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 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
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.
showDate	boolean	article.showDate	Whether or not article dates are displayed.
showAuthor	boolean	article.showAuthor	Whether or not the author box is displayed in the article footer.
showEdit	boolean	article.showEdit	Whether or not the link to edit the article content should be displayed.
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.
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.
xml	boolean	true unless excluded by sitemap.excludedKinds	Whether or not this article is included in the generated /sitemap.xml file.