User's Manual

Chapter 7: Accessing Functions from the Back-end – Administrator
Joomla! 1.0.11 User Manual 137 Version 1.0.1.
Modules independent of the site’s default Template CSS classes.
TemplateChooser
Type: mod_templatechooser
The Template Chooser Module allows the user (visitor) to change the template on the fly from the
front-end via a drop down selection list.
Parameters
Max. Name Length: This is the maximum length of the template name to be displayed, default is 20.
Show Preview:
Select Show or Hide to display the Template preview (the
template_thumbnail.png file in the specific template folder) or not.
Width: The width of the preview image (default is 140 pixels).
Height: The height of the template image (default is 90 pixels).
Module Class Suffix:
Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module, e.g. moduletable_online. In this
example, _online is the suffix. This suffix class must currently be in the template
CSS Style file. This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain
Modules independent of the site’s default Template CSS classes.
ArchiveSections
Type: mod_archive
This Module shows a list of the calendar months, which contain Archived items. After you have
changed the status of a Content Item to ‘Archived’, this list will be automatically generated.
Parameters
Count: The number of items to display (the default is 10).
Enable Cache: Select to cache or not the content of this Module.
Module Class Suffix:
Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module, e.g. moduletable_online. In this
example, _online is the suffix. This suffix class must currently be in the template
CSS Style file. This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain
Modules independent of the site’s default Template CSS classes.
Wrapper
Type: mod_wrapper
The Wrapper Module wraps an external Web page into your site. The external Web page is inserted
as a Frame into your template. This is not only useful to display other people's sites but also to
include in your site pure DHTML pages you would have created with a specialised web editor. It also
allows you to integrate independent applications and scripts (galleries, directories) into your
Joomla! site content.
Parameters
Module Class Suffix:
Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module, e.g. moduletable_online. In this
example, _online is the suffix. This suffix class must currently be in the template
CSS Style file. This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain
Modules independent of the site’s default Template CSS classes.
URL: Enter the URL for the site/file you wish to display within the IFrame.
Scroll Bars:
Choose whether horizontal and vertical scroll bars are added to your page. No
means scroll bars are never shown even when content extends beyond the inline