ExpressionEngine

2.11.9 User Guide

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Create a New Channel

Control Panel Location: Admin ‣ Channel Administration ‣ Channels

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Full Channel Name

The “full channel name” is the descriptive name for the channel. This is the name of your channel that you will show to visitors and display on your site.

The full channel name is a required field. Spaces, punctuation, and other special characters are allowed. For example, the channel’s descriptive name might be Joe’s Personal Channel.

Short Name

The “short name” for the channel is the name used internally within the program. It is also used when specifying a channel in variables of parameters in your Templates. It is not normally shown to visitors or otherwise exposed outside of your channel “setup”.

The channel’s short name is a required field. It must be a single word with no spaces. The underscore character is allowed. For example, the channel’s “short name” might be joe_channel.

Duplicate existing channel’s preferences

Allows you to duplicate the preferences from an existing channel.

Edit Group Preferences

Allows you to set the group preferences for a channel upon creation.

Note

Changing these settings will override the settings that would be applied when duplicating an existing channel’s preferences

Category Group

Allows you to select the Category Group(s) to assign to this channel

Status Group

Allows you to select the Status Group to assign to this channel

Channel Field Group

Allows you to select the Channel Field Group to assign to this channel