Description

This module displays a list of articles. With the help of different settings, you can customize the appearance of this module and type of content displayed by this module at the front-end. For example, you can include additional category and article list. In addition, you can display a list of articles in various views by setting the “Menu type” parameter.

Front-end View

Mighty Resources module contentlist Mighty Resources   Content List

Parameters

Parameter

Value

Description

Home Category(ies)                    

Multiple Select                                      

Select the category whose articles will be listed at the front-end.

Include article id list

Text

Enter the ids of the articles, which  you want to list at the front-end.

Client

Dropdown

Set which client’s article will be displayed in module. You may display articles which was added from Resources only, from Groups layouts, or both clients. Client means Resources or Group, i.e. from which layout article was added Resources or Touch Groups.

User strict

Radio button (Yes, No, Smart)

If set “Yes” then module displays articles of current logged in user. “Smart” means that module displays articles of current logged in user and displays all articles if user non logged in.

Show article title

Radio button (Yes, No, Not linkage)

Set whether module displays articles titles or not. “Not linkage” position means that article title is displayed but without link to full article view.

Char count to limit title                                  

Text                                              

Displays only first N chars of the articles titles. If set 0 then article titles are not cut.

Show continue points(…)                              

Radio button                                              

Show continue points … after cut article title or not.

Show category name                                                                

Radio button                                              

display name of category where article is located at or not.

Show category image

Radio button                        

If set to Yes then image of the selected home category is displayed at the front end.

Image width                                                                                                      

Text                                                  

Enter the width of the selected home category’s mage .

Image height                                      

Text                                      

Enter the height of the selected home category’s mage .

Show type name

Radio button                                        

Display article type name or not.

Show author                                                                                                                                            

Radio button                                            

Display article author nickname or not.

Depend on profile

Radio button

If set “Yes” then content list module returns articles of current profile owner, i.e. module with this parameter activated should be set for user’s profiles page only

Depend on category

Radio button

If set “Yes” then content list module returns articles of current opened category only.

Depend on article tags

Radio button

If set “Yes” then content list module returns articles with the same tags as current viewing article, i.e. you need activate this parameter for modules are displayed on full articles view page only.

Depend on group

Radio button

If set “Yes” then content list module displays articles of current visited touch group.

Order

Dropdown

Set articles ordering here.

Show only featured articles

Dropdown (No, Yes, On Top)

No – show article independently from featured status;
Yes – display only featured articles;
On top – display featured articles first and other articles after featured.

Hit Period

Dropdown

Count hit period for “Most visited” ordering, i.e. it takes place only if “Order” parameter is set to “Most visited” position.

Time parameter

Dropdown

Display articles against creation and expire dates. You set to show only: active articles, expired, future or all records independently from creation and expiration date.

Show ‘View More Articles’

Radio button

Display “View More Articles” button at he end of articles list or not.

Show item title

Dropdown

Define article’s title position.

Show date

Radio button

Display creation date or not.

Date Format

Dropdown

Set date format.

Show field(see below)

Radio button

Allow to display articles fields in the module.

Field list

Multiple select

Set list of fields to be displayed in the module.

“Show field(see below)” parameter should be activated.

Fields as link

Multiple select

Define which fields from “Field list” parameter will has link to full artile view.

“Show field(see below)” parameter should be activated.

Max content number

Text

Set maximum articles number to be displayed in the module.

Offset

Text

define articles order offset, for instance, you need display 2 content_list modules with the same parameters and you do not want that users see the same articles in both modules, you set 0 for the first content list and “Max content number” + 1 for Offset parameter of the second module, ie.e users will see first N records in the first module and next N records in the second module.

Header Text

Text

Enter the text to be displayed before the article list.

Footer Text

Text

Enter the text to be displayed after the article list.

Attention: You may create custom template for content_list module. Just go to ‘modulesmod_jsc_content_listtmpl’ directory and make copy of default.php script. then you may set new template for content_list module under “Advanced Parameters” tab – parameter “Template”.

Mighty Resources – Content List