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Mod Featured Items Documentation

Installation

Install as usual using the Joomla! installer.

Example Usage

To show selected articles from any section of the site, leave the section and category ID parameters blank, and list the article IDs
To show random articles from a category (section), set the category (section) ID, leave the article IDs blank, and choose the random ordering.
To show the most read articles from a category (section), set the category (section) ID, leave the article IDs blank, and choose the most popular ordering.
To show the most recent articles from a category (section), set the category (section) ID, leave the article IDs blank, and choose the recently modified first ordering.

Module Parameters

You can set the parameters for the module using the Joomla! module manager. The module uses sensible defaults, so to get you started you may only need to pick the articles that you wish to display. The parameters are shown below.

Count

The number of articles to display in the module.

Ordering

The order in which the articles are displayed. The choices are:-

Recently added first
Recently modified first
Most popular
Least popular
Default ordering
Random

Authoring

The authoring of the articles allowed. The choices are:-

Anyone
Added or modified by me (ie the logged in user)
Not added or modified by me
Added or modified by profiled user (JomSocial/Mighty Touch integration)

If the fourth option is selected, the module will display articles by the profiled user whenever a user profile is viewed; otherwise articles by anyone will be displayed.

Front Page Articles

Choose whether front page articles are included in module.

Section ID

The section(s) from which the articles are selected. This can be blank to include all sections, or be a comma-separated list for more than one.

Category ID

The category(s) from which the articles are selected. This can be blank to include all categories, or be a comma-separated list for more than one.

Article ID

The IDs of the articles that you want to select. This can be blank, or a comma-separated list. If the section and category IDs are blank, then you can choose articles from all sections of the content.

Module Class suffix

This is used mainly to set a common style for modules.

Text Count

The number of characters from the article to include. The module rounds this up to the nearest whitespace character so that whole words are used.

Show images

Choose whether to include a thumbnail image along with the article extract.

Max Image size

The maximum size of the image (in pixels).

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