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grantry-framework 4.1.24 impossible hide on frontend: author, authoring date, number of hits, category name

i tried edit free grantry-framework 4.1.24 joomla 3.x.
the main article displays on frontend side automatically following information
category name
written by
published
hits

i not want shop on website.
i search place change template.
i tried 3 things:
1) modification of official settings in template
2) deletion of text in css file
3) adding # before lines relevant code in css file
none option worked.
what did wrong?
how can hide category name, written by, published, hits in frontend?

here details of efforts:
1) modification of official settings in template

joomla _ content _ article manager _ double click on article _ configure edit screen _
show publishing options yes
show article options yes
administrator images , links yes
frontend images , links yes

joomla _ content _ article manager _ double click on article _ options
show title
linked titles
show tags
show intro text
position of article info
show category
link category
show parent
link parent
show author
link author
show create date
show modify date
show publish date
show navigation
show icons
show print icon
show email icon
show voting
show hits
show unauthorised links
positioning of links
read more text
alternative layout
i set no or hide following options , saved changes , saved article
link category no
show author hide
show create date hide
show hits hide
then, frontend still shows
category: gantry
published: monday, 13 august 2012 20:50
written super user
hits: 6

2) deletion of text in css file

then, wanted deleted part of source code responsible displaying these data (category name, publishing date, author name, hits).
joomla _ extensions _ extension manager _ template manager _ templates _ gantry – default master
editing file "/css-compiled/master-4c7d7a8761caef66b292044eefb6e82e.css" in template "gantry".
lines 550 591 in css-compiled:
i deleted following lines. nothing changed in frontend display.
.component-content .article-info {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 15px;
font-size: 13px;
}
.component-content .article-info dd {
margin-left: 0;
display: block;
}
.component-content .article-info dd div [class^="icon-"],
.component-content .article-info dd div [class*="icon-"] {
display: none;
}
.component-content .article-info dd:before,
.component-content .article-info dd div:before {
font-family: fontawesome;
margin-right: 2px;
}
.component-content .article-info .parent-category-name:before {
content: "\f0c9";
}
.component-content .article-info .category-name:before {
content: "\f0c9";
}
.component-content .article-info .create:before {
content: "\f017";
}
.component-content .article-info .modified:before {
content: "\f017";
}
.component-content .article-info .published:before {
content: "\f017";
}
.component-content .article-info .createdby:before {
content: "\f040";
}
.component-content .article-info .hits:before {
content: "\f019";
}
.component-content .article-info .article-info-term {
display: none;
}

3) adding # @ line start lines 550 591 in css file
joomla _ extensions _ extension manager _ template manager _ templates _ gantry – default master
editing file "/css-compiled/master-4c7d7a8761caef66b292044eefb6e82e.css" in template "gantry".
lines 550 591 in css-compiled:
i added # @ beginning of every line. saved. nothing changed in frontend display.

albert gore

your article options can overridden @ menu level well. did check that?