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Micro Blog
The JB Micro Blog module is a very handy club extension that allows you to display your content in a module in a number of different ways. You can choose between the flat list layout, column layout, date and title and also the leading plus links layouts. You can also choose to display the intro and full text parts of the content item in a floating zoom box that sits above the main website.
Here is a demo of the microblog module in action in flat list mode and using FancyBox to display the content item in a fancyBox overlay.
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Here is a screenshot of the settings available in the microBlog module.
The Microblog module in column mode.
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The Microblog module in leading intro plus list mode.
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The Microblog module in date Title mode.
An explanation of the microBlog module settings.
General Layout.
Layout Type: This setting determines the layout of the content within the module. You can select between flat list, column, leading with links or Title and Date. See the demos on this page for an idea of the differences of these layouts.
Content Retrieval Settings
The settings in this block are the same as those found in the core Joomla modules for latest and popular news items. Select the category to display the items from, their order, the number of items and whether or not to display front page items.
Content Display Settings
Enable Date: This option determines whether the date is displayed in the module output.
Date Format: This option determines the layout of the date if the date is enabled in the setting above. You can select from the following date formats: 15 Sep, 09; Sep 15, 09; September 15, 09; 15 September, 09; September 15, 2009; 15 September, 2009; 15/09/09; Tuesday 15 September, 2009; Tue 15 Sept, 09.
Display content item in fancybox?: When set to yes each link in the content item will trigger the display of the content item intro and full text in a popup above the website. Please see the FancyBox settings below for further parameters for changing the appearance and behaviour of the fancyBox popup.
Title as a link: This setting means that all content item titles also behave as a link.
Display readmore link: If set to yes then the readmore link will appear in column, flat list and leading layouts.
Introtext Word limit: This setting sets the maximum number of words to appear in the output. This setting is only relevant for column, flat list layout and to the leading article in the leading layout option.
Allowed Tags: The html tags entered in this textarea are those tags that are included in the output of the intro text. You can use this to sanitise the output of the intro text eg remove tags that may become broken as a result of the introtext word limit above.
Items per row: This option relates only to the module when its in column mode and determines the number of content items that appear in a row before a new row is created.
FancyBox Settings
The settings in this block relate to how the fancyBox popup behaves and appears to the user. These settings are only relevant if the fancyBox option is enabled above.
Display the fancyBox title: This option when enabled displays the title of the content item at the bottom of the overlay.
Popup Gallery: When enabled this option links all content items for that module in a popup gallery that allows navigation between the content items.
Use the overlay?: This option enables a transparent overlay that floats above the main website in between it and the popup box.
Overlay Transparency: This option sets the transparency for the overlay. 1.0 is full opaque while 0 is invisible.
Overlay Padding: This option creates a padded buffer between the content of the fancyBox and the the edhe of the FancyBox popup.
Popup Width: Determines the width of the popup
Popup Height: Determines the height of the popup.
Image Settings
Width of the resized image: This setting specifies the width of the resized image.
Height of the resized image: This setting specifies the height of the resized image.
The width ratio of the image: This setting specifies the width ratio of the resized thumbnail image in relation to the height ratio.
The height ratio of the image : This setting specifies the height ratio of the resized thumbnail image in relation to the width ratio.
Main image fade on hover: When set to yes this setting enables a fade effect on the thumbnail when the image is hovered over.
Last Updated on Friday, 09 October 2009 03:59
