arranged.
Name
The internal name for the answerSpace.
A unique name to use for references (links, etc).
Starting with a letter, use only use letters, numbers, and underscores (_).
Display Name
The name displayed in the Title Bar when the window is opened.
The caption or title to display to users.
Any combination of characters is allowed. Title may be concatenated on multi tab browsers.
Description
Brief description of the purpose of this item.
Order
Value to use when sorting this item in a list.
Value can be of a positive or negative number.
Status
Enable or disable access to this item.
Inactive items are hidden and treated as though they do not exist.
Display
Show or hide this item
Hidden items are not displayed in lists but are otherwise still accessible.
Help Message
Here you can add a message to display when help button is pressed.
Look & Feel
These options control how the Category looks and behaves. Use CSS when prompted without tags.
Icon
This is the Image used to represent the Category in the answerSpace.
Logo Banner
When the Category is displayed, this is the banner shown in the Header.
Odd Row Style
If there is more than one Interaction contained within the Category, then this controls how odd rows (the first, third, fifth etc.) are displayed, provided the contained Interactions have been set up to be displayed in List View. (See “AnswerSpace Setup” for more details).
Exceptions to this are margin and padding css.
Even Row Style
See above.
Background Style
Will affect the background colour of the box within the answerSpace upon which the Interactions are displayed - NOT the background colour of the Category Page. This can be overridden at a lower level, provided ‘Inherit’ has not been turned on. (See “Styling Your answerSpace” for more details).
Interface Style
Affects the background of the Category Screen.
Input Prompt Style
Any input prompts can be styled here.
Interaction Behaviour
This set of options control how Interactions behave within the contained Category.
Input Display
Screen or List
Display
Leave as Screen
Arrangement
Only used when Interactions are displayed as Icons.
Style
Non-functional
Header, Footer & Sidebar
These options help you style the Header and Footer
Header Style
Non-functional
Footer
A message or image/Link can be put in here (use CSS for the latter).
Footer Style
Non-functional
Localisation
Only use these options if the answerSpace will be used by non-English speakers. If in doubt, leave this at the default.
Content Language
Should be left at the default ‘en’ (English) unless this answerSpace will be used by non-English speakers. Make sure the code you enter is correct.
Character Encoding
Leave at default.
Security
This set of options are used when you require users to login to the answerSpace. See “Custom User Logins” before changing any of these options.
Disabled Message
Type in a custom message to use when a user accesses an item that you have disabled, or leave at the default.
Registered Only
Define whether this Category (and everything it contains) can only be accessed by registered users. See “Custom User Logins” .
Registered Only Message
Define whether this Category (and everything it contains) can only be accessed by registered users. See “Custom User Logins” .
User Groups
Choose which User Groups can access this Category and everything it contains.
Advanced
This is where you will input most of the Styling options discussed in “Styling Your answerSpace”.
Style Sheet
You can build a complete CSS style sheet and put it in here. Use the ‘Inspect’ option in your development Browser to identify which elements you wish to style. Many options that you cannot style through the Admin tools discussed above can be directly styled here. See Styling for more information.
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