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March.29.2013
This guide is intended for
SJ Zoo Mega Items II - Joomla! Module
When you buy the 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 in
here
REQUIREMENTS
1. Joomla! v1.7.x and Joomla! 2.5.x latest stable versions are highly recommended.
2. This module need to be shown from 2 category levels to up.
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 of Article: This is the first image in the description of article
- Description of Article: This is the text of article's content
2. The parameters are divided up into the following areas:
- Basic Options
- Source Options
- Item Options
- Image Options
- Effect Options
- Advanced Options
BASIC OPTIONS
- Module Class Suffix - Allow you to choose another CSS class that suits your template
- Moduule Width - Here you can change width of module. Unit is "px"
- Use layout - Allow you to choose one of 4 themes available
SOURCE OPTIONS
- Zoo Application - Allow to choose one of 2 applications available: Page Application OR Blog Application
- Zoo Category - Choose the source of category that is used with this module
- Include subcategories - Choose category in subcategories OR not
- Order By - Select a field which you would like Articles to be ordered by:
- Recently add
- Most views
- Recently modified
- Hits
- Title
- Random
- Source Filter - Allow to show articles that meet some factors:
- All Articles
- None Featured items
- Only Featured items
- Number article/category - The number of article in each category which you selected
CATEGORY OPTIONS
- Number Column - The number of column displays on each row
- Show super Category Link - Allow to show link of Super Category
- Super Category Link Target - Open link window for Super Category:
- 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 Sub Category Link - Allow to show link of Sub Category
- Sub Category Link Target - Open link window for Sub Category:
- Popup window
- Same window
- New window
- Show List SubCategory - Allow to show list of Subcategory
- Sub Category Title Length - The max number of characters of title on Subcategory which can be showed in the module. If you want to unlimit length, you can choose "-1"
DISPLAY OPTIONS
- Display Article Image - Allow to enable/disable image of article
- Article Image Linkable - Allow to add link for image of article
- Article Image Link target - Open link window for Image of article:
- Popup window
- Same window
- New window
- Display Article Title - Allow to show/hide title of article
- Article Title Linkable - Allow to enable/disable title of article
- Article Title Color - Allow to set color of article title
- Article Title Link Target - Open link window for title of article:
- Popup window
- Same window
- 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 - Allow to change color of description
- 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 article tooltip - Allow to enable/disable tooltip of article
- Tooltip Width - Here you can change width of tooltip. Unit is "px"
- Tooltip Image Maxwidth - Max width of image inside tooltip
- Display article's hits - Allow to enable/disable Hits of article
- Display number of comments - Allow to enable/disable number of comments
- Display date created - Allow to enable/disable created date
- Display read more - Allow to enable/disable Readmore
- Readmore text - You can change text of readmore here
- Readmore link target - Open link window for readmore:
- Popup window
- Same window
- New window
- Other item more target - Open link window for other article:
- Popup window
- Same window
- New window
THUMBNAIL OPTIONS
- 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
- None
- Center
- Fill
- Fit
- Stretch
ADVANCED OPTIONS
- Media Elements - Allow to set which elements of HTML which images can be fetched from
- Description Elements - Allow to set which elements of HTML which description can be fetched from
- Include Jquery - Allow to include jQuery lib OR not
- 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
