diff --git a/archetype/eureka.go b/archetype/eureka.go
index 9c8d56e..de04a36 100644
--- a/archetype/eureka.go
+++ b/archetype/eureka.go
@@ -191,7 +191,27 @@ func (self *EurekaAdapter) FormattingHelp() string {
 {.heading text}
 
 // shorthand for publish date (renders as <time class='publish-date'>)
-{+2022-02-22}`
+{+2022-02-22}
+
+// shorthand for tables
+{[column 1 header|column 2 header|column 3 header}
+{|simple data|{@bold data}|{*https://nilfm.cc|link data}}
+{|more|and more|and more data!}
+{;}
+
+// shorthand for publish date (renders as <time class='publish-date'>)
+{+2022-02-22}
+
+// shorthand for explicit monospace, sans, and serif font respecively:
+{=some mono text}
+{(some sans serif text}
+{)some serif text}
+
+// shorthand for a pictured directory/list item
+{%page name|picture}
+
+// shorthand for a shop listing
+{^payment-link|description|img1|alttext1|...|imgn|alttextn}`
 }
 
 func (self *EurekaAdapter) CreatePage(slug, title, content string) error {
diff --git a/templates/config.html b/templates/config.html
index 6b17f93..9acf888 100644
--- a/templates/config.html
+++ b/templates/config.html
@@ -35,40 +35,51 @@
 
 <form class="configurator" method="POST" action="/config-set">
 <input hidden type="text" name="csrfToken" value="{{$csrfToken}}"/>
+<!-- we iterate over the config multiple times as an inefficient method to sort the options by type -->
   {{ range $opt, $val := $config }}
-    {{ if ne ($opt).Hidden true }}
     {{ if eq ($opt).Type "bool" }}
+      {{ if ne ($opt).Hidden true }}
         <input type="hidden" name="{{($opt).Name}}:{{($opt).Type}}" value="0"/>
         <label> {{($opt).Name}} <input type="checkbox" name="{{($opt).Name}}:{{($opt).Type}}" {{ if ne $val "0"  }}checked{{end}} value="1"/></label><br/>
-    {{ end }}
+      {{ else }}
+        <input type="hidden" name="{{($opt).Name}}:{{($opt).Type}}" value="{{ $val }}"/>
+      {{ end }}
     {{ end }}
   {{ end }}
   {{ range $opt, $val := $config }}
-    {{ if ne ($opt).Hidden true }}
     {{ if eq ($opt).Type "int" }}
+      {{ if ne ($opt).Hidden true }}
         <label>{{($opt).Name}} <input type="number" step="1" name="{{($opt).Name}}:{{($opt).Type}}" value="{{$val}}"/></label><br/>
-    {{ end }}
+      {{ else }}
+        <input type="hidden" name="{{($opt).Name}}:{{($opt).Type}}" value="{{ $val }}"/>
+      {{ end }}
     {{ end }}
   {{ end }}
   {{ range $opt, $val := $config }}
-    {{ if ne ($opt).Hidden true }}
     {{ if eq ($opt).Type "float" }}
+      {{ if ne ($opt).Hidden true }}
         <label>{{($opt).Name}} <input type="number" step="0.00000001" name="{{($opt).Name}}:{{($opt).Type}}" value="{{$val}}"/></label><br/>
-    {{ end }}
+      {{ else }}
+        <input type="hidden" name="{{($opt).Name}}:{{($opt).Type}}" value="{{ $val }}"/>
+      {{ end }}
     {{ end }}
   {{ end }}
   {{ range $opt, $val := $config }}
-    {{ if ne ($opt).Hidden true }}
     {{ if eq ($opt).Type "string" }}
+      {{ if ne ($opt).Hidden true }}
         <label>{{($opt).Name}} <input type="text" name="{{($opt).Name}}:{{($opt).Type}}" value="{{$val}}"/></label><br/>
-    {{ end }}
+      {{ else }}
+        <input type="hidden" name="{{($opt).Name}}:{{($opt).Type}}" value="{{ $val }}"/>
+      {{ end }}
     {{ end }}
   {{ end }}
   {{ range $opt, $val := $config }}
-    {{ if ne ($opt).Hidden true }}
     {{ if eq ($opt).Type "multilinestring" }}
+      {{ if ne ($opt).Hidden true }}
         <label>{{($opt).Name}} <textarea name="{{($opt).Name}}:{{($opt).Type}}">{{$val}}</textarea></label><br/>
-    {{ end }}
+      {{ else }}
+        <input type="hidden" name="{{($opt).Name}}:{{($opt).Type}}" value="{{ $val }}"/>
+      {{ end }}
     {{ end }}
   {{ end }}
 <input type="submit" value="Save"/>