May.27.2013

SJ Carousel Userguide

Written by SA Dang Truong

Published in Extension User-Guides

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This guide is intended for Carousel free module.

When you buy (or download free one) module the first time, you will have the latest version. After the first release, we will update this module regularly, then please check newer versions when informed

REQUIREMENTS

1. Joomla!, supported versions are listed in our intro page.

INSTALLATION

1. Prepare your module package (a zip file; please UNZIP first if it is indicated in the file name)
2. All steps are in administrator backend of Joomla!:

In your Administrator page, go to Extensions -> Extension Manager
In this page, click Choose File, select module package.
Then click Upload & Install
Please wait for module being installed, usually within several seconds
Now go to Extensions -> Module Manager, click New and create one instance for module you have installed
Then configure it as SETTINGS part hereafter

SETTINGS

1. This module with sample layout is below:

2. The parameters are divided up into the following areas:

Source Options
Article Options
Effect Options
Image Options
Advanced Options

SOURCE OPTIONS

Data Source - Choose categories source to be used with
Child Category Articles - Include articles from sub-categories of source OR not
Category Depth - Set level of sub-categories of source to be used with this module
Featured Articles - Include featured articles OR not
Article Field to Order By - Allow to choose one criterion for order
- Article Manager Order
- Featured Articles Order
- Hits
- Title
- ID
- Alias
- Created Date
- Modified Date
- Start Publishing Date
- Finish Publishing Date
Ordering Direction - Set direction to arrange order: ascending or descending
Count - Allow to set total of articles to be used by slider

ARTICLE OPTIONS

Show Title - Allow to show title OR not
Title Limit - Allow to set the length of title, set -1 for unlimited
Show IntroText- Allow to show small description (introtext) OR not
IntroText Limit - Allow to set the length of small description, set -1 for unlimited

EFFECT OPTIONS

Stop when Hover - Allow to stop slider when being hovered OR not
Auto Play - Allow to slide automatically OR not
Interval - Allow to set time between each sliding

IMAGE OPTIONS

From Image Intro - Allow you to get the intro image
From Image Fulltext - Allow you to get the fulltext image
From Inline IntroText - Allow you to get an inline image from introtext
From Inline Fulltext - Allow you to get an inline image from fulltext
From External - Allow you to get image from external source
External Path (or Url) - Set path to external image folder used by option above
Order to Get - Set order priority to get images above
Resize Mode - Allow you to choose the mode of image resizing
- None
- Center
- Fill
- Fit
- Strech
Output Format - Allow to set format for all output file:
- Default - if you want to keep original format
- GIF
- JPEG
- PNG
Keep Transparency - Allow to keep images transparent, for PNG and GIF format
Image Width - Allow you to set the width of image
Image Height - Allow you to set the height of image
Background - Allow to set the color of image background
Cache Path - Allow to set path to cache folder
Cache URL - Allow to set url to cache folder
Placeholder - Allow you to use a placeholder image when image is empty
Placeholder Path or Url - Allow to set path to placeholder image

ADVANCED OPTIONS

Module Class Suffix - Allow you to style module with specific CSS suffix
Alternative Layout - Allow to choose other layout if possible
Open Link - Allow to set target for opened links:
- New Window
- Same Window
- Popup Window
Include jQuery - Allow to use jQuery from this module OR use other global file
Pre Text - The content to show at the top of module
Post Text - The content to show at the end of module
Caching
- Use Global: Turn on caching
- No Caching: Turn off caching
Cache Times - The time to cache
Module Tag - Set wrapper tag for module
Bootstrap Size - Set width based on bootstrap for wrapper of module
Header Tag - Set tag for module title
Header Class - Set class for module title
Module Style - Override module style