Based on information at http://plone.org/documentation/kb/how-to-write-templates-for-plone-4
Create the view template
If you want to hide the title and description on a Plone page, you can create a new template that does that.
- Go to the ZMI -> portal_skins
- Use the Find tab to look for an object with the ID "document_view". Click on it, then click on the Customize button.
- In the breadcrumbs, click on the "custom" link to take you up one level.
- Check the box next to the document_view object, then click the Rename button at the bottom of the page. Give it a new name (e.g. document_no_title_or_description_view) then click the OK button.
- Click on the document_no_title_or_description_view object again to edit it, and replace its contents with the code below.
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"
xmlns:tal="http://xml.zope.org/namespaces/tal"
xmlns:metal="http://xml.zope.org/namespaces/metal"
xmlns:i18n="http://xml.zope.org/namespaces/i18n"
lang="en"
metal:use-macro="context/main_template/macros/master"
i18n:domain="plone">
<body>
<metal:content-title fill-slot="content-title">
<metal:content-title define-macro="content-title">
</metal:content-title>
</metal:content-title>
<metal:content-description fill-slot="content-description">
<metal:content-description define-macro="content-description">
</metal:content-description>
</metal:content-description>
<metal:content-core fill-slot="content-core">
<metal:content-core define-macro="content-core">
<metal:field use-macro="python:context.widget('text', mode='view')">
Body text
</metal:field>
</metal:content-core>
</metal:content-core>
</body>
</html>The difference between the above and the default view template is that both the content-title and the content-description macros no longer do anything.
Next, you have to enable this new customized view template for pages ("Documents").
Add the new view template to the page/Document type
- Go to ZMI -> portal_types -> Document
- Add one more line to the "Available View Methods" field, containing document_no_title_or_description_view, and press the Save Changes button.
Using the new view template
- Go to the page on which you wanted to hide the title and description.
- The Display drop down menu should now include a new choice "document_no_title_or_description_view". Select it, and the page should now no longer show its title nor its description.