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The Cities Section of the Input management allows you to manage the cities that appear as options in the drop down menus for all the forms on the site in which Country/State/City input is required. From this page, you may Add a City, Edit a City, Remove a City, or Move a City. Performing these actions are described below.  
 
 
 
Adding a City  
 
do-it To add a city, fill out the form that appears on the Cities page. - When you first go to the Cities page, you will see a form (shown below). This form is used to add a City. The fields are described in detail below.  
 
 
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   bullet City: This is where you enter the name of the City in which you wish to add.  
 
   bullet Parent State: This is where you select the State in which the City is located. On a form that has Country/State/City Input, when this State is selected, this City (along with other cities associated with this State) will be automatically loaded into the drop down menu.  
 
do-it Click the "Add City Entry" to add the City  
 
 


 
Editing a City  
 
do-it To Edit a City, click the "Edit" button under "Controls" for the city you want to edit. - On the Cities page, there is a table with all the Cities that are registered with your site. Locate the city you want to edit and press the green Edit button under Controls on the same row as the City name that you want to edit.  
Note: There are many cities, and therefore, not all of them are displayed on this page. Use the Pages link at the top of the table to view the next set of cities.  
 
 
do-it Edit the appropriate fields and press "Edit City Entry" - You will be directed to a form that looks exactly like the Add City form, except the fields will be populated with the information associated with the city you have selected. Edit whatever field(s) you wish, then click the Edit City Entry button.  
 
 


 
Removing a City  
 
do-it To remove a city, Locate the city in the table that appears on the Cities page and click on the "Remove" button - Locate the city in the table that appears in the Cities page. Note that you may need to go through a few pages to find the city. Once you have located the city, click on the green Delete button under Controls on the same row as the City name you wish to remove.  
 
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do-it Once you click 'Delete', Confirm that you want to remove the city. As you click the Delete button, you will be prompted for confirmation on the removal of the city. Click OK to confirm, Cancel otherwise.  
 
 


 
Moving a City  
By moving a City, you are changing the order in which it appears in the drop down menu relative to the other cities associated with the same State.  
 
do-it There are 2 ways to move a City. (Do either/or)  
     
   1 - Select the position corresponding to where you want the City from the drop down menu. - Locate the City in the table on the Cities page. On the same row of the city, you will see a drop down menu with the initial option of "Move..." selected under Controls (shown below). Click on the menu and select where you want the City to appear in reference to the other Cities associated with the same state.  
 
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   2 - Move the City up or down by clicking on the "Move Up/Move Down" Links - Locate the City in the table on the Cities page. On the same row of the city, you will see either both the links Move up | Move Down or just one of them (if the city is at the top / bottom of the list). To move the city up one spot, click Move up. To move it down one spot, click Move Down.  
 
do-it After one of the above actions is preformed, the City's position will have been changed.