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Akuatik: Testimonials Particle

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Akuatik Demo for Joomla


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

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 Joomla 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.
Autoplay Enable or Disable autoplay.
Autoplay Timeout Enter (in milliseconds) the delay between automatic switching between items.
Loop Enable or Disable looping of items.
Speed Set the transition speed (in milliseconds).
Slide Height Enter a height for the slides. (Example: 700px)
Prev / Next Enable or Disable the prev / next navigation.
Dots Enable or Disable dots navigation.

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.
Testimonial 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.
Alt Tag Enter an alternative text for the photo.

Articles

Option Description
Categories Select the categories of articles this particle will display.
Articles Select the number of articles you would like the particle to fetch.
Featured Articles Choose how Featured Articles should be filtered. Choose between Include, Exclude, or Only Featured.
Number of Articles Enter the maximum number of articles 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 articles are displayed.

Option Description
Image Select which image in an article should be displayed.
Title Choose whether or not the title of an article should be shown.
Title Limit Set a character limit for titles.
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 article's text to appear.
Text Formatting Select between Plain Text and HTML text formatting.
Author 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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