Notio: Content Showcase Particle
Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Notio Demo for WordPress
Introduction
The Content Showcase particle displays posts in a modern arrangement including: titles, links, images, and more.
Here are the topics covered in this guide:
Configuration
Main Options
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 WordPress as the content source. This determines where your content will generate from. |
Particle Item Options
These items make up the individual featured items in the particle. Items in this section will only appear if Particle is selected as the Content Source.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Content | Enter content to display. |
| Link | Enter a link you want the item to link to. |
| Link Label | Enter a label for the link to act as the read more text. |
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. |
| 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). |
| Pagination | Enable or Disable pagination. |
| Order By | Choose the type of factor to order by. |
| Ordering Direction | Choose between Ascending and Descending as the post ordering method. |
Display First Post
This section sets what appears in the first post.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Image | Display the image assigned to the post's Intro, Full or None. |
| Content Type | Choose between Content, Excerpt, and Hide as the source of content for the item. |
| 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 post'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. |
| Link Label | Enter a label for the link to act as the read more text. |
Display
This section configures how posts other than the first one are displayed.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Image | Display the image assigned to the post's Intro, Full or None. |
| Content Type | Choose between Content, Excerpt, and Hide as the source of content for the item. |
| 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 post'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. |
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