Akuatik: Topic List Particle

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Akuatik Demo for Grav

Introduction

The Topic List particle takes the Category List particle's simplicity and applies it directly to content at an article level. It lists pages with minimal information in a clean, modern way.

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Configuration

Configuration

Settings

These options affect the main area of the particle, and not the individual items within.

Option	Description
Particle Name	This is the name of the particle used for back end management. It does not appear on the front end.
Content Source	Choose between Particle and Grav as the Content Source.
Featured Title	Enter a title for the particle that appears on the front end.
Date Format	Select the date format used to display items in the particle.

Particle Item Options

These items make up the individual featured items in the particle.

Option	Description
Item Name	The item name becomes the title of the content block item.
Featured ?	Decide if you want the article to be featured or not.
Promo Image	Select an image to appear with the item.
Date	Enter the date to be displayed with the item.
URL	Enter the url you want that link to go to.
Target	Set the target for the link. You can choose between Self which opens the link in the current tab or New Window which opens links in a new tab.

Pages

Option	Description
Categories	Select the categories of pages this particle will display.
Number of Pages	Enter the maximum number of pages to display.
Start From	Enter offset specifying the first article to return. The default is '0' (the first article).
Order By	Choose the type of factor to order by.
Ordering Direction	Choose between Ascending and Descending as the article ordering method.

Display

This section configures how pages are displayed.

Option	Description
Title	Choose whether or not the title of an article should be shown.
Title Limit	Set a character limit for titles.
Date	Decide whether to show the created, published, or modified date as the date for each article.

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