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Categories Tab

• Top Level Category Description. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the description of the top-level category. Note that this description can be overridden for this layout by entering a Alternative Description below.
• Alternative Description. If you enter some text in this field, it will replace the Top Level Category Description, if it has one. If the Top Level Description option is set to Show, this entered description will show instead of the normal category description.

• Subcategory Levels. (Use Global/All/1-5) The number of levels of subcategories to show in the layout. Select All to show all levels in the subcategory hierarchy.

• Empty Categories. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the categories that contain no content items or subcategories.

• Subcategories Descriptions. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the category description of subcategories.
• # Feeds in Category. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Show or hide the number of News Feeds in a Category.