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Elixir: Latest News Particle

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Elixir Demo for WordPress


Introduction

The Latest News particle displays your latest posts 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.
Grid Column Set the number of columns items appear in.
Date Format Select the date format to be displayed.

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.
Price Enter a price for the item being described.
URL Enter a URL you would like the item to link to.
Target Select a target window for the URL to open through.

Posts

Option Description
Categories Select the categories of posts this particle will display.
Posts Select the number of posts you would like the particle to fetch.
Sticky Posts Choose to Show or Hide sticky posts.
Number of Posts Enter the maximum number of posts to display.
Start From Enter offset specifying the first post to return. The default is '0' (the first post).
Order By Choose the type of factor to order by.
Ordering Direction Choose between Ascending and Descending as the post ordering method.

Display

This section configures how posts are displayed.

Option Description
Image Choose to Show or Hide the image.
Content Type Choose between showing the Content or Exerpt text to display. You can also Hide text completely.
Content Limit Set a limit (in characters) of the post's text to appear.
Content Formatting Select between Plain Text and HTML text formatting.
Category Choose to Show or Hide the post's category.
Title Choose whether or not the title of an post should be shown.
Title Limit Set a character limit for titles.
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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