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Options

Note: This can be hidden by a user with Admin permissions in the Article: Options.
This is a set of options you can use to control how this article will show in the Frontend.

Layout

• Layout. Use a layout from the supplied article view or overrides in the templates.
• Title. Show the Article's Title.
• Linked Titles. Show the title as a link to the article.
• Tags. Enter tags for this article. Select existing tags by entering in the first few letters or create new tags by entering them here. Learn more.
• Intro Text.
  • Show: The Intro Text of the article will show when you drill down to the article.
  • Hide: Only the part of the article after the Read More break will show.
• Position of Article Info.
  • Above: Puts the article information block above the text.
  • Below: Puts the article information block below the text.
  • Split: Splits the article information block into 2 separate blocks. One block is above and the other is below the text.
• Article Info Title. Displays 'Details' on top of the article information block.

Category

• Category. Show the Article's Category Title.
• Link Category. Show the title as a link to that Category.
• Parent Category. Show the Article's Parent Category Title.
• Link Parent Category. Show the title as a link to that Category.

Associations

• Associations. Show the associated flags or Language Code. Multilingual only.

Author

• Author. Show the author of the Article.
• Link to Author's Contact Page. Show it as a link to a Contact layout for that author.
  Note: The author must be set up as a Contact.

Date

• Create Date. Show the Article's create date.
• Modify Date. Show the Article's modify date.
• Publish Date. Show the Article's start publishing date.

Options

• Navigation. Show a navigation link 'Prev' or 'Next' when you drill down to the article.
• Hits. Show the number of times the article has been displayed by a user.
• Unauthorised Links. If Yes, the Intro Text for restricted articles will show. Clicking on the Read more link will require users to log in to view the full article content.
• Positioning of the Links.
  • Above: Links are shown above the content.
  • Below: Links are shown below the content.
• Read More Text. Customise the text that shows for the default wording 'Read more'.
• Browser Page Title. Text for the Browser page title to be used when the article is viewed with a non-article menu item. If blank, the article's title is used instead.