If you create a new menu item type Category blog or Featured articles, a set of Intro texts will be displayed with Read More links on that page. By clicking on the Read More link you will get to the full article view.

It can be useful to restrict access to the full article view for not registered visitors and leave just the intro texts readable to public. To restrict access to full article view, do the following:

Editing Restricting access to Articles individually

1. Log in to the Administrator back-end.
2. Go to Content > Article Manager.
3. Edit the article, set the Access Level for the article with Read More link to Registered (simply click the Public link in the Access Level column).
4. On the menu item, tab Advanced options section Article options.
5. Set the Show Unauthorized Links to Yes and Save the settings.

Editing Restricting access to Articles Globally

1. Log in to the Administrator back-end.
2. Set the article(s) or Category(ies) to view level Registered
3. Go to Content > Article Manager >> Options

Settings for all Articles are referred to as Global Settings and the location for the settings are found in the Article Manager, and then clicking on Options.

To remove the author name, creation date and time and modified date and time from all Articles:

1. Open the Article Manager.
2. Click on the Parameters icon near the top right of your screen.
3. Locate the Author Name, Created Date and Time and Modified Date and Time drop down fields in the Parameters list and change to Hide as required.
   • Hide: Hides the information globally.
   • Show: Displays the information globaly.
4. Click the Save.

These settings apply wherever "Use Global" is selected in the Article's parameters or menu item's parameters.