# Contact Manager

The Contact Manager allows you to manage a list of contacts for your site. This allows visitors to find contact information for different people or departments.
The list may be filtered by name and/or category.

### Toolbar Icons

You "select" contacts by clicking the checkbox at the start of each row.
Publish and Unpublish: Click the 'Publish' or 'Unpublish' icon to publish or unpublish any number of selected Contacts.
New: Click the 'New' icon to create a new Contact.
Edit: Click the 'Edit' icon to edit the Contact.
Delete: Click the 'Delete' icon to delete the contact from the database.

### Columns

Name: This is the name of the contact, this can be a person, department or whatever you wish. This is what shows up on the Frontend of the site. You can click the name to edit that contact. A padlock icon next to it shows that it is checked-out. To check-in, click the name to edit, You will not be able to edit an item if it is checked-out by another user. It must be checked-in by an administrator by going to Systems in the Menu bar-->Global Checkin. It can also be checked-in by the User who has checked the item out by clicking the 'Edit' icon of the Contact item and then clicking the 'Save' or 'Close' icon in the New/Edit page.
Published: Click on the icon to toggle Publish/Unpublish to decide whether the contact will be available or not on your site.
Reorder: Click the icons to move the record up or down in the list. The order is used in both the contact manager and on the contact page the Visitor will see.
Category: You can assign contacts to different categories. This column displays which category the contact belongs too. Click to edit the Category.
Linked to User: If the contact is linked to a registered user of the site, the users name will appear here. Click to edit user.