Content Templater is packed with options, giving you control over how it works and behaves.
Here is the full list of the Content Templater item settings you can find when creating and setting up a template.
| Template Name | Give the template a name. |
| Status | You can use this to (temporarily) disable this item. |
| Description | Give the item a short description telling you what it actually does. Everything following '---' will not be displayed in the list view. |
| Category | Select or create a category to be displayed. |
| Colour | Assign a color to the template that will show in the template list. |
| Override Content | If selected, the text in this editor will replace the text in the editor of the content item. |
| Override Settings | If selected, the template settings will set any settings that have already been made in the content item.
All settings in the content item will be changed to the filled in settings from this template.
To force an empty value (for instance to empty the alias field) enter -empty-. |
| Title | The Title of the article. |
| Alias | The Alias will be used in the SEF URL. Leave this blank and Joomla will fill in a default value from the title. This value will depend on the SEO settings (Global Configuration->Site). To force an empty value, enter -empty-. |
| Editor | The article's content. |
| Status | Set publication status. |
| Category | The category that this item is assigned to. |
| Featured | Assign the article to the featured blog layout. |
| Access | The access level group that is allowed to view this item. |
| Language | The language that the article is assigned to. |
| Tags | Assign tags to content items. You may select a tag from the pre-defined list or enter your own by typing the name in the field and pressing enter. |
| Note | An optional note to display in the article list. |
| Version Note | Enter an optional note for this version of the item. |
| Intro Image | Image for the intro text layouts such as blogs and featured. |
| Full Article Image | Image for the single article display. |
| Image Description (Alt Text) | Alternative text used for visitors without access to images. Replaced with caption text if it is present. |
| Image Class | CSS class attached to the image |
| Caption | Caption attached to the image. |
| Link A, B & C | The actual link to which users will be redirected. |
| Link Text | Text to display for the link. |
| URL Target Window | Target browser window when the menu item is selected. |
| Layout | Use a layout from the supplied component view or overrides in the templates. |
| Title | If set to Show, the article title is shown. |
| Linked Titles | If set to Yes, the article title will be a link to the article. |
| Tags | Show the tags for each article. |
| Intro Text | If set to Show, the Intro Text of the article will show when you drill down to the article. If set to Hide, only the part of the article after the "Read More" break will show. |
| Position of Article Info | Puts the article information block above or below the text or splits it into two separate blocks, one above and the other below. |
| Category | If set to Show, the title of the article’s category will show. |
| Link Category | If set to Yes, and if Show Category is set to 'Show', the Category Title will link to a layout showing articles in that Category. |
| Parent Category | If set to Show, the title of the article’s parent category will show. |
| Link Parent Category | If set to Yes, and if Show Parent is set to 'Show', the Parent Category Title will link to a layout showing articles in that Category. |
| Associations | Multilingual only. If set to Show, the associated articles flags or URL Language Code will be displayed. |
| Author | If set to Show, the Name of the article's Author will be displayed. This is a global setting but can be changed at the Category, Menu and Article levels. |
| Link to Author's Contact Page | If set to Yes, the Name of the article's Author will be linked to its contact page. You must create a contact linked to the author's user record, and the "Content - Contact" plugin must be enabled, for this to be in effect. This is a global setting but can be changed at the Category, Menu and Article levels. |
| Create Date | If set to Show, the date and time an Article was created will be displayed. This a global setting but can be changed at Menu and Article levels. |
| Modify Date | If set to Show, the date and time an Article was last modified will be displayed. This is a global setting but can be changed at the Category, Menu and Article levels. |
| Publish Date | If set to Show, the date and time an Article was published will be displayed. This is a global setting but can be changed at the Category, Menu and Article levels. |
| Navigation | If set to Show, shows a navigation link (Next, Previous) between articles. |
| Hits | If set to Show, the number of Hits on a particular Article will be displayed. |
| Unauthorised Links | If set to Yes, links to registered content will be shown even if you are not logged-in. You will need to log in to access the full item. |
| Positioning of the Links | Display the links above or below the content. |
| Read More Text | Add a custom text instead of Read More. |
| Browser Page Title | Optional text for the "Browser page title" element to be used when the article is viewed with a non-article menu item. If blank, the article's title is used instead. |
| Break it down? | |
Select the custom field you want to set and enter the desired value. If you want to set fields not available here, choose the 'Custom' type and also set the form field name.
You can set an unlimited amount of Field Name/Value pairs.
| Start Publishing | An optional date to Start Publishing the article. |
| Finish Publishing | An optional date to Finish Publishing the article. |
| Created Date | Created date. |
| Created By | Select the name of the user who created the article. |
| Created by Alias | Enter an alias to be displayed instead of the name of the user who created the article. |
| Keywords | An optional comma-separated list of keywords and/or phrases to be used in the HTML output. |
| Meta Description | An optional paragraph to be used as the description of the page in the HTML output. This will generally display in the results of search engines. |
| Robots | Robots instructions. |
| Author | The author of this content. |
| Content Rights | Describe what rights others have to use this content. |
| Publishing Options | Show or hide the publishing options slider in the article edit view. These options allow changes in dates and author identities. |
| Article Options | Show or hide article options slider in the Backend article edit view. These options allow overriding of the global options. |
| Administrator Images and Links | Show or hide fields to insert images and links in the Administrator. |
| Frontend Images and Links | Show or hide fields to insert images and links when Frontend editing. |
Note: The frontend edit forms have less fields available than the administrator edit forms. Content Templater can only set the values of fields available in the edit form.
The following settings determine where the template will be selectable via the Content Template editor button.
| Enable | If selected, the template will be selectable via the Content Template Editor Button. |
| Enable in frontend | If enabled, the editor button will also be available in the frontend. |
| Ask before inserting template | Should a confirm box be presented before inserting the template? |
| As separate Editor Button | Select to show the template as separate Editor Button. |
| Editor Button Name | This is the name displayed in the Editor Button. If you leave this empty, the template name will be used. |
| Item Image | Choose an image to show in the list or separate editor button... just to make it look nice. |
| Enable | If selected, the template will be loaded when creating a new content item. |
| Enable in frontend | If enabled, it will also be available in the frontend. |
You can load the template on page load by adding a ctid variable to the URL, like:index.php?option=...&ctid=2.
| Enable | If selected, the template can be loaded by default via the URL. |
| Enable in frontend | If enabled, it will also be available in the frontend. |