Custom Modules
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Created: 19 October 2008
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Last Updated: 14 August 2012
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Written by Super User
Learn all about the exciting new RocketTheme exclusive modules that are included in the Versatility IV template release. Here you can find instructions for installation and configuration for each of the custom modules/scripts.
Step One: Installing the Module
- Download the versatility4-extensions-j15.zip archive from the Versatility 4 download section of the RocketTheme Joomla! Club. Unzip the archive and inside you will find individual zip files for each of the extensions
- Login in to your administrator console on your Joomla! website and navigate to the Extensions menu item, and select Install/Uninstall from the dropdown menu.
- In the Upload Package File section, click the Choose File button and select one of the mod_modulename.zip that was inside of the zip file you downloaded earlier. Next click the Upload File & Install button to install the module
Step Two: Publishing the Module
- Now the module is installed it must be published in the appropriate module position and configured to suit our needs. From the top menu, select Extensions > Module Manager
- This will take you to the Site Module Manager which allows you to configure the placement and configuration of all modules in your Joomla! website
- Locate the module from the list. Remember there could be a few pages. Once you have found it, you can publish in 2 ways: The first is selecting the cross next to the tile or clicking the title then set Publish to Yes followed by Save
RokNewsRotator is a module that rotates your news item using the powerful of the mootools javascript library. You simply assign a category/section and watch your articles transition
We will take a quick look at the parameters you will find when you install this module. There are 4 columns, parameters, options, demo and description. The parameter column lists each available setting for the module; options lists the available options to choose from; demo lists the options chosen on the demo and description outlines what the module does.
Parameter
Title
Position
Access Level
Published
Module Class Suffix
Enable Cache
Module Mode
Link Title
Link Images
Frontpage Items
Count
Category
Section
Include Mootools
Read More Label
Transition Duration
Delay Length
Show Image Corners
AutoPlay Rotator
Show Controls
AutoHide Controls
Controls Opacity
Preview Length
Options
Yes : No
List of positions
Public : Registered : Special
Yes : No
Text Field
Yes : No
Content : Static : Both
Yes : No
Yes : No
Show : Hide
Number Field
List of categories
List of sections
Yes : No
Text Field
Number Field
Number Field
Yes : No
Yes : No
Yes : No
Yes : No
Number Field
Number Field
Demo
No
Showcase2
Public
Yes
-rotator
No
Content
Yes
Yes
Show
4
RokNewsRotator
RokNewsRotator
No
Read More
800
7000
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
0.4
220
Description
Enable/Disable the module header
Select the module position
Determines who can see the module
Enable/Disable the module
Enable/Disable the cache
Allows for individual CSS control
Select what content type to load
Link the title
Link the images
Show/Hide frontpage items
Control how many items
Choose a category
Choose a section
Load(not) Mootools.js
Insert the Read More name
Time for transition
Time to display item
Show corners around the module
Enable automatiion
Show/Hide the controls
Hide on hover or not
Control transparency
Number of content characters
Below is the HTML code for the RokNewsRotator Item located on the frontpage and appears first:-
<!--IMAGE images/stories/rotator-demo2.png IMAGE-->
Versatility 4 offers the most module positions and layout configurations of any template we've ever created. 45 module positions, a plethora of banner and block advertising locations, as well as up to 7 columns allow Versatility 4 to adapt to nearly any configuration you could want.
For
Versatility IV, we have integrated RokSlide into the core of the template so you have the RokSlide functionality in terms of tabs with stylish transitional effects with the modular layout of the template.
RokSlide by default has 5 tabs available. Each tab has a module position ranging from User11 to User20, respective to the individual tab. Therefore, you have a single modular position per tab but you have the option of applying multiple modules to a single position. For example, you can assign 3 modules to the User15 position and they will appear in a horizontal layout in Tab 1.
You can find more details about these configuration options on the
Basic Customisations page.