User's Manual

Chapter 7: Accessing Functions from the Back-end – Administrator
Joomla! 1.0.11 User Manual 139 Version 1.0.1.
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.
Caution: Changing the height and/or width settings may cause unwanted results if there is a sizeable
difference between the width or height of the original image and the fixed width you input.
Newsflash
Type: mod_newsflash
The Newsflash Module randomly selects one of the published items from a Category upon each
page refresh. It may also display multiple items in horizontal or vertical configurations.
Parameters
Category:
Select a content Category from this drop-down list (listed as
Section/Category).
The Content Items in the selected Category will be formatted based on the layout
selected in the
Style parameter on this page.
Style:
Select a style from this drop-down list to determine how the Module will display its
contents. The
vertical and horizontal options are self-explanatory. The
Randomly choose one at a time option, randomly displays a single Category
item with each page reload.
Show images:
Select the Yes
radio button to determine whether the Module should display
images contained in Content Items. Select the No
radio button to hide all images.
Linked Titles:
Select an option from this drop-down list to make the Content Item titles linkable
(or not). The Yes option turns linked titles on. The No option turns linked titles off.
The Use Global options defaults to the setting for this parameter in the Global
Configuration area of the web site.
Read More:
Select the Show radio button to display a Read More link at the end of each
Content Item. Select the No radio to hide this link.
Item Title:
Select Yes
from this drop-down list to display the title and the text of Content
Items. Select No
to hide all titles. See also: Linked Titles on this page
# of Items:
Enter a number to determine how many Content Items will be displayed with each
page refresh. This is only applicable for the
horizontal and vertical options listed
in the Style section on this page.
Enable Cache:
Click the Yes
radio button to turn caching on for this Module. Click the No radio
button to turn caching off.
Module Class Suffix:
Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module. (e.g. moduletable_poll). In this
example, the -poll 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.