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July.19.2011
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 and Joomla! v1.6.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_yt_contentmegaslider (for Content component) or mod_yt_k2megaslider (for K2 component) or mod_yt_sobi2megaslider (for Sobi2 component) or mod_yt_vmmegaslider (for VirtueMart component)
- And you can change params for your idea after
2. And now, please to preview module with layout of Yt Content Mega Slider for example:
- Large/Small Image: This is the first image in the description of Article
- Main/Normal Description: This is the intro text in the description of Article
SETTINGS
Let's examine all the settings detail on Yt Content Mega Slider
The parameters are divided into the following areas:
- General Settings
- Title Options and Link Options
- Image Options
- Theme and Color Options
- Advanced Parameters
GENERAL SETTINGS
- Module Class Suffix - Please refer here
- Select option - You can choose Section or Category which you want to show
- Select Categories or Sections - Here you can choose some categories which you want to show in the module
- For frontpage article - Allow you to filter articles with 3 options:
- Include frontpage articles: Show all article
- Show frontpage articles only: Show frontpage articles only
- Hide frontpage articles: Hide articles which are frontpage articles
- Sort Order By - Allow you to sort order articles by
- Recently Added First
- Recently Modified First
- Ordering
- Title
- Random
- Module Width - Here you can change width of module. Unit is "px"
- The Amount of Articles - The total of Articles which will be showed in the module
- Item Number per page - The numbers of articles which will be showed in each page
- Auto play - You can allow the slide shows automatically
- Position Display Image - You can choose position of image for each theme
- Style Navigation - We support three styles of Navigation
- Width For Opacity - You can change width of Opacity. Just only use for Theme 2
- Navigation Show - You can choose show/hide Navigation
TITLE OPTIONS AND LINK OPTIONS
- Max Length of Normal Title - The max number of characters of title on normal article which can be showed in the module
- Max Length of Main Title - The max number of characters of title on main article which can be showed in the module
- Open Link
- Pop up: Open the link in new window without navigation
- Same window: Open the link in the same window
- New window: Open the link in the new window
- Show Main Content Spotlight - Allow you show/hide main content of spotlight. Just only use for theme 2
- Show Main Description - You can show/hide main description
- Link for image - You can show/hide link of image
- Show Normal Description - You can show/hide normal description
- Show Main Title - You can show/hide main title
- Show Normal Title - You can show/hide normal title
- Show Read More - You can show/hide Read More
- Show Buttons - You can show buttons when hover or always or hide them.
- Select Style Read More option - We support four styles of read more option
- Read More Text - You can change text of Read More Option
- Max Length of Normal Description - The max number of characters of description on normal article which can be showed in the module
- Max Length of Main Description - The max number of characters of description on main article which can be showed in the module
- Cutting Description With - Just only use for main description
- Keeping HTML code: the module will keep html code in description
- Removing HTML code: the module will remove all html code before cutting
- Custom URL - This param allows you to customize the link of each article. If you do not want to go to the detail page of article, you can change the link to another. In the textarea of Custom HTML, please use the following syntax::
- ArticleID_1:New_URL_1
- ArticleID_2:New_URL_2
- ...
With:
- ArticleID_1, ArticleID_2,... are ids of articles. You can see the Id column in Article Manager page
- New_URL_1, New_URL_2, New_URL_3 are links which you want to replace the orginal links. Format: http://www.newlink.com
IMAGE OPTIONS
- Show Normal Image - You can show/hide image of normal article
- Large Thumbnail Width/Height - You can change width/height of large thumbnail
- Small Thumbnail Width/Height - You can change width/height of small thumbnail
- Using image source - You can use image source here
- Thumbnail Mode Type:
THEME AND EFFECT OPTIONS
- Select a theme - We support 4 theme for show your articles.
- Select an effects - We support 25 nice effects for your slideshow
- Stop when hover - You can stop/continue the slideshow when hover
- Hide/Show Button Number - You can show/hide button number. Just only use for theme 3
- Animation Duration - Time to show one slide
- Interval - Time to change slides
- Main Title Color - You can change color of title on main article
- Main Description Color - You can change color of description on main article
- Main Item Background - You can change background of main item
- Navigation Background - You can change background of navigation
- Navigation Item Actived Background - You can change background of navigation when the article is actived
- Navigation Title Color - You can change color of navigation title
- Navigation Content Color - You can change color of navigation content
- Intro Text - The content to show at the top of module
- Footer Text - The content to show at the end of module
ADVANCED PARAMETERS
- Caching
- Do not use Cache: Turn off caching
- Use Cache: Turn on caching
- Include jQuery Library - enable/disable jQuery Library.
- Cache Times - The time to cache
