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<p>In addition to the <a href=https://gohugo.io/content-management/front-matter/#front-matter-variables>default Hugo front matter parameters</a>, Congo adds a number of additional options to customise the presentation of individual articles. All the available theme front matter parameters are listed below.</p>
<p>Front matter parameter default values are inherited from the theme’s <a href=https://jpanther.github.io/congo/docs/configuration/>base configuration</a>, so you only need to specify these parameters in your front matter when you want to override the default.</p>
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<td><code>description</code></td>
<td>string</td>
<td><em>Not set</em></td>
<td>The text description for the article. It is used in the HTML metadata.</td>
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<td><code>externalUrl</code></td>
<td>string</td>
<td><em>Not set</em></td>
<td>If this article is published on a third-party website, the URL to this article. Providing a URL will prevent a content page being generated and any references to this article will link directly to the third-party website.</td>
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<td><code>editURL</code></td>
<td>string</td>
<td><code>article.editURL</code></td>
<td>When <code>showEdit</code> is active, the URL for the edit link.</td>
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<td><code>editAppendPath</code></td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td><code>article.editAppendPath</code></td>
<td>When <code>showEdit</code> is active, whether or not the path to the current article should be appended to the URL set at <code>editURL</code>.</td>
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<td><code>menu</code></td>
<td>string or array</td>
<td><em>Not set</em></td>
<td>When a value is provided, a link to this article will appear in the named menus. Valid values are <code>main</code> or <code>footer</code>.</td>
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<td><code>robots</code></td>
<td>string</td>
<td><em>Not set</em></td>
<td>String that indicates how robots should handle this article. If set, it will be output in the page head. Refer to <a href=https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/robots/robots_meta_tag#directives>Google’s docs</a> for valid values.</td>
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<td><code>sharingLinks</code></td>
<td>array of strings</td>
<td><code>article.sharingLinks</code></td>
<td>Which sharing links to display at the end of this article. When not provided, or set to <code>false</code> no links will be displayed.</td>
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<td><code>showAuthor</code></td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td><code>article.showAuthor</code></td>
<td>Whether or not the author box is displayed in the article footer.</td>
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<td><code>showDate</code></td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td><code>article.showDate</code></td>
<td>Whether or not article dates are displayed.</td>
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<td><code>showEdit</code></td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td><code>article.showEdit</code></td>
<td>Whether or not the link to edit the article content should be displayed.</td>
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<td><code>showHeadingAnchors</code></td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td><code>article.showHeadingAnchors</code></td>
<td>Whether or not heading anchor links are displayed alongside headings within this article.</td>
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<td><code>showPagination</code></td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td><code>article.showPagination</code></td>
<td>Whether or not the next/previous article links are displayed in the article footer.</td>
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<td><code>showReadingTime</code></td>
<td>boolean</td>
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<td>Whether or not article reading times are displayed.</td>
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<td><code>showSummary</code></td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td><code>list.showSummary</code></td>
<td>Whether or not the article summary should be displayed on list pages.</td>
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<td><code>summary</code></td>
<td>string</td>
<td><em>Auto generated using <code>summaryLength</code> (see <a href=https://jpanther.github.io/congo/docs/configuration/#site-configuration>site configuration</a>)</em></td>
<td>When <code>showSummary</code> is enabled, this is the Markdown string to be used as the summary for this article.</td>
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<td><code>xml</code></td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td><code>true</code> unless excluded by <code>sitemap.excludedKinds</code></td>
<td>Whether or not this article is included in the generated <code>/sitemap.xml</code> file.</td>
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