Articles

RokNewsPager is an article previewer and rotator. It displays content articles, in a summarised form and, using mootools based javascript transition, rotates through a series of pages displaying articles in a contracted list format.

RokNewsPager allows you to display a large number of news items and links in a small compact area via its paging functionality and includes a multitude of configuration options and parameters to customize how your news is displayed.

RokModule needs to be installed if you are using this module within Joomla 1.5.x

Module Features

• Javascript Transitions: using the power of mootools, the module fades between lists of your content articles
• Previews: set the number of characters you wish to display from your articles
• Section Control: choose all articles, or those from particular sections or categories
• Auto Update: select whether the module auto-updates using AJAX
• K2 Support: Fully compatible with the powerful content constructive component K2.

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Module Configuration

Options available at Admin → Extensions → Module Manager → RokNewsPager Module:

Other

• Load built-in StyleSheet: Disable if you wish to override the standalone style by custom template styling.
• Theme Style: Light and Dark.
• Content Type: Joomla Core Content or K2 Content (Requires K2 to be installed).
• Module Class Suffix: Add a custom class for individual styling

Joomla Core Content

• Joomla Section: Section to load tabbed content from.
• Joomla Category: Category to load tabbed content from.
• Joomla Frontpage Items: Determine whether frontpage content is loaded.

Content Parameters

• Count: Insert a numerical value of the number of articles you wish to appear.
• Enable Accordion Effect: Enable the accordion module, versus standard list style.
• Enable Paging: Display several pages if articles exceed count value.
• Max Pages: Determine the maximum number of pages
• Show Title: Control whether to show the article title inside the previewed content.
• Show Thumbnails: Control whether to show the article image inside the preview content.
• Width of thumbnail (px): Set the pixel width of any thumbnails.
• Use Thumbnail as link: Determine whether the image becomes a link to the full article.
• Show Thumbnail Overlay: Control whether the thumb overlay appears.
• Overlay File: Load which file appears as the overlay over the thumbnails.
• Show Item Ratings: Control whether to display article rating.
• Show Readmore Link: Determine whether to show a Read More inside the preview content.
• Read More Text: Insert the text that you wish to appear on the Read More.
• Item Ordering: Control tab ordering — Default, Oldest First, Most Recent First, Title Alphabetical, Title Reverse-Alphabetical & Order.
• Show Preview Text: Control whether the preview text is shown.
• Allowed HTML tags: Insert all HTML tags, separate by a comma, which you wish to remain intact in the snippet.
• Preview Length: Input a numerical value which equates to how many characters you wish for the module to show.
• Show Comment Count: Determine whether to show the number of comments for the article.
• Show Author: Control whether to show the article author.
• Show Published Date: Control whether to show the article publishing date.
• Auto Update: Determine whether articles load automatically.
• Auto Update Delay (ms): Set delay for automatic loading in milliseconds.