This section allows the administrator to define the default values for various In-portal platform settings.
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  <li> Order categories by – this setting specifies the default primary sort order for category listings. It applies both on the front end, and in the administrative console – in the catalog. The first dropdown allows to select the field (an attribute of the category element), and the second dropdown – the direction. 
  <li> And then by – this setting specifies the default secondary sort order. It is set in the same way as the primary, and used when the primary order values are ambiguous. For example, when the primary sort value is ‘Category Name', the secondary order will be used to sort among categories with the same name. 
  <li> Number of categories per page – specifies the default number of categories shown per page. This value applies both to the front end and to the administrative console. In the latter, this value can be changed for each session through the View menu. 
  <li> Categories Per Page (Shortlist) – this setting is similar to the ‘ Number of categories per page', but it applies to the front end, short category lists only. It can be overridden by setting the tag attributes in the appropriate templates. 
  <li> Number of days for a cat. to be NEW – specifies the number of days, from the date of creation, during which the category will be automatically marked ‘New' by the system. This setting will only apply to the categories with the ‘New' flag set to ‘Automatic'. 
  <li> Display editor PICKs above regular categories – this setting will force all categories, marked as ‘Editor's pick' to be displayed above the other categories, regardless of their priority or sort order. Among themselves, ‘Editor's pick' categories will be sorted according to the regular rules. 
  <li> Root category name (language variable) – this setting specifies the name of the language variable which contains the name of the root category. By default, the root category name is ‘Home' in English, and the label name is ‘lu_rootcategory_name'. There is rarely a need to change the name of the variable – since the name of the category itself can be simply changed by changing the value of the variable. 
  <li> Default META Keywords – this field contains the default META keywords value, which is displayed on the home page, or whenever a category does not have them defined. For more information, see the section describing General Category settings - V.2.1.1.1.1 . 
  <li> Default META description - this field contains the default META description value, which is displayed on the home page, or whenever a category does not have them defined. For more information, see the section describing General Category settings - V.2.1.1.1.1 .
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