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• In this tutorial we will change the layout settings for our content items. There are several controls built in to Mambo that you can control site-wide and also at the individual content item level. It is very flexible.
• Begin by navigating to Site >> Global Configuration.
• Select the Content tab.
• There are a bunch of options that will help you control the output of your content. A short description of each follows.
• Linked Titles. This will control if the titles on your frontpage articles are links or simply articles. Helpful if you would rather not have the Read More... links.
• Read More Link. Choose if you would like to have the Read More... link at the end of content items that have both introtext and fulltext filled out.
• Item Rating/Voting. Allows your users to rate your content and shows it. Uses a 5 star scale.
• Author Names. Shows the name of the person who wrote the article. If you have the Author Alias field filled out it will show that value.
• Created Date and Time. Shows the time and date the content item was created.
• Modified Date and Time. Shows the date and time the content item was last modified. Will only show when an item has been modified at least one time.
• Hits. Shows the number of hits the content item has gotten. Hits are only counted when an individual item is viewed, not when viewed on the frontpage.
• PDF Icon. Allow your users to create a PDF version of your content items.
• Print Icon. Allows your users to create a printer-friendly version of your content item.
• Icons. Do you want to use icons for the PDF, Print and Email selections. Will show text version if No is selected.
• Table of Contents on multi-page items. Will show a table of contents on mutli-page items.
• Back Button. Will show a back button at the bottom of all of your pages.
• Content Item Navigation. Show <Prev and Next> links on content items. Goes between content items in the same content category.
• For this tutorial we will hide Author Names, Created Date and Time and the Back Button.
• To apply these settings, click the Save button in the toolbar.
• This is how the page used to look. If we refresh we will see the new layout.
• We can see our setting have been applied. The author name and created date have been removed