Manticore: Testimonials Particle

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Manticore Demo for Grav

Introduction

The Testimonials particle displays testimonials in an elegant, east-to-read way. You can manually input testimonial content, or pull it from your CMS.

Here are the topics covered in this guide:

Configuration

Configuration

Main Options

These options affect the main area of the particle, and not the individual items within. You can set the title of the particle, as well as give it an introductory paragraph here.

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.
CSS Classes	Enter any CSS class(es) you wish to have apply to the particle.
Title	Enter a title for the particle. This will appear on the front end.
Subtitle	enter a subtitle for the particle.
Out Animation	Set the type of animation that runs when a testimonial is going out.
In Animation	Set the type of animation that runs when a testimonial is coming in.
Prev / Next	Enable or Disable the prev / next navigation.
Dots	Enable or Disable dots navigation.
Loop	Enable or Disable looping of items.
Autoplay	Enable or Disable autoplay.
Autoplay Speed	Enter (in milliseconds) the delay between automatic switching between items.
Pause on Hover	Enable or Disable pausing of autoplay on hover.

Particle Items

These items make up the individual featured items in the particle. They sit apart from the particle's title and introduction. Each item can have its own properties, including icons and written content.

Option	Description
Item Name	This is the name of the item. This becomes the name that appears on the front end.
Testimonial Content	Descriptive text goes here. This is the bulk of the item's content.
Testimony Author	Enter the name of the person giving the testimonial.
Person Position	Enter a title or position for the author of the testimonial.
Person Photo	The image file can be linked here.

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 page to return. The default is '0' (the first page).
Order By	Choose the type of factor to order by.
Ordering Direction	Choose between Ascending and Descending as the page ordering method.

Display

This section configures how pages are displayed.

Option	Description
Image	Select which image in an page should be displayed.
Article Text	Choose between showing the Introduction or Full Article text to display. You can also Hide text.
Text Limit	Set a limit (in characters) of the page's text to appear.
Text Formatting	Select between Plain Text and HTML text formatting.
Author	Choose to Show or Hide the author.
Button Label	Enter the text you would like to have appear as the button link.
Button Link	Enter the url you want that link to go to.
Link Target	Set the target for the button. You can choose between Self which opens the link in the current tab or New Window which opens links in a new tab.

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