Directories and URLs

option	description
Publish Dir	Allows you to move the directory in which files are published. Be aware that changing this directory does not move any of the existing files. This can be customized for individual categories Category Editor.
Publish URL	All links between published pages are prefixed by the Publish URL to fully qualify them. Specifying an absolute URL to published pages is important if you're including a published page on your home page in another directory via SSI's. This can be customized for individual categories Category Editor.
Upload Dir	Allows you to move the uploaded files directory to another location if you wish. Be aware that changing this directory does not move any of the existing files. This can be customized for individual categories Category Editor.
Upload URL	The Upload URL is required to locate uploaded images for your published pages. This can be customized for individual categories Category Editor.
Images URL	The Images URL is required to correctly display the interface. This URL is not used for published pages.
Search URL	This is the URL used to access Article Manager's Search Engine. It is used in published pages.
Dynamic Viewer URL	This is the URL used to access Article Manager's archived article viewer. The script filename by default is view.cgi
Help (?) URL	This is the URL your browser is redirected to when you click the question mark icon in the top-left corner of the interface. This URL is not used for published pages.
Logoff URL	This is the URL your browser is redirected to when you logoff from Article Manager. If this field is blank, the user will be sent back to the login screen.

Publish File Settings

option	description
Global Category Name	When a global page is published with a category template, the $cat_name$ placeholder is replaced with this value. This feature allows you to reuse templates for sites which have identical global and category pages.
Filename Prefix	These fields dictate the filenames of the published files the program will create. Changing these filenames will not cause the program to re-publish, and when it does re-publish it will not erase your old files. The "example output" field shows you what the end result will be when your files are named.
per page	You can specify how many articles will appear on each page. For the Top Headlines page, this number specifies how many articles will be listed under each category.
publish	By unchecking this box, you can prevent different sections of published pages from being published. Changing these settings will not cause the program to automatically publish any files you've checked, nor will it erase any files you've unchecked.

Subcategory Settings

option	description
Subcategory Indexing	With this checked, all articles belonging to subcategories will also be included in the subcategory's parent category article lists. For example, if you had a Sports category, and a subcategory under Sports named Soccer, with this featured checked, all articles output in the Soccer article list would also be output in the Sports article list.
Max Subcategory Depth	This feature allows you to define how many levels of subcategory depth Article Manager can have. Setting this to 1 would allow for only top level categories, while setting it to 3 would allow for 2 levels of depth below the parent categories. Depending on how many levels of you have, you will need an equal amount of row_depth and row_selected_depth templatecells in the category_list.html template file.
Subcategory Format	This allows you to specify what format you would like to use for outputting your subcategory links in the Category List. See the Subcategory Documentation for more information on these format options.
Re-publish all files	Clicking this button will re-publish all files.

Publish Settings

option	description
Auto Publish	This feature will cause your published pages to immediately reflect any changes you make to articles or categories. Enabling this makes Article Manager much easier to use, however, on slower sites, you may want to wait until you have a bunch of changes to update and then "Publish All" manually.
Identify published pages	By default, Article Manager will add a meta generator tag and a timestamp to all published pages. To disable this functionality, uncheck this box.
Archived article pages	Controls whether of not the program will publish small "redirect" pages in place of archived articles, to redirect users and search engines to the dynamic article viewer.
Dynamic Viewer URLs	URLs to the dynamic article viewer are in "query string" format by default (e.g. view.cgi?archive=2&article=34). Checking this box will cause URLs to the dynamic article viewer to be created in "path info" format (e.g. view.cgi/2/34). Please note that path info format is not compatible with some webservers.
Hidden Category Indexes	With this option selected, the index page for categories will be published even if the category is hidden.
Publish file extension	All published pages share this file extension.
Re-publish all files	Clicking this button will re-publish all files.

Email Settings

If you are on a unix/linux/freebsd/solaris server, Article Manager detects sendmail if it is in a common location (it must still be entered and configured). If you are on a windows server, or don't have sendmail installed, you will need to use an SMTP server.