Joomla! Documentation™

Options

The Options determine how the article will show on the Frontend Site layout.

Layout

• 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.
  • Use Article Settings: Use the value from Articles: Edit.
    This setting allows you to have different options for different articles in the List layout.
  • 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.
  Note: You can set this to be either a blog or list layout with the Choose a Layout option in the Category Tab.
• Parent Category. Show the Article's Parent Category Title.
• Link Parent Category. Show the title as a link to that Category.
  Note: You can set this to be either a blog or list layout with the Choose a Layout option in the Category Tab.
• Linked Titles. Show the title as a link to the article.

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. Also, a link will not show if there is an Author Alias value for the article.

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.