Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Notio Demo for Joomla
The News Tabs particle displays article titles in elegant, easy-to-navigate tabs.
Here are the topics covered in this guide:
These options affect the main area of the particle, and not the individual items within. You can set the title of the particle here.
Option | Description |
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Particle Name | This is the name of the particle used for back end management. It does not appear on the front end. |
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. |
Content Source | Choose between Particle and Joomla as the content source. This determines where your content will generate from. |
Each tab acts like a category, giving you the ability to create lists of articles in multiple different sections in the particle.
Option | Description |
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Item Name | This is the name of the item. This only appears in the back end. |
Image | Select an image to go along with the item. |
Author | Enter an author name to display. |
Date | Enter a date to display. |
Content | Enter content to display. |
Link | Enter a link you want the item to link to. |
Option | Description |
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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 other than the first one are displayed.
Option | Description |
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Image | Display the image assigned to the article's Intro, Full or None. |
Article Text | Show or Hide article text. |
Text Limit | Enter the maximum number of characters in the text to display. |
Text Formatting | Choose between Plain Text and HTML text formatting. |
Title | Show or Hide the article's title. |
Title Limit | Enter the maximum number of characters in the title to display. |
Date | Enter a date for the item. |
Date Format | Select the format you want the date to be displayed in. |
Author | Show or Hide author information. |