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August.30.2011
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! v1.7.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_yt_contentcoolaccordion (for Content component) or mod_yt_K2coolaccordion (for K2 component) or mod_yt_sobi2coolaccordion (for Sobi2 component) or mod_yt_vmcoolaccordion (for VirtueMart component)
- And you can change params for your idea after
2. And now, please to preview module with layout of
Yt Cool Accordion with Content for example:
- Large Image - Image of Article: This is the first image in the description of Article
SETTINGS
Let's examine all the settings detail on Yt Cool Accordion with Content
The parameters are divided into the following areas:
- General Options
- Source Options
- Article Options
- Tabs Options
- Thumbnails Options
- Other Options
- Advanced Parameters
GENERAL OPTIONS
- Module Width/Height - Here you can change width/height of module. Unit is "px"
- Themes - Please to change theme which you want to show. We support 4 themes for your module.
SOURCE OPTIONS
- Item Type - You can choose Category or Item Ids type
- Item Ids - This is the list of Ids of Item. Syntax: 1,2,3
- Data Source - Source from Section or Category. With category which hasn't any articles, you can't show that category in frontend.
- Sort Order By - Allow you to sort order articles by
- Recently Added
- Recently Modified
- Order
- Title
- Random
- Source Filter - Allow you to filter articles with 3 options:
- All articles: Show all article
- Only frontpage: Show frontpage articles only
- None frontpage: Hide articles which are frontpage articles
- Number of Rows - You can change number of tabs which you want to show here
ARTICLE OPTIONS
- Display Article Title - You can enable/disable title of article
- Article Title Linkable - You can enable/disable Link of Article Title
- Article Title Color - Here allow to change color of article title. We support two types: code color or color name by english.
- Article Title Link target - Open link window for title of article:
- 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
- Article Title Max Chars - The max number of characters of Article title which can be showed in the module. If you want to unlimit length, you can choose "-1"
- Display Article Description - Allow to enable/disable description of article
- Article description color - Here allow to change color of article description.
- Opacity Background of Description - You can change the light and dark of opacity background. The dark'll increase from 0 to 1.
- Keep HTML - The module will keep HTML code in description if you choose "Yes"
- Article Description Max Chars - The max number of characters of Article description which can be showed in the module. If you want to unlimit length, you can choose "-1"
- Display Readmore - Allow to enable/disable Readmore
- Readmore Text - You can change text for Readmore here
TABS OPTIONS
- Images Width/Height - You can change width/height for images on tabs
- On/Off images on tabs - Allow you on/off images on tabs
THUMBNAIL OPTIONS
- Enable link - Allow to use/not link of thumbnail
- Thumbnail Width/Height - You can change width/height for thumbnail
- Thumbnail Background color - Allow to change color of thumbnail background
- Thumbnail Mode - We support 4 modes for thumbnail
OTHER OPTIONS
- 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
- 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
- Cache Times - The time to cache
- Include JQuery Library - You can on/off jQuery Library
