RokMicroNews

What is RokMicroNews?

RokMicroNews is a new module, perfect for displaying your content. Your content (plus auto loaded image) are displayed adjacent to your article titles and the hover or click of these titles triggers a javascript transition to another article. Perfect for showcasing news items in a small, but structured spaced.

[span class=attention]In order to stack multiple modules on top of one another, you must create new modules: Admin → Extensions → Module Manager → New → rokmicronews and fill out the relevant details.[/span]

[span class=alert]In order for the new SolarSentinel modules to function, you must install com_rokmodules. This component facilitates the modules, as Roknavmenu does for the integrated menu. Follow the instructions below:-

  1. Download solarsentinel-extensions-j15.zip from RokDownloads.
  2. Extract the zip onto your computer
  3. Go to Extensions then select the Upload File & Install button
  4. Find com_rokmodules.zip and in install

Now all the new modules are functional[/span]

How do I configure RokMicroNews?

We will take a quick look at the parameters you will find when you install this module. There are 4 columns, parameters, options, demo and description. The parameter column lists each available setting for the module; options lists the available options to choose from; demo lists the options chosen on the demo and description outlines what the module does.

Parameter

Show Title
Enabled
Position
Section
Category
Order
# of Articles
Preview Length
Nav Position
Show Titles
Show Thumbnails
Thumbnail Width
Authors
Frontpage Items
Module Class Suffix
Extra CSS Class
Use Custom CSS

Options

Yes : No
Yes : No
list of positions
list of sections
list of categories
list of orders
Number Field
Number Field
Left : Right
Show : Hide
Show : Hide
Number Field
list of authors
Show : Hide
Text Field
Text Field
Yes : No

Demo

Yes
Yes
rokmicronews
RokMicroNews
Politics
Recently Modified First
3
200
Right
Hide
Show
100
Anyone
Show
red
leave blank
No

Description

Enable/Disable the module header
Enable/Disable the module
Position of the module
Section of content
Category of content
Ordering of content
Number of articles displayed
Number of characters displayed
Position of article titles
Show/Hide Titles
Show/Hide thumbnails
Pixel width of thumbs
Choose specific author articles
Display frontpage items
Suffix applied to the code
Unique class for module
Use the Custom CSS tag

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