Orion: Block Content Particle

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Orion Demo for Joomla

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Introduction

The Block Content particle is a great way to create a clean and simple content block with images and text.

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 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 that appears on the front end.
Icon	Set the icon that appears next to the title.
Image	Set a main image that appears separate from any Block Item images.
Headline	Enter a headline you want to appear on the front end.
Description	Enter the text you wish to have appear as the description for the particle. This text appears below the title and headline.
Button Label	Customize the text you want to have appear in the link button.
Button Link	Customize the link you want the link button to go to.
Button Classes	Add CSS class(es) you would like to have apply to the button.
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.

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

Option	Description
Item Name	The item name becomes the title of the content block item.
Accent	Select an accent color used for the item.
Icon	Select the icon you would like to have appear with the title area in the block item.
Image	Select the image you would like to have displayed with the item.
Lightcase Image	If you would like to have a popup appear with a larger version of the image when the image is clicked, this is where you assign the larger image.
Caption	Add a caption for the image here.
Subtitle	Add a subtitle for the item here.
Description	Enter a description for the item here, appears as paragraphed text.
CSS Classes	Enter any CSS classes you would like to have apply just to this item.
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.
Button Classes	Enter any CSS classes you want to have apply just to the button.
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.

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.
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.
Button Link	Enter the url you want that link to go to.
Button Label	Enter the text you would like to have appear as the button link.
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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