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Zenith: Block Content Particle

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Zenith Demo for WordPress


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:

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 between Particle and WordPress 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.

Particle Item Options

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.

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