Elixir: Flipster Cover Flow Particle

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Elixir Demo for Joomla

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Introduction

The Flipster Cover Flow particle is an excellent choice for displaying testimonial content, as well as important information for your visitors.

Here are the topics covered in this guide:

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 whether to have content load from particle items or the CMS.
CSS Classes	Enter any CSS class(es) you wish to have apply to the particle.
Title	Set a title for the particle.
Start	Choose where to start the praticle off when the page loads.
FadeIn	Speed of the animation (in milliseconds) for items to fade in on page load.
Loop	Enable or Disable the loop around when the items reach the end of the list.
Autoplay	Enter the number of milliseconds between item switches on autoplay. `0` disables autoplay.
Pause On Hover	Enable or Disable Pause on Hover.
Style	Set the style. Options include: Cover Flow, Carousel, Flat, and Wheel.
Spacing	Space between items relative to the item's width.
Click	Clicking an item switches to that item.
Keyboard	Enable or Disable arrow right/left navigation.
Scroll Wheel	Enable or Disable Scroll Wheel navigation.
Touch	Enable or Disable touch navigation.

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

Option	Description
Item Name	This is the name of the item. This name only appears on the back end.
Accent	Select the accent color to feature as the background of the item.
Description	Enter a text description for the item.
Title	Enter a title for the item.
Image	Set an image to appear in the item.
Button Label	Enter a label to appear as the button for the item.
Button Link	Enter a URL you would like the item to link to.
Target	Select a target window for the URL to open through.
Button Classes	Enter any CSS class(es) to apply to the item.

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.

This section configures how articles are displayed.

Option	Description
Image	Select which image in an article 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 article's text to appear.
Title	Choose whether or not the title of an article should be shown.
Title Limit	Set a character limit for titles.
Link	Choose to Show or Hide the link to the article.
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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