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Zenith: BookBlock Particle

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Zenith Demo for Grav


Introduction

The BookBlock particle enables you to present content in a way that mimics a book, with its own page turning animation and plenty of room for written and visual content.

Here are the topics covered in this guide:

Configuration

Main Options

Option Description
CSS Classes Sets the CSS class for the content of the particle.
Content Source Select Particle or Grav to determine where particle content is pulled from.
Section Height Set the height of the section (in pixels).
Loop Enable or Disable looping.

Item Options

These items only appear on the front end if you select Particle as the Content Source.

Option Description
Categories Enter the categories you would like to appear in the particle.
Subject Enter a subject for the item.
Intro Enter the introductory text you would like to appear in the particle.
Content Enter the content you would like to appear in the particle.
Read More Label Enter the text you would like to have link to the link you set in the Read More Link field.
Read More Link Enter a URL for the Read More link to take users to.
Read More Target Select a target window for links to open into.
Read More Classes Enter any CSS Class(es) that you want to have apply to the read more.
Image Select the image you would like to have appear on the right side of the particle.

Posts

These options are only useful if you select Grav as the Content Source.

Option Description
Categories Enter the categorie(s) you would like to appear in the particle.
Number of Pages Select the number of pages you would like the particle to fetch.
Start From Set a starting count for the first item.
Order by Choose how posts are ordered. You can set it to everything from Publish Date to ID.
Ordering Direction Set Ascending or Descending ordering.

Posts Display

These options are only useful if you select Grav as the Content Source.

Option Description
Image Enable or Disable the image appearing in the particle.
Categories Names Enable or Disable the category of the article in the particle.
Title Enable or Disable the title of the article appearing in the particle.
Title Limit Set the limit (in characters) for the title being displayed.
Content Type Choose between showing the Content or Exerpt text to display. You can also Hide text.
Content Limit Limit Set a limit of text (in characters) appearing in the item.
Content Limit formatting Choose between plain text and
Button Label Enter the text you would like to appear in the Read More link.
Link Target Select a target window for links to open into.

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