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InstallationInstall as usual using the Joomla! installer. Example Usage
Module ParametersYou 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.
CountThe number of articles to display in the module. OrderingThe order in which the articles are displayed. The choices are:-
AuthoringThe authoring of the articles allowed. The choices are:-
Content SourceChoose from which Joomla component you wish the articles to be taken. The default is the Joomla core component, however the module can also read content from the Mighty Extensions resources component if this option is selected instead. Front Page ArticlesChoose whether front page articles are included in module. Section IDThe 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. This applies when the Joomla content component is used as the content source only. Category IDThe 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. This applies when the Joomla content component is used as the content source only. Article IDThe 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. This applies when the Joomla content component is used as the content source only.
Resources Category IDThe 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. This applies when the Mighty Extensions resources component is used as the content source only. Resources Type IDThe type(s) from which the articles are selected. This can be blank to include all types, or be a comma-separated list for more than one. This applies when the Mighty Extensions resources component is used as the content source only. Resources Article IDThe IDs of the articles (records) that you want to select. If the type and category IDs are blank, then you can choose articles from all types and categories of the content. This applies when the Mighty Extensions resources component is used as the content source only. Resources Fields IDThe IDs of the fields (records) that you want to select. If the type and category IDs are blank, then you can choose fields from all types and categories of the content. This is also useful when you want to display articles but you don't want all the fields to be displayed in the module. This applies when the Mighty Extensions resources component is used as the content source only. The module can display text taken from the text, textarea and html field types, and thumbnails taken from the image or picture field types, as well as images embedded in html fields. Count CharactersThis determines whether the module counts characters or sentences when determining the length of the extract to display. If characters are used the extract length will be rounded to the nearest whitespace character, if sentences are used the extract will use characters up until the next terminating punctuation (!? or .).
Read more linkIf set to 'yes', each article includes a clickable 'read more' link. Read More TextThe text to display for the 'read more' link. This can include html tags such as the <img> tag so that icons can be used instead of text. Auto-Start SlideshowIf 'yes' is selected, the slideshow will automatically start on page load.
Show Thumbnails
Select 'yes' to display the image thumbnails. These are not loaded until the main images have already downloaded, so displaying thumbnails will not require any extra downloading, since they will be loaded directly from the browser cache.
Thumbnails DirectionThe orientation for the thumbnail strip. The choices available are horizontal or vertical. Scroller TypeThe type of scroller. There are two types available, 'click' and 'mouseover'. A click scroller includes arrow buttons which when click will scroll the thumbnails, a mouseover scroller will scroll the thumbnails automatically when the mouse is hoverered over the ends of the scroller. Show CaptionsChoose whether or not to display thumbnail captions.
Caption HeightThe caption height in pixels
Image Width, Image Height, Thumbnail SizeThe main image width and height in pixels, and the thumbnail size.
Use Image W or HUse image width or height when determining the size of images that don't fit into the image container due to differing proportions. If 'width' is selected, then the main images will be scaled so that their width is the same width as the image container. If 'height' is selected, then the height will be matched to the image container. In each case, any excess of the image will be cut off. The best thing is to experiment with this setting, and see what is most acceptable for your site.
Use GD For ImagesSet this to yes to resize images. Use this if your images are bigger than the size displayed in the slideshow, or if you want to compress images. The original images will not be changed, the resized images will be written to a cache folder within the module. In subsequent displays of the module the cached images will be used, to improve performance.
Image QualityImage quality is a value ranging between 0 (worst quality) to 100 (best quality). If your images are good quality to start with then you may be able to reduce the quality down to about 75 without bad effects, and the resulting compression can reduce the file size quite a bit, and will speed loading the slideshow. If your images are already compressed though the results will probably not be good.
Intro Text and Footer TextAdd text here that you wish to display at the head and foot of the module.
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