November.27.2010

First of all, make sure you always download the newest version. When you buy the module, you already have the last version.
The following documentation applies to the module version 1.0 and later.

REQUIREMENTS

- Joomla! v1.5.x, Joomla! v1.6.x and Joomla! v1.7.x latest stable versions are highly recommended.

INSTALLATION

1. Please to refer the installation in administrator of module on Joomla! v1.5.x after:

• In Administrator page, go to Extensions -> Install/Uninstall
  In this page, click on Browse.. button, choose our module and then click Upload File & Install
  
  

• Go to Extensions -> Module Manager, choose option mod_ytc_content_slideshow (for Content component) or mod_ytc_k2slideshow (for K2 component) or mod_yt_sobi2slideshow (for Sobi2 component) or mod_ytc_virtuemart_slideshow (for VirtueMart component)
• And you can change params for your idea after

2. And now, please to preview module with layout of Yt Content Slideshow for example:

• Image of Article: This is the first image in the description of Article
• Description of Article: This is the intro text in the description of Article

SETTINGS

The parameters are divided into the following areas:

• General Settings
• Title Options and Link Options
• Image Options
• Effect Options
• Themes and layouts
• Using Thumbnail Theme Options

Let's refer the detail setting on mod_ytc_content_slideshow

• Select option: support 2 options Category or Section, you can choose one option, the result will show into Select Categories or Sections option
• Select Categories or Sections: Here you can choose categories or sections from content component for the module
• Article Type: Here there are three options:
  
  • Only Frontpage articles: The module will only show articles which are the frontpage article
  • Both: The module will show all articles in categories or sections
  • Without Frontpage articles: The module will show articles which are not the frontpage article
• Sort By Frield and Sort Order By
  • Date :  show latest articles or oldest articles
    
  • Order: According to the order field
    
  • Hits
    
  • Random
• The Amount of Articles: The total of articles which you want to show in the module. if this option is empty, it will read all articles.
• Article Start: This option will help you to show an article at the first time when the module is loaded. It is useful if you want to focus an article to clients.
• Auto play:
  • Yes: The module will auto play effects
  • No: The module will stop, you can use the navigation buttons to move
• Show title: Show / Hide the title of article
• Max lenth of Title: When the title is too long, you can use this option to only display some characters of the title. When the user hovers on the title, the full title will be displayed
• Open Link:
  • Same Window
  • New Window
• Link for caption: When this option is Yes, the module will add the link of article to the title
• Link for image: In some cases, you want to add the link to image, you can use this option for this idea.
• Large Thumbnail Width: The width of the thumbnail image. The module will filter the first image of article and then resizing / cropping to new image
  
• Large Thumbnail Height: The height of the thumbnail image. The module will filter the first image of article and then resizing / cropping to new image.
• Resized Image Type: There are two options: Cropping / Resizing
  
• Stop when hover: If it is Yes, when the module is playing, you hover on the module, the module will stop
  
• Slideshow speed: The time to move to next article
  
• Timer speed: The time to run effect
• Select a theme: The module supports 4 themes, you choose one of them for the module.
• Select an effect: We support 24 effects for this module. It is full for you to select an effect for your module.
  
• Caption Background: You can use this option to set the background for the title.
  
• Caption Color: Use this option to set the color of title
• Show Previous and Next Button: Show / Hide the navigation buttons.
  
• Show Intro Text: This option supports for themes 2 and theme4. it will help you to hide / show the intro text
• Show Read More Link: Show / hide the read more link
  
• Max Length of Description:
  
• Description Color: set the background color for the description