Horizon: Latest News Particle
Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Horizon Demo for Joomla
Introduction
The Latest News particle displays your latest articles or featured content, along with images and text. You can vary the way these items appear, making them more appealing to the eye and magazine-like.
Here are the topics covered in this guide:
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 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. |
| Upper Title | Enter a title to appear above the main title. |
| "All Items" Label | Enter a label to display items from all categories. |
| Selected | Choose the nav item to be selected by default on page load. |
| Pattern | Enable or Disable the pattern feature for the particle. |
| Images Clip Path | If enabled, all images will have the clip path applied at the bottom. |
| Date Format | Select the date format to be displayed. |
| Grid Column | Set the number of columns items appear in. |
Particle Item Options
These items make up the individual featured items in the particle.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Item Name | This is the name of the item. This appears as the item's title on the front end. |
| Image | Set an image to appear in the item. |
| Description | Enter a text description for the item. |
| Date | Enter a date to appear with the item. |
| URL | Enter a URL you would like the item to link to. |
| Target | Select a target window for the URL to open through. |
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. |
| 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. |
| Date | Choose which date (if any) to show with each item. |
| Title | Choose whether or not the title of an article should be shown. |
| Title Limit | Set a character limit for titles. |
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