This section allows the administrator to specify the default values for various article settings in In-newz.
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<li> Order articles by – this setting specifies the default primary sort order for the article listings. It applies both on the front-end, and in the Administrative Console – in the catalog. The first dropdown allows to select the field (an attribute of the article), and the second dropdown – the direction of the sort. 
<li> And then by – this setting specifies the default secondary sort order. It is set in the same way as the primary, and used when the primary order values are ambiguous. For example, when the primary sort value is ‘Article Title', the secondary order will be used to sort among articles with the same title. 
<li> Number of articles per page – specifies the default number of articles shown per page. This value applies both to the front-end and to the Administrative Console. In the latter, this value can be changed for each session through the View menu. 
<li> Articles Per Page (Shortlist) – this setting is similar to the ‘ Number of articles per page', but it applies to the front-end short article lists only. It can be overridden by setting the tag attributes in the appropriate templates. 
<li> Number of days for an article to be NEW – this setting specifies the number of days, from the date of creation, during which the article will be automatically marked ‘New' by the system. This setting will only apply to the articles with the ‘New' flag set to ‘Automatic'. 
<li> Minimum rating for an article to be POP– this setting specifies the minimum rating of an article for it to be automatically marked ‘Popular’ by the system.  This setting will only apply to the articles with the ‘Popularity’ flag set to ‘Automatic’.  Note, that for an article to be “popular” it will need to meet the “minimum votes” requirement set below. 
<li> Maximum number of HOT articles – this setting specifies the maximum number “hot” articles in the database.  A “hot” article is the one that has more views than the other articles.  For example, if this option is set to “2”, the In-portal system will pick the two articles with the most views and mark them as hot.  (Of course, this will change real-time as the articles’ view counters are updated, or as this setting changes).  Please note, if more than one article has the maximum number of hits, the system will still enforce the maximum number requirement; therefore, there may be situations when an article with the most views is not marked as “hot”. 
<li> Minimum # of votes for rating consideration – this setting specifies the minimum number of votes required for the article rating to be effective.  Usually, when only a small number of users have voted on an article, its rating will not be statistically accurate - it is likely, that only biased users have voted.  When a larger number of users vote, the rating becomes more accurate.  This setting affects the “popularity” property of an article – articles with less than required number of votes will not be considered “popular”, even if their rating is high enough. 
<li> Display editor PICKs above regular articles – this setting will force all articles, marked as ‘Editor's pick' to be displayed above the other articles, regardless of their priority or sort order. Among themselves, ‘Editor's pick' articles will be sorted according to the regular rules. 
<li> Number of days to archive articles automatically – this setting contains the number of days to be added to the article creation date to set the archivation date. 
<li> Allow Duplicate Reviews – this setting specifies the period during which the same user cannot submit another review on the same article. The time can be entered in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years. If it is set to zero, the users can submit reviews without this limitation. Please note, that regardless of this setting, the same user will be able to submit a review on another article immediately after the first review. 
<li> Allow Duplicate Rating Votes - this setting specifies the period during which the same user cannot rate the same article again. The time can be entered in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years. If it is set to zero, the users can rate articles without this limitation. Please note, that regardless of this setting, the same user will be able to rate another article immediately after the first rating. 
<li> Reviews Per Page - specifies the default number of reviews shown per page. This value applies both to the front-end and to the Administrative Console. 
<li> Sort reviews by - this setting specifies the default primary sort order for the review listings. It applies both on the front-end, and in the Administrative Console – in the article management section, Reviews tab. The first dropdown allows to select the field (an attribute of the review), and the second dropdown – the direction of the sort. 
<li> and then by - this setting specifies the default secondary sort order. It is set in the same way as the primary, and used when the primary order values are ambiguous. For example, when the primary sort value is ‘Review Text', the secondary order will be used to sort among reviews with the same body. 
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