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March.22.2013
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 is applied for packages from version 1.0 of
SJ Content Mega Slider,
SJ K2 Mega Slider and
SJ VM Mega Slider modules
Refer guide for Joomla! 1.5.x packages
here
REQUIREMENTS
1. Joomla! v1.7.x and Joomla! v2.5.x latest stable versions are highly recommended.
INSTALLATION
1. Prepare your module package (zip file; please UNZIP first if it is indicated in the file name)
2. All steps are in administrator of Joomla!:
- In your Administrator page, go to Extensions -> Extension Manager
In this page, click Browse, select module package.
- Then click Upload & Install
- Please wait for module being installed, usually within several seconds
- Now go to Extensions -> Module Manager, click Select Type box and choose the module you have installed
- Then click the module listed below to configure it as SETTINGS part hereafter
SETTINGS
1. This module with sample layout is below:
- Image Article: Showing the main large image, configured under Item Options
- Navigation Button: Button to navigate with many styles can be applied.
2. The parameters are divided up into the following areas:
- Basic Options
- Items Options
- Navigation Options
- Effect Options
- Advanced Options
BASIC OPTIONS
- Module Class Suffix - Allow you to choose another CSS class that suits your template. Please refer here
- Module Width - Allow to set width of module
- Theme - Allow you to select themes available
- Open link - The opening window with link:
- Same window
- New window
- Popup window
Source Options
- Category - Choose categories that you want to show in this module
- Include Subcategories - Choose content in subcategories OR not
- Sort Order By - Allow to choose the criterion for order:
- Recently Added
- Most Vews
- Recently Modified
- Title
- Ordering
- Random
- Source Filter - Allow you to filter articles with 3 options:
- All item: Show all article
- Only frontpage: Show frontpage articles only
- None frontpage: Hide articles which are frontpage articles
- Item Count - Allow to set number of items which you want to show in module
ITEM OPTIONS
- Position Display Description - Allow to set position of description:
- Show Item Title - Show/hide the title of article
- Link For Item Title - Enable/Disable link for Title of article
- Title Maxlength - Allow to set the number of characters in title. Choosing 0 if you want to show full title.
- Show Item Description - Show/hide description of article
- Description Maxlength - Allow to set the number of characters in the description. Choosing 0 if you want to show full title.
- Strip Html Tags - Remove all markup in description of item. Choose "No" if you don't want
- Keep on Strip Tags - If you are using 'Strip html tag'='yes'. Enter to keep all markup in description of title.
- Show Read More - Show/hide Read More
- Read More Text - Allow you to alter the text for Read more..
- Read More Style - Allow to choose one of four Readmore styles available
- Show Direction - Show/hide Direction
- Show Direction When - Support 2 directions: Click and Hover
Show buttons for Theme 3
- Show Buttons - Show/hide previous button and next button
Image Options
- Link For Image - Enable/Disable link for image
- Image Width/ Image Height - Allow you to set the width/height of the image
- Image Background - Allow to set the color of image background
- Image Mode - Allow you to choose the mode of image resizing
- None
- Center
- Fill
- Fit
- Stretch
NAVIGATION OPTIONS
- Navigation Type - Allow to select type of navigation
- Show Navigation Direction - Show/hide navigation direction
For Navigation Type 2, Type 3
- Title Maxlength - Allow to set the max number of characters in title. Choosing 0 if you want to show full title.
- Description Maxlength - Allow to set the max number of characters in description. Choosing 0 if you want to show full description.
Small Image Options
- Image Width/Image Height - Allow you to set the width/height of the small image
- Image Background - - Allow to set the color of image background. This is applied for showing images without full background. If the image with full background, you can see nothing to change.
- Image Resize Mode - Allow you to choose the mode of small image resizing
- None
- Center
- Fill
- Fit
- Stretch
EFFECT OPTIONS
- Item Start - Allow you set item which you want to show at the first time
- Auto Play - Allow you to set autoplay for slideshow
- Stop when Hover - Allow you to stop slide when being hovered OR not
- Pager event - We support two events: Click and Hover
- Slideshow speed - Allow to set the speed to run slider
- Interval - Allow to set the duration to move to next product
- Slideshow Effect - Support 25 effects for your module
ADVANCED OPTIONS
- Include Jquery - Allow to include jQuery lib OR not
- Custom URL - Custom URL of item
- 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
