Editorial Administration

Editorial Administration is usually pretty straightforward, involving the editing, hiding, or deletion of content objects from the various modules installed in your site.

Two built-in modules, "Categories" and "Blocked IPs," require special attention.

Categories

Manifesto uses categories for various content objects. There is a "base" group of categories for Features, Newswire Articles, and other content objects. In addition, some modules use their own sub-group of categories, like the "Links" module. The "Fora" module uses nested categories (categories and sub-categories) to construct the framework of the discussion boards.

You can create your own categories for any modules, and you can specify the group of categories used by any module in the Administrative preferences for that module.

Blocked IPs

By default, Manifesto does not log IP addresses, making it very difficult to prevent certain (abusive) users from posting. The Blocked IPs module allows you to prevent posting by visitors using either IP addresses or (a bit more secure) MD5-encrypted IP addresses. To block an IP address, you must either know it in advance, temporarily capture IP addresses in the Apache log, or use the "Capture IPs" module preference (Admin->Site Prefs->Misc->Accounts) to log IPs to the dadaphp.log.

Users blocked by this module will see an error message explaining the reason for the block, and offering the Editors email address for contacting you about the block.

Editorial capabilities for modules are specific to the individual modules. Most of them involve a basic format: a listing page, an editing form, and sometimes an options page that allows you to perform routine tasks on a content object.

For modules supported by numerous classes (Razorwire/RazorwireBlurb), there is a single access point ("Razorwire") that leads to a page allowing you to view a listing of either of the classes associated with that module.