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· Category Title Linkable. (No/Yes/Use Global) Whether or not the Title of the Category will be a
hyperlink to the Category page.
· Article Rating. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Hide or show the Article Rating.
· Author Name. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display the Author Name.
· Created Date and Time. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display the date and time the
Article was created.
· Modified Date and Time. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display the date and time the
Article was last modified.
· PDF Icon. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display a button to allow the Article to be
rendered in a new window in PDF format. This allows the User to view, print, or save the Article as
a PDF file.
· Print Icon. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display a button to allow the Article to be
printed. This allows the User to print the current Article in a printer-friendly format.
· E-mail Icon. (Hide/Show/Use Global) Whether or not to display a button to allow a link to the
Article to be e-mailed. This displays a form that allows the user to send an e-mail with a link to the
current Article.
· Content Language. Language in which this Article is written. This is optional. If no language is
selected, the default language for the site is assumed.
· Key Reference. Optional text key that an Article may be referenced by (for example, a help
reference). A normal Joomla! link to an Article is in the form "<home
URL>/index2.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=34". In this example,
Joomla! is using the "com_content" component, using an "article" layout, showing the Article whose
ID is "22", and using the Menu Item whose ItemID is "34". The Key Reference of an Article can be
used in a URL instead of the Article's ID. For example, if an Article's Key Reference is "whats.new",
then the URL "<home
URL>/index2.php/?option=com_content&view=article&Itemid=34&task=findkey&keyref=whats.n
ew" could also be used to display the page. The "task=findkey" tells Joomla! to search by Key
Reference, and the "keyref=whats.new" provides the Key Reference to search for. Using the Key
Reference to link to Articles is more flexible than using Article ID, since you can edit the Key
Reference field of existing Articles. Note that, if more than one Article has the same Key Reference,
this URL will only find the first Article with this Key Reference.
· Alternative Read more: text. Optional text to display next to the 'Read more...' link. If no entry is
made, the Article Title is used.
Metadata Information
This section allows you to enter Metadata Information for this Article. Metadata is information about the
Article that is not displayed but is available to Search Engines and other systems to classify the Article. This
gives you more control over how the content will be analyzed by these programs. All of these entries are
optional. The entry screen is shown below: