congo/exampleSite/content/docs/front-matter.md

title	date	draft	description	slug	tags
Front Matter	2020-08-12	false	All the front matter variables available in Congo.	front-matter	front matter config docs

In addition to the default Hugo front matter parameters, Congo adds a number of additional options to customise the presentation of individual articles. All the available theme front matter parameters are listed below.

Front matter parameter default values are inherited from the theme's [base configuration]({{< ref "configuration" >}}), so you only need to specify these parameters in your front matter when you want to override the default.

Name	Type	Default	Description
description	string	Not set	The text description for the article. It is used in the HTML metadata.
externalUrl	string	Not set	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.
editURL	string	article.editURL	When showEdit is active, the URL for the edit link.
editAppendPath	boolean	article.editAppendPath	When showEdit is active, whether or not the path to the current article should be appended to the URL set at editURL.
menu	string or array	Not set	When a value is provided, a link to this article will appear in the named menus. Valid values are main or footer.
robots	string	Not set	String that indicates how robots should handle this article. If set, it will be output in the page head. Refer to Google's docs for valid values.
showAuthor	boolean	article.showAuthor	Whether or not the author box is displayed in the article footer.
showDate	boolean	article.showDate	Whether or not article dates are displayed.
showEdit	boolean	article.showEdit	Whether or not the link to edit the article content should be displayed.
showHeadingAnchors	boolean	article.showHeadingAnchors	Whether or not heading anchor links are displayed alongside headings within this article.
showPagination	boolean	article.showPagination	Whether or not the next/previous article links are displayed in the article footer.
showReadingTime	boolean	article.showReadingTime	Whether or not article reading times are displayed.
showSummary	boolean	list.showSummary	Whether or not the article summary should be displayed on list pages.
summary	string	Auto generated using summaryLength (see [site configuration]({{< ref "configuration#site-configuration" >}}))	When showSummary is enabled, this is the Markdown string to be used as the summary for this article.
xml	boolean	true unless excluded by sitemap.excludedKinds	Whether or not this article is included in the generated /sitemap.xml file.