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Create/Edit Channel¶
Control Panel Location:
Permission Restrictions¶
- Access settings: Design & Content
- Channels: Create Channels
- Channels: Edit Channels
Fields¶
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 Template Manager. 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.
Maximum number of entries¶
This limits the number of entries that are allowed to be published in the channel. This can be useful for channels that need their content creation limited to a set number of entries. For example a limit of 1 will make this channel effectively a “single entry channel” and only allow a single entry to be created. A limit of 5 would allow between 0 and 5 entries to be created. Leaving this setting blank (the default) applies no limits to the number of entries a channel can contain.
Status groups¶
Sets the status group assigned to the channel. This determines what statuses are associated with the channel. The list is dynamically populated with all the existing groups as well as “None”.
If you choose to not assign a status group to a channel, only Super Admins will be able to post entries with an ‘open’ status.
Title field label¶
Sets the title field label in the Publish form for this channel.
Custom field group¶
Sets the field group assigned to the channel. This determines which channel fields are associated with the channel. The list is dynamically populated with all the existing groups as well as “None”.
Category groups¶
Sets the category groups assigned to the channel. This determines what categories are associated with the channel. The list is dynamically populated with all the existing groups as well as “None”.