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March.25.2013
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 SlideShow III,
SJ K2 Slideshow III and
SJ VM Slideshow III module.
Refer guide to install Joomla! 1.5 packages
here
REQUIREMENTS
1. Joomla! v1.7.x and Joomla! 2.5.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
Let's examine all the detail settings of SJ Content Slideshow III on Joomla! v2.5.x package
1. This module with sample layout is below:
- Title of Article: Title of the article showing
- Navigation Button: Button to navigate with many styles can be applied.
2. The parameters are divided up into the following areas:
- Genaral Options
- Source Options
- Items Options
- Navigation Options
- Effect Options
- Advanced Options
GENERAL 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 choose one of 4 themes available
- Open Link - The opening window for link:
- Same window
- New window
- Popup window
SOURCE OPTIONS
- Data Source - Choose the source of category that is used with this module
- Include Subcategories - Choose category 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 to filter article with:
- All article
- None Frontpage
- Only Frontpage
- Limitation - Allow to set number of articles which you want to show in module
ITEMS OPTIONS
- Description Style - Support 2 styles to show description
- Title Display - Show/hide the title of article
- Title Linkable - Enable/Disable link for MainTitle of article
- Title Maxlength - Allow to set the number of character in title. Choosing 0 if you want to show full title.
- Description Display - Show/hide description of article
- Description Maxlength - Allow to set the number of character in description. Choosing 0 if you want to show full title.
- Keep HTML Tags - Remove all markup in description of article. Choose "No" if you don't want
- Keep on Strip Tags - If you are using 'Keep Html tags'='yes'. Enter to keep all markup in description of title
- Item Readmore link - Enable/Disable link for readmore of article
- Read More Text - Allow you to alter the text for Read more...
Image Options
- Image Linkable - Enable/Disable link for Image
- Image Width - Allow you to set the width of the image
- Image Height - Allow you to set the height of the image
- Image Background - Allow to set the color of image background
- Image Resize Mode - Allow you to choose the mode of image resizing
- None
- Center
- Fill
- Fit
- Strech
NAVIGATION OPTIONS
- Navigation Show - Allow to choose title navigation or image navigation
- Navigation Type - Support 2 navigation types for your site
For Navigation Show Title
- Title Maxlength - Allow to set the number of character in description. Choosing 0 if you want to show full title.
Image Options
- Image Width - Allow you to set the width of the small image
- Image Height - Allow you to set the height of the small image
- Image Background - Allow to set the color of image background. This param used for 'fit' or 'center' function if you don't want a black background
- Image Resize Mode - Allow you to choose the mode of image resizing
- None
- Center
- Fill
- Fit
- Strech
EFFECT OPTIONS
- Item Start - Allow to choose article which do you want to show at the first time
- Auto play - Allow you to set autoplay for slider
- Stop when Hover - Allow you to stop slide when being hovered OR not
- Page Event - Allow to choose Click OR Hover
- Slideshow Speed - The time to move to next article
- Interval - The time to run effect
- Slideshow Effect - Support 25 effects for your site
ADVANCED OPTIONS
- Include Jquery - Allow to include jQuery lib OR not
- Custom - his 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 click on ADD ITEM for adding ID and URL you want.
- 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
