A description of the container; can be used by modules.

Instructions to present to the user when choosing a category.

A title for this container that will be used within administrative interfaces, such as selection lists and tabular listings. If this is left blank, the actual title will be used instead.

A list of node types you want to associate with categories in this container.

Allows a tree-like hierarchy between categories within a container. Depending on your distant parent configuration, this may also allow a hierarchy between categories and containers regardless of their parent container. Be aware that the multiple option refers to multiple parents, as opposed to multiple levels of hierarchy.

Allows relations between arbitrary categories or containers.

Allows synonyms for a category or container, such as misspellings and acronyms.

Content is categorized by typing terms instead of choosing from a list.

Allows nodes to have more than one category from a particular container (always true for free tagging).

If enabled, every node must have at least one category from within this container.

Sets this container's 'hidden' attribute. This attribute is not used by the core category module, but can affect how this container is treated by other modules. For example, hidden containers do not have menu items generated by category_menu, and are not shown in navigational elements by category_display. This hidden behaviour applies only to the container itself, not to its child categories or to their assigned nodes.

Parent category or container. Containers are marked with an asterisk (*).

Pages at a given level are ordered first by weight and then by title.

The depth of child categories that a node listing reflects. Set this to a negative value to reflect an infinite depth. Although a container cannot be assigned nodes, it can still list nodes of child categories, if it has a depth that is not 0.

Specifies the containers from which categories in this container can have parents. If you select containers other than this one, then categories in this container can have distant parents. It is recommended for security reasons that you only select this container (which is the default), unless you are certain that all users adding categories to this container are both experienced and trustworthy.

If enabled, menu items are automatically created and maintained for child categories. If set to 'enabled (breadcrumbs only)', then menu links will not be visible, but breadcrumbs will be. If this container has its 'hidden' attribute disabled, a menu item is also created and maintained for the container itself. In this context, a child category is one that belongs to this container, even if it has another container as its distant parent. If a category has multiple parents, then it will be placed underneath the parent with the lightest weight as a menu item.

If enabled, menu items are automatically created and maintained for nodes assigned under one or more child categories. If set to 'enabled (but disable each item)', then menu links will not be visible, but breadcrumbs will be. Nodes will be placed underneath whatever category is of the lightest weight.

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